All posts tagged "Opinion"
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839OP-EDIs Uganda’s traditional clergy ready to be part of the people craving for a genuine liberation?
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula In this article, I exclude the Full Gospel groups and the Pentecostals or the so-called Saveddees, and all the other...
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411OP-EDCurriculum Overhaul vs Real Solutions: Govt’s blind spot on graduate unemployment
By Dr Julius Babyetsiza In September, I published an article in the Daily Express titled “Museveni’s Blind Spot: Graduate Unemployment and the...
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812OP-EDGenesis of the term “Foot Soldier” in Uganda
By Oweyegha-AfunaduulaConservation BiologistCenter for Critical Thinking and Alternative Analysis29 November 2025 The term Foot Soldier is an army slang for infantry soldiers,...
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Why NRM reduced Uganda’s Kingdoms to just cultural institutions – Afunaduula writes
One time, President Museveni was asked when he was reintroducing kingdoms, and he clarified that he did not go to the bush...
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413OP-EDOp-Ed: Our economy bursts into happiness for every new investor
By Ben Ssebuguzi When President Yoweri Museveni and President Ruto presided over the groundbreaking of the Devki Mega Steel Plant in Tororo,...
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390OP-EDA pragmatic path to prosperity: How the NRM manifesto plans to tackle unemployment, improve wages
By Hakim Kyeswa Across the globe, the spectre of unemployment, particularly among the youth, remains one of the most formidable policy challenges...
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689OP-EDBobi Wine’s crowds are a mirage; West Nile knows real development
By Hakim Kyeswa The recent political circus surrounding Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, in Arua City and parts of...
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1.0KOP-EDIs Bobi Wine emerging as Uganda’s new political phenomenon?
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula The other day, DailyExpress published my article, “Is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine Evolving into a 21st Century Idea in...
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512OP-EDThe Politics of Blackmail in Ugandan Politics: Childish and Stupid
By Boniface Ojas In the sweltering arena of Ugandan politics, where power plays and personal vendettas often eclipse policy debates, blackmail has...
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2.1KHealthBehind the Muscles: The dangerous rise of steroid use in youth chasing the ‘perfect body’
By Lilian Nazibanja As pressure to look “perfect” grows on social media and in local gyms, many young Ugandans are turning to...
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889OP-EDIs Bobi Wine evolving into a 21st century idea in Uganda?
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula For virtually all its post–Tito Okello period, President Tibuhaburwa Museveni has dominated every sphere of human life in Uganda: education,...
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432OP-EDWhere Power Defines Liberty: The Besigye Case
By Wilfred Arinda Nshekantebirwe For twelve uninterrupted months, veteran opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye and his aide, Hajj Obeid Lutale, have remained...
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249OP-EDDepression and suicidal darkness
Sem. Robert [email protected]. Paul’s National Seminary – Kinyamasika Pope Leo XIV’s 2025 November prayer intention invites us deeply, “May those who are...
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Op-Ed: Tanzania’s chaos proves youth inclusion, not leadership rotation, guarantees stability
By Ben Ssebuguzi Tanzania is one East African country which many democracy lovers and activists have been benchmarking as a case study...
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572OP-EDWhy “Protecting the Gains” feels like Museveni’s retirement speech
By Odeke Bazel When President Museveni unveiled his latest campaign slogan, “Protecting the Gains,” it landed less like a battle cry and...
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505OP-EDThe Strengths and Weaknesses of Biometric Voting: The Case of Uganda
By: Oweyegha-Afunaduula Uganda is richer in poverty than in realised wealth. Virtually every form of poverty is visible in the country, environmental,...
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1.0KOP-EDOp-Ed: Uganda Must Stop Reliance on Wood Fuel to Curb Deforestation
By Vera de Vries Up to 85% of all households in Uganda use charcoal or firewood (biomass) for cooking their food. This...
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789Big StoryEXPLAINER: Why Museveni might get only 150 votes in a village with 400 voters in NRM yellow book
By Waiswa Michael Baluye At first glance, it seems shocking: if 400 out of 500 registered voters in a village appear in...
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584OP-EDNUP’s Asio- Museveni Meeting Badly Bruises Bobi Wine as Among Continues to ‘Eat With Sticks,
By Andrew Baba In the grand circus of Ugandan politics, the National Unity Platform (NUP) has once again proven that when it...
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Museveni calls it normal, constitutional for losers in NRM primaries to run as independents
By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala, Uganda: In a decisive statement that underscores his long-standing belief in inclusive democracy, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has...
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828OP-EDONC’s Namyalo should play a pivotal role to guard and protect Museveni votes in 2026
By Rogers Bulegeya As Uganda approaches the 2026 presidential elections, the role of Hadija Namyalo has never been more critical in the...
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513OP-EDRooting for Museveni’s presidential campaigns: A message to sub-regions and districts
By Baluye Waiswa Michael In preparation for the forthcoming presidential campaigns, all NRM structures and affiliated leagues are hereby directed to strengthen...
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614OP-EDBuganda’s waning influence in national politics: How the region can reclaim its seat at the ‘High Table’
By Kazibwe Jamil In recent years, Buganda’s political influence at the national table has quietly diminished; not because the region lacks capable...
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1.1KOP-EDBobi Wine at Obote’s Tomb: A Cynical Pilgrimage That Insults History and Democracy
By Hakim Kyeswa As a Ugandan who is both a proud Muganda and a committed member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM),...