All posts tagged "Opinion"

2026 Elections: Why the RDC Club is fast becoming Uganda’s Top Leadership Academy

Kampala, Uganda: Close to forty (40) Resident District/City Commissioners (RDCs/RCCs), their deputies, and assistants are rumored to have already requested President Yoweri...

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“Stop Lying to Uganda!” – Sironko locals rebuke Nambozo over election claims

Sironko, Uganda: The recent National Resistance Movement (NRM) District Chairperson elections in Sironko have peeled back the curtain on political desperation, exposing...

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Who Raised You? The Sudden Rise of Single Parenthood in Uganda

By Odeke Bazel Once upon a time in Uganda, asking “Who raised you?” had a straightforward answer: Maama ne Taata. Today, that...

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All of Us are Soldiers

By Daniel Kakuru When I was nine or thereabouts, I ate poison – rat poison – and refused to die. You want...

Lawyers should be armed with words, not swords

By Steven Masiga Lawyers across the world are trained to tear down their adversarial opponents using words—not swords. In making court arguments,...

Boosting Uganda’s Economy: The Power of Export Promotion

By Bagarukayo Abdu Uganda’s economic growth and development can be significantly enhanced by promoting exports and reducing imports. By embracing export promotion,...

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Why a peasant father once slapped his son who was a Ugandan Minister

By Steven Masiga Sometime in the mid-1980s, a peasant father from Bugisu made the long journey to Kampala with one mission: to...

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Mobutu’s Looting Legacy Crossed into Uganda

By Wilfred Arinda Nshekantebirwe It has been said—by a voice lost to time but forever etched in truth—”The state decays, but the...

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Marching Boots or Marching Rights? A critical look at the UPDF Amendment Act

By Odeke Bazel It begins, as most things in Uganda do, with an announcement that is less of a suggestion and more...

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The Absentees of Abidjan: What Their Silence Says About Africa’s Future

By Milton Oluoch On May 13, 2025, Africa expected a moment of clarity. At the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, five contenders...

A Testimony from the Basement: In Solidarity with Eddy Mutwe

By Daniel Kakuru They started by shaving his beard, as if stripping him of manhood itself. Cold razors, colder than their hearts,...

The Village Has Voted, But What Did It Say?

By Odeke Bazel In the grand political comedy that is Uganda’s democracy, nothing delivers both satire and seriousness like the recently concluded...

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Health

Let’s Change the Narrative: “Nurses Good Mothers; Bad Wives”

By Brian Nambale As we celebrate this year’s Nurses Week, 5th–12th May, a week that has two celebrations in it, with the...

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FDC’s Game of Thrones: Six Thrones, One Crown, and a Nation Watching

By Odeke Bazel If Uganda’s opposition were a cocktail, it would be shaken, not stirred, and garnished with a dash of drama....

What Ugandans need to learn from General Muhoozi’s unique politics

By Edgar Barigye I have often found myself pondering the social media presence of General Muhoozi, given the numerous abusive posts I...

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Health

Support health and wellbeing of Nurses and Midwives

Are you aware that caring for nurses and midwives not only improves patient outcomes and quality of healthcare but it also strengthens...

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Bobi Wine’s Tribal Hypocrisy: A Failed Attempt to Rewrite History

By Hakim Kyeswa Bobi Wine’s recent letter to the elders of Ankole and Kigezi, dripping with sudden concern about ethnic tensions, would...

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NRM’s Big Turnout in Buganda Shows Strength as Opposition Weakens

By: Hakim Kyeswa The huge number of people participating in the ongoing National Resistance Movement (NRM) structure elections across Buganda is a...

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Obituary

Andrew Mwenda: The legacy of Rajiv Ruparelia

By Andrew Mwenda On Saturday May 03 around 2.20am, fate struck. Rajiv Ruparelia, son of Uganda’s richest couple, Sudhir and Jyotsna Ruparelia,...

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Health

Midwives as active and first responders of climate crisis

Opinion, Editorial: With increasing climate crisis globally manifesting in various ways, such as rising temperatures, extreme weather events of heatwaves and floods,...