By Patrick Kagenda Church of Uganda has, after 38 years since the martyrdom of Archbishop Janani Luwum, reached an agreement with the government to celebrate his life and honour his martyrdom. Effective this year, the day he was murdered – February 16 – is to be marked with a national …
Read More »UNEB experiment goes wrong
By Ronald Musoke 2014 O’Level results show how performance in Sciences is not about to improve It was the usual routine when, on Feb.3, the Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) released results of the 2014 O’Level national examinations. Results of 1,936 students from 31 examination centres in 20 districts around …
Read More »Water tariffs and service for all
By Silver Mugisha Paying affordable and fair water prices also helps to promote efficient allocation of homestead resources A multifaceted discourse has been raging on various platforms of the media regarding water tariffing and how it impacts the socio-economic life of citizens, especially the low income segment. I have observed …
Read More »Poor dental health causes more than hole in tooth
By Flavia Nassaka Experts say your oral health affects the condition of your heart From our science classes in primary school, we are fully aware that for good oral health, one has to brush their teeth every after a meal. This seems impractical to many, especially for people who eat …
Read More »Forget about military takeover
By Sam Akaki It is not a defeatist attitude but a realistic one amid changed national, international climate As someone who once emotively entertained the dream that Museveni could, and would indeed be toppled through an armed rebellion, I am writing to enumerate the reasons why those who are dreaming …
Read More »Ongwen’s trial, pain of victims
By Victor Ochen It was shocking and difficult to be seated in the same room with a killer and hear calls for amnesty While at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, I received many phone calls from Uganda, coming from people whose family members and relatives were abducted …
Read More »You do not have to stay in power to make history
By Joan Akello Associate Professor Sabiti Makara, 56, apolitical scientist talked to Joan Akello about politics and academics What don’t we know about you? I’m a family man, married with four children. I help those in need, like educating children who are not mine because other people lent my father …
Read More »Toro Queen Mother loses multi-billion case, `appeals’ to Museveni
By Independent Team On the morning of August 26, 2010, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of the Uganda Police led by its then head and now Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) in charge of the Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Directorate (CIID), Grace Akullo, raided the Kololo home of Kampala …
Read More »Muntu walking out of Besigye’s shadow
By Edgar Tushabe Muhairwe Muntu’s approach to the 2016 presidential elections campaigns shows major break with the past Since his election in November 2012 as the leader of Uganda’s biggest opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Maj Gen. Mugisha Muntu has shown a taste for a style of …
Read More »Dominic Ongwen at The Hague
By Ronald Musoke When Dominic Ongwen finally had his day at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Jan.26, the simplicity of his testimony contrasted sharply with the complexity of his case. Though Ongwen probably spoke for less than five minutes out of the 47 minutes that the entire event lasted, …
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