Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is struggling to raise more than Shs30bn to pay 1045 of its former staff whose services were terminated in 2012. It is now appealing to the central government to bail it out on the issue of its former employees. During a court session, the KCCA …
Read More »COMMENT: Wages of wage fear
Stagnant wages cause household demand to remain depressed, thereby deterring investments By Bill Emmott If all else fails, try the previously unthinkable. It is not a bad principle for economic policy in the best of times. Today, it may be just what is needed: many Western countries – certainly the …
Read More »COMMENT: Reducing speed to save lives
Someone hit by a vehicle traveling at 80kms has a three times higher risk of dying than at 50Kms By Margaret Chan and Michael Bloomberg We can save so many lives around the world if we just slow down. Each year, more than 1.25 million people – many of them …
Read More »Excitement over direct UK-Rwanda air flight
The first non-stop flight from Kigali Rwanda to Gatwick in the UK is causing excitement beyond Rwanda, according to several global news outlets like Travel Weekly and Business Traveller. The report in Travel Weekly quoted the Gatwick chief commercial officer, Guy Stephenson, who said he was excited. “This new service …
Read More »COMMENT: Right to reappoint Kayihura
Police boss’s reappointment and approval was inevitable based on his successes By David Serumaga Last week, President Yoweri Museveni reappointed Gen. Kale Kayihura as the Inspector General of Police. He has finally been approved by parliament. However, it seems some leaders had not noticed Kayihura’s achievements and had vowed block …
Read More »TECH: Leather vs. cloth
Which is best for your vehicle? Recently we faced a choice between two 2010 used-Toyota Harriers newly imported from Japan. The two cars were identical in all except for the upholstery. One has leather seats and the other cloth. Which would you have chosen? We chose cloth, and I can …
Read More »Jjuuko creates food for thought art
Imagine a food market, almost anywhere in Uganda. Often it will have a section for matooke (green bananas). Usually, it is a beehive of calling out to customers, haggling, exchanging money, and carrying bunches of matooke about on bicycles, the head, shoulder, or arms. By Dominic Muwanguzi Now imagine a …
Read More »How different are female, male and intersex genital cutting?
Three members of the Dawoodi Bohra sect of Islam were recently indicted on charges of “female genital mutilation” (FGM) in the U.S. state of Michigan. In Norway, meanwhile, one of the major political parties has backed a measure to ban childhood male circumcision. By Rebecca Steinfeld & Brian D Earp …
Read More »All about the new Ebola outbreak
World Health Organisation confirms several dead in DR Congo The World Health Organization has confirmed an Ebola outbreak in a remote forested part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the first in that country since 2014. By May 12, at least nine people were suspected of being infected, and three …
Read More »Akizimana’s love of women
Artist uses art to depict beauty, struggles, generosity By Joseph Ondiek On a recent visit to Abien Arts Center in Kigali, we found the proprietor and resident artist, Fabien Akizimana busy on pieces he hoped to present to the panel of The East Africa Art Biennale association (EASTAFAB), from where …
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