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  COMMENT | ERIC MABUZA JNR | When we launched the Uganda National Lottery just a few months ago, we didn’t simply introduce a game. We introduced a promise—a promise of fairness, opportunity, and national progress. And today, I can confidently say: that promise is already coming to life. Every …

COMMENT  | YUSUF MASABA | The second National Development Plan II, the government’s policy blueprint, an offshoot of the Vision 2040 to transform Uganda into a Middle Incomes class economy, now in its fourth series initially conceptualized establishment of four regional cities, namely, Gulu, Mbale, Mbarara and Arua. The blueprint also …

  We don’t own much. Not the technology we use. Not the knowledge we teach. Not even the ideas we quote in our development plans. COMMENT | APOLLO BUREGYEYA | We already entered an era where knowledge and technology ownership define wealth. Yet here we are, still fascinated by cars and …

COMMENT | Saddam Ngambirwoha | The COVID-19 pandemic, declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, spread rapidly across the globe, reaching Uganda later in March 2020. In response, the Ugandan government implemented strict measures to curb the virus, including banning passenger flights, restricting land and water entries, …

To build a better Uganda, we must relearn how to build together. We must shift from deceit to design. From manipulation to multiplication. From short-term cleverness to long-term systems. COMMENT | APOLLO BUREGYEYA | There’s an old tale from Ntungamo about a cunning man named Ishekatabazi. After a 2 week trip …

It seems that the economic system we operate in was never designed to grow indigenous wealth. It appears to have been designed only to keep the economy alive while keeping real power insulated. COMMENT | APOLLO BUREGYEYA | Some of our Indian colleagues in Uganda are misreading the room. They mistake …

Corporal punishment is outlawed and is punishable under the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda; the Children’s Act; the Prevention of Torture Act; the Domestic Violence Act; and the Prisons Act. COMMENT | ANNE ROSE MARY OWOR |  Corporal punishment may be referred to as a physical form of disciplinary …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | At 9.25am on May 18th, it is planned that Uganda Airlines will depart Entebbe International Airport for Gatwick London. At exactly 16:55hrs, the Airbus A330-800 Neo will touch down. The journey from Entebbe to London that has been hitherto 18 or 18 sometime 22 hours depending …

I hope on the morning of 2nd April, not 1st April ( it’s fools day), you will gather your loved ones over a meal and proudly tell them you built this republic with integrity. When you do, tell them Umeme was NSSF’s Cash cow, and that Social Security is not …

How this well-structured and managed organization may turn into a political battlefield, leaving Ugandans in the dark THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | On Monday March 31, 2025, the Umeme concession will come to an end. Its assets will revert to their owner, UEDCL. It is possible UEDCL will manage the …