Guest column

COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | In many African cosmologies, time is not a straight line but a sacred circle. Life and death are not opposites but phases of a continuum. The departed do not disappear. They live on as ancestors, guiding the living, and sometimes returning through them. It is …

Ugandan women top global entrepreneurship charts, but without real support, their hustle risks, becoming a lifelong struggle. COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | In 2021, the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs ranked Uganda second globally for the proportion of women-owned businesses, at an impressive 38.4%. Only Botswana ranked higher. It’s a …

  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 …

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 …

COMMENT | GORDON BROWN | With Gaza in ruins, the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, and millions of Africans facing starvation, global attention has understandably shifted away from the plight of Afghan girls denied their right to an education. Yet, amid the prevailing gloom over the state of the …

OPINION | Saul Sseremba | Imagine being in a room filled with people, all gathered for a shared purpose. You are not there just because of your title but because they trust you to give direction and inspire them toward a desired future. That is the essence of leadership; inspiring others, …

COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | This reflection is inspired by John Mary Odoy’s article, “No Buganda, No Uganda” (22 March 2025), in which the senior citizen and advocate for good governance raised concern over what he perceives as attempts to erase Buganda from Uganda’s national map, physically, politically, and …

COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno |The World has recently celebrated International Women’s Week. African women must ask: What exactly are we celebrating? While progress in leadership, education, and economic inclusion is praised, one fundamental loss remains overlooked; the erasure of the African woman’s identity through imposed naming traditions and subjugation. Across …

OPINION | Patricia Ojangole | Women are critical to achieving economic growth and alleviating poverty considering they dominate a vital sector of Uganda’s economy – agriculture. The latest census figures indicate that out of Uganda’s total population of 45.9 million, 24.3 million are female, representing 53%. Despite this demographic advantage, findings …