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COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  Early morning of June 1, 2021, Uganda’s media was flooded with images, short videos and news of the death of Gen. Katumba Wamala’s daughter, his driver and the near miss of the former army commander himself. Still unknown people on motorcycles were responsible for this criminal …

How the former parliamentary speaker made a series of blunders that may sink her otherwise great political career THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Rebecca Kadaga is a lady of many parts. For twenty years, she held sway over Uganda’s parliament: first as deputy speaker (20001-2011), and then …

  COMMENT | Emma Mugisha | Promoting financial inclusion is fundamental to achieving sustainable economic growth across Uganda. Put simply, financial inclusion means ensuring access to bank accounts for everyone who needs one. One of Stanbic Bank’s major roles is to ensure that we help drive this inclusion all the way …

In carrying out their work, internal auditors must focus on three areas – Risk Management, Risk Control and Governance. COMMENT | Francis Banalekaki Yiga | For any business or organization, there will always be risks that could ultimately tarnish its reputation, dampen stakeholder confidence or in worst case scenario, sink the organization …

How social media promotes radical extremism with a high potential to undermine democracy as we know it THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Democracy is in crisis. Globally. The risk is not the effort of tyrants. It is the naivety of liberals. For a century, two institutions underpinned …

An open letter to the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni Tibuhaburwa Kaguta: The case for more women in cabinet and a female Speaker of Parliament: OPEN LETTER | MAY 21, 2021 | The Women’s Movement of Uganda congratulates the people of Uganda and its leaders for a fairly successful election process and …

COMMENT | Theophilus Oladipo | On the 4th of May 2021, the sexual offences bill passed the third reading stage at the Ugandan Parliament. Since 2019, the bill has been a source of debate and worry. Apart from the fact that it needlessly confirms what has mostly been criminalized, it raises …

  How the president’s criticism of the electricity distributor is likely to undermine investor confidence in Uganda THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | President Yoweri Museveni recently repeated his claim that officials of the government of Uganda who negotiated the Umeme concession sold the country. It is a …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka |   Last week, Daily Monitor reported an arrest of seven suspects in Rubaga found with electricity materials and gadgets worth over sh3 billion. It was earlier reported that vandalism was rampant in Kiboga district,  where electric wires, surge arrestors, polymeric insulators among other items were stolen. Responding …

COMMENT | Judith Hope Kiconco | It’s that time of year again for nurses. Just last week, we had the midwives celebrate the International Day of the Midwife in style at KAWEMPE national referral hospital. Nurses are usually the first point of contacting for health care in our communities.    Nurses and …