COLUMNISTS

By Morrison Rwakakamba High water prices and top heavy mechanistic policies are hurting lives in rural communities Over Christmas festivities in Rukungiri district, I conducted a few town hall meetings and village fireplace conversations with real people to discuss issues in their midst. It was sort of an immersion into …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the West has built a global incentive system that sustains a negative narrative against Africa Steve Biko once said the greatest weapon in the hands of an oppressor is not his armies and arms but the mind of the oppressed. Antonio Gramsci had made a …

By Morris DC Komakech Trends in opposition victories show that Inter-Party candidates have had better chances at victory at the polls As we enter 2015, there is need to call for a stronger and united opposition to prepare adequately for a reorganised NRMO. Many cynics appear ambivalent in accepting the …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the renegade general’s antics demonstrate the poverty of opposition politics in Uganda and elsewhere in Africa The return of Gen. David Sejusa aka Tinyefuza from exile in the United Kingdom on Dec.14 was sudden and, for most people, unexpected. Tinyefuza has been a consistent disappointment …

By Patrick Nakabale With soldiers talking seeds and plants instead of guns and bombs, the prosperity gospel is made easier Recently, I was privileged to participate in activities of wealth-creation and prosperity through agriculture in Kakiri town council and surrounding areas. We have been involved in activities of agricultural expansion …

By Yoga Adhola The debate Mwenda has started raises questions about whether the Luweero war was necessary In his article, “On the NRM delegates conference” (The Independent, Monday, 01 December 2014 ),  Andrew Mwenda has written things which make me reflect on my short membership of the Front for National …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why African elites sound angry and frustrated though continent’s economies grow faster than rest of the world Over the last decade and a half, Sub Sahara African economies have been growing fast and creating prosperity for many. Today, our continent is exporting and importing more and …

By Patricia Mahoney Many countries have laws against gender-based violence and they need to enforce them equitably and consistently On December 10, we celebrated International Human Rights Day. It marked the end of the 16 days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence that began on November 25 with the International Day …

By Prof. Morris Ogenga-Latigo Lessons from the trees: even the jungle has rules Although I could have spoken on the very first day when I first entered Uganda’s Parliament in 2001, I did not make my maiden speech until after two months. Instead, being an ecologist, I spent time marvelling …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Lessons for Africa from the daily killings of young black teenagers in America at the hands of racist police officers The ink had not yet dried on the grand jury decision that exonerated police officer Darren Wilson for the cold-bloodied murder of 18-year old Micheal Brown …