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COMMENT | PETER OKWALINGA | On September 16th, Uganda joined the rest of the world to celebrate International Identity Day. To mark the occasion, NIRA took services closest to parents by conducting instant birth and National Identification Number (NIN) registrations at high-volume hospitals across the country. It was a symbolic, …

Why a Constitutional Court judgment seeking to promote gender equality has upset traditional leaders COMMENT | ANTHONY DIALA | A unanimous Constitutional Court ruling has sparked fierce controversy by affirming the right of South African men to adopt their wives’ surnames if they wish to. It emerged from a lawsuit against the …

    Without AGOA and other traditional instruments of soft power, the United States will increase its isolation from Africa COMMENT | WITNEY SCHNEIDMAN | The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), legislation that has been the cornerstone of the U.S.-African commercial relationship for the last 25 years, is set to …

COMMENT | RAHU  | Across the world, the burden of family planning has historically been placed on women. Cultural and societal norms often position men as the ultimate decision-makers in households, leaving women with limited voice in determining family size or accessing reproductive health services. This imbalance not only undermines women’s …

Banking on a Greener Future with Green Finance Solutions for SMEs COMMENT | Virginia Ssemakula | Climate change is one of the significant crises facing the world today and developing nations such as Uganda face a critical challenge in combating related effects despite its relatively low contribution to global greenhouse …

COMMENT | Charles Okello Ayai | This article is, in part, a response to Andrew Mwenda’s article titled “Time for Africa to wake up” in his column, The Last Word on February 14, 2025. In it, he makes what has become a popular exhortation by most who consider themselves Pan-African, namely, …

  BRUSSELS | Xinhua |  Five more European countries announced their recognition of the State of Palestine on Monday, during the high-level session of the 80th United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Here is what you need to know about the latest developments. WHO HAS NEWLY RECOGNIZED PALESTINE? France, which co-chaired …

Trial adjourned. New dates to be communicated. SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in court, in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X. **** The trial was supposed to start on Monday after more than a month’s hiatus on account of the presiding Judge …

COMMENT | David Gross ,Daniel Holz & Juan Manuel Santos |  US President Donald Trump’s recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska was the first encounter between the leaders of the world’s two largest nuclear powers since 2021. Now, if Trump truly wants to put America first and establish a …

  How electoral democracy has prostituted our governance and undermined the public spirit THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA |  Uganda is facing a moral crisis, a loss of the public spirit in public service. Public policy and actions no longer embody the public spirit. Instead, they reinforce a pattern …