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Sharing skills in avoiding emotional manipulation, detecting paid content, hate speech, fake videos, photos By: Aleksander Dardeli In response to the wave of fake news that inundated the recent presidential election campaign in the United States, much attention has been devoted to those who produce or spread those stories. The …

Ensuring minimal or no disruptions in the transformational journeys of disadvantaged communities after cessation of funding needs rethinking By Ayiga Patrick Obita Sustainability is a major concern for many Not For Profit Organisations commonly called CSOs.  What would happen if a CSO had their funding source cut off? Would they …

The current politics, where Museveni appoints somebody from the opposition, answers the old question; what is politics?  By: Kavuma Kaggwa There has been  a lot  of   loose  and senseless talk  in the  Country, especially  in Kampala , that  because of  what  happened  in the  Democratic  Party  (DP) recently  , therefore …

A new and more realistic monetary paradigm would central banks more room to incorporate risks and costs By: Michael Heise How long will major central banks blindly rely on rigid rules to control inflation and stimulate growth? Given the clear benefits of nimble monetary policy, central bankers need to open …

Can our health professionals practice ethically in an unethical environment? By: Moses Mulumba A few weeks back we lost Dr. Margaret Mungherera and a lot has been said and written about her. I had a privilege to severally interact with her and our last interaction was on a radio talk …

Are Kagame’s proposals to fellow African leaders too bitter a pill for them? By Gerald Mbanda The Rwandan President Paul Kagame, during the recent 28th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, presented recommendations for the institutional reform of the African Union. He told his fellow leaders that these would …

  The silver lining in the Trump cloud is a new solidarity over core values such as tolerance and equality By: Joseph E. Stiglitz In barely a month, U.S President Donald Trump has managed to spread chaos and uncertainty – and a degree of fear that would make any terrorist …

Successful projects are not just about professional skill and technocratic expertise but accurate facts and public interest By: Paolo Mauro In the 2016 American presidential election, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agreed that the US economy is suffering from dilapidated infrastructure, and both called for greater investment in renovating and …

In a healthy democracy, the press helps citizens hold the government accountable, by vigorously interrogating official policies and behavior By: Tony Karon U.S President Donald Trump’s administration has shocked the mainstream press by bullying news outlets and unabashedly trafficking in “alternative facts” (also known as lies). But Trump’s challenge to …

There is tendency in Uganda for the `privilegentia’ to prescribe a role for the mass media that only furthers their privileges  By: Isabella Bwiire Talking about the role of the media, pre-supposes that journalists being the main players in the mass media are not value neutral. This of course doesn’t …