COMMENT | DOREEN MIREMBE | Uganda’s film industry is experiencing a resurgence, marking a significant departure from years of watching neighboring countries’ industries thrive. Over the past five years, there has been a noticeable surge in the consumption and appreciation of locally produced TV shows and films. This new-found …
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The unregulated and opaque market that emerged as businesses buy emission offsets has major flaws COMMENT | MATEO ESTRADA | The recent Climate Week NYC, which convened corporate leaders, policymakers, scientists, and others to discuss climate solutions and drive progress toward decarbonisation, underscored how forests have become big business. The fast-growing …
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It’s illogical for Uganda with approximately 40m people to have a parliament as big as that of India with 1.4bn people COMMENT | MICHAEL ABONEKA | The conversations to reduce the size of Parliament are not new only that the talks do not come to fruition. Before I go further …
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COMMENT | MAJ GEN (Rtd) AUBREY RETEMYER | On October 22, this year, a friend was stopped from boarding a Kenya Airways flight to East Africa. He was told by the agents that unlike before, in order for a Guyanese passport holder to travel to the EAC, there were …
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It is risky for a country to depend on hydropower dams on a single river as the only source of power COMMENT | PETER NYANZI | Recent media reports that Government is considering to bailout business Patrick Bitature by acquiring Electromaxx, his thermal power generation company based in Tororo District in …
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Oil companies’ extravagant and reckless behavior evokes parallels with France’s Ancien Régime COMMENT | DICKENS KAMUGISHA | As a long-time advocate for human and environmental rights, I am terrified by the unprecedented frequency of extreme weather events. With each passing day, it becomes increasingly evident that we are in the midst …
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They handed to the Jewish people land they confiscated from Palestinians and violently repressed their nationalism COMMENT | SAURAV SARKAR | Israeli flags are flying over all government buildings in the United Kingdom currently, but this isn’t the first time the former imperial hegemon has put its weight behind Zionism. In …
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The choice isn’t between Hamas and Israeli hardliners because these are two sides of the same coin COMMENT | SLAVOJ ZIZEK | The barbarism that Hamas has unleashed on Israel should be condemned unconditionally, with no “ifs” or “buts.” The massacres, rapes, and abductions of civilians from villages, kibbutzim, and a …
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Why the sacred institution has become a resting place for populists elected for their noise-making abilities COMMENT | MICHAEL WOIRA | In the heart of any functioning democracy lies its parliamentary system, a sacred institution entrusted with the responsibility of shaping the nation’s destiny. However, recent events have painted a …
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A new generation of leaders are making their voices heard and rising to meet the challenges we face today COMMENT | GORDON BROWN | With her ambitious Bridgetown Agenda to reform the international financial architecture, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has become a powerful advocate for climate justice. But she …
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