Even if doesn’t sound the death knell of the current order, it highlights widely shared grievances against it COMMENT | ANA PALACIO | The just-concluded BRICS summit bringing together the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa was touted as a pivotal event that could change the contours of …
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It’s failed to produce an internationally coordinated and funded strategy to support public-interest media COMMENT | JAMES DEANE | In July 2019, the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, launched a global campaign for media freedom at a London conference co-organised by the Canadian government. “Today, we are joined by delegations …
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The sins of the past should not crowd out a clear-eyed climate strategy, especially in the UK and EU COMMENT | BENEDICT MACON-COONEY & TONE LANGENGEN | In the debate about how to curb global warming, climate action is often confused for climate justice. Many European countries (including the United Kingdom) …
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Unlocking their power requires solidifying their place as key stakeholders at the upcoming Africa Climate Summit COMMENT | ELIZABETH WATHUTI | In an increasingly volatile world, the grip of extreme weather events tightens, unleashing droughts, floods, and heat waves that wreak havoc on vulnerable communities. The repercussions are dire lost livelihoods, …
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Airtel IPO offers Class of 1995 new saving vehicle. Let’s leave something for the next generation. COMMENT | DAVID BIRUNGI | The year 1995 is etched in Uganda’s contemporary history in many different ways. I will stick with only two because less is more. I don’t know where you were …
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COMMENT | ROBSON AINE | In a startling revelation, the Tropical Institute for Development Innovation (TRIDI) has pointed fingers at the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation for obstructing the progress of the TRIDI Sericulture project, leading to economic losses and wastage of investments. The project, aimed at revolutionizing Uganda’s silk …
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A comprehensive and strategic approach to address the concerns raised by the global bank should be developed COMMENT | SIMON M. MUTUNGI | On Aug.08, the World Bank announced that it is halting new loans to Uganda over the country’s controversial Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA). The United States-based development financier said the …
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Why we would be wise to give it another chance before we resign ourselves to the capitalist-socialist conflict COMMENT | ROBERT SKIDELSKY | In 2009, while the world economy was still reeling from the global financial crisis, Nobel laureate economist Robert Lucas observed that “everyone is a Keynesian in the foxhole.” …
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COMMENT | JORDAN DDUNGU | Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has called upon Ugandans to desist from facilitating the ascension of Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba to the presidency, asserting that Uganda is not a monarchy. First, nobody called or even assumed The Pearl of Africa was a monarchy. It is an entire …
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Why the Gabon coup is a wake-up call to intellectuals in Africa to rethink politics on the continent THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | There has been yet another a successful military coup in Africa, this time in Gabon. This is a country that has not known a military coup in …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
