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Countries need to put more resources in vaccine preventable disease surveillance | NELSON MANDELA OGEMA | Vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio could make a devastating recurrence in Africa due to weak and cash strapped surveillance, a WHO expert says. This could cost Africa US$ 22.4 billion and more than 915,000 …

Uganda has to develop and implement long-term vision for a national social protection system | THE INDEPENDENT | Spending on social protection interventions, such as the Senior Citizens Grant, is not a welfare cost, but is in fact an investment to the economy that demonstrates remarkable macro-economic impacts comparable to …

Students integrate research, collaboration and innovation into art production  | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI |Unlike the idea of leaners getting confined in the classroom and dwelling on theoretical approaches of art learning or perceiving the notion of field study as simply a form of escape from the predictable university environment, the recent …

But we should buy them anyway | THE INDEPENDENT | Transforming the way we travel is an essential part of tackling the climate crisis. The transport sector contributes about 20% of global carbon emissions. In the UK the figure is 33%, and the country has made virtually no progress in reducing …

Do a thorough due-diligence on Bonang Power, government told Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Fifteen civil society organizations (CSOs) have asked the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) to share details with Ugandans that show South African energy firm, Bonang Power and Energy Pty Ltd, is technically capable and financially sound …

It’s not all doom and gloom Kamapal, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | December 04 marked another key moment in President Yoweri Museveni’s protracted fight against corruption that has for a long time blighted Uganda’s development agenda. Flanked by several high profile government officials, religious and civil society leaders, Museveni walked …

  The inside story of the cabinet reshuffle Kampala, Uganda  | IAN KATUSIIME | President Yoweri Museveni on Dec.14 made an impromptu reshuffle of his cabinet, a step that a section of the public linked to the upcoming 2021 general elections. But the most significant concern in the reshuffle is …

THE LAST WORD: Why our obsession with corruption as a cause of our poverty is too much ado over little or nothing THE LAST WORD |  Andrew M. Mwenda |  Cognitive scientists argue that human beings are [inherently] cognitive misers i.e. we prefer to do as little thinking as possible. …

Avoid it if you can, be careful if you can’t | MOTORING GURU | The rain these days is throwing up the unexpected. A road that you have driven on for years without incident will easily become flooded. That is why it is important to recall the tips you picked …

An exhibition of contrasts at the musuem Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Art is increasingly being adopted as a medium for institutions to advocate social change in communities. Art is seen to have potential to shape or influence everyday perceptions by mirroring the social condition and behavior of communities. …