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Assertions by China’s Xi Jinping about the decline of the West reveal an underlying anxiety COMMENT | CHRIS PATTEN | The recent G7 summit in Hiroshima culminated in an impressive show of unity over the war in Ukraine and China’s expansionism. But are analysts and commentators right to cite the group’s …

To keep up with innovation in technology, policymakers must keep broad considerations in mind COMMENT | KAUSHIK BASU | Technology is changing the world faster than policymakers can devise new ways to cope with it. As a result, societies are becoming polarised, inequality is rising, and authoritarian regimes and corporations are …

COMMENT | CLEVER NICHOLAS | While debt collection intends to ensure that individuals and businesses fulfill their financial obligations, it is increasingly becoming evident that the debt collection industry in Uganda has been hijacked by court bailiffs who engage in debt collection without court order, which is illegal and improper. Court …

How national roads empower Uganda’s labour force through experiential learning and training COMMENT | ANGELA NDAGANO | It’s 1 pm, and the Kampala Flyover Project construction site buzzes with activity. The air is filled with the sounds of clanging metal and thumping machinery. Workers in safety gear move about quickly and …

Digital tools can empower women leaders in Uganda to tackle online harassment and advocate better COMMENT | TRICIA GLORIA NABAYE | According to the 2021 Amplified Abuse Report by Pollicy.org, Women leaders in Uganda face a rising concern of online abuse and harassment. The report reveals that women political leaders in …

Democracies are dispensing with the ideal that judges are not supposed to be a direct source of political controversy COMMENT | NICHOLAS REED LANGEN | One telling development in the popular demonstrations against the Israeli government’s proposed judicial reforms has been the concentration of protesters on a small side street in …

Social discipline to stop practices that endanger the environment should replace era of inaction about climate change COMMENT | WALTER AKENA | When humans decide to wage war against nature, as we have always done by building on wetlands, cutting down trees, sand mining, and farming in marshlands, the outcome is …

Out of the estimated 21,930,000 women in Uganda, 61.7% access internet daily, and 44% percent use their own mobile phones COMMENT | Lydia Mirembe | International Women’s Day is a good time to apply a gender lens to all aspects of life – not only to draw attention to the traditional …

  COMMENT | Nkwazi Mhango | If there is a day that defined President Yoweri Museveni, it is the one when he defied everyone and signed an anti-gay bill into law for Uganda a decade ago. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since, but his defiant stance remains …

COMMENT | JULIET BAGGYA NSIYONA | One of the communities known widely for the old age tradition of saving is India. Popularly known for encouraging the saving of chunks of their income rather than consuming it, this tradition is instilled right from birth, so, ideally each Indian child is aware …