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Splitting the atoms on Uganda’s long walk to affordable power
By: Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka Following two decades of concerted investments by both government and the private sector into especially electricity generation,...
Children and the pandemic: the story of Uganda’s child labour crisis
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with school closures and inadequate government assistance,...
Who will care for the carers? The untold stories of Uganda’s refugee-host relationships
By Miriam Watsemba In 2006, the government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels signed a peace deal in Juba,...
How Museveni exploited Covid-19 to control info and tie down opponents ahead of 2021 polls
BY OTIM LUCIMA No one dared miss the unusual newscaster – the president! For 12 unbroken months and over 20...
Paradoxes of annually celebrating Women in Uganda
While Uganda celebrates her women annually, it is still dangerous to be a woman in the opposition in Uganda today!...
Uganda Development Bank on the spot over Covid-19 stimulus beneficiaries
The Uganda Development Bank has been put on the spot after it emerged that it disbursed up to Shs444 billion...
Tumwebaze’s epidemiological reading of the impact of poll activities is flawed. Here’s why
By Robert Madoi Frank Tumwebaze, Uganda’s Gender, Labour and Social Development minister, subtweeted Daily Monitor’s 19 February front page before firing off...
‘I have no ambition of becoming president,’ Besigye
Since 2001, Dr Kizza Besigye, once a personal doctor, minister and senior military officer of President Yoweri Museveni has offered...
‘No Muganda will be President again’-Semujju Nganda
The 2021 general elections came with surprises and disappointments in equal dosage. One of the hair-raising developments in this particular...
US, EU non-profit organisation bosses deported, blocked
Jitters as government accuses NGOs of subversive agenda When the Non-Government Organisations (NGO) Bureau halted the activities of an international...
