Has the pandemic worsened the mental health crisis in Uganda?
BY ROBERT MADOI In April 2021, the Uganda Police Force released a 2020 report that made clear a marked decline in...
Inside 25 years of GMOs in Africa
A quarter of a century has passed since South Africa became the first country in Africa to farm genetically modified...
Besigye’s claim about Covid-19 in children mostly does not hold up
Former Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye’s views on Covid-19 have been both prodigious and intensely revealing. A trained physician, the...
The conundrum of education inequity in Uganda’s COVID-19 times
By Dr. Stella Nyanzi Although the 1995 Constitution of Uganda stipulates that, “No child shall be deprived by anybody of...
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,...
Covid -19 variants threatens Uganda’s ailing health systems
Uganda’s ailing health sector could creak under the strain of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic as health officials...
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,...
Government’s post Covid-19 recovery strategies must be gender-inclusive
By Patricia Munabi Babiiha In the next two months, government of Uganda, like the rest in the East African region,...
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...
