New virus strain could pose threat to ailing health sector
By Walter Mwesigye Ugandan scientists are critically examining a new dominant variant of COVID 19 in the countryside as the...
Explainer: How prepared is Uganda to rollout COVID-19 vaccines?
By Evelyn Lirri As the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines continues across the world, the key question Ugandans are asking at...
Science and Data Vs Religion: On the role of morality in legal and policy development processes
By Annah Kukundakwe President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni recently noted in his Liberation Day speech on January 26, 2021, that people should leave their religious beliefs at home and...
Security is all “foam and no beer”: A case for Ugandan journalists
BY DAVID LUMU The arrest and detention of Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, the former presidential flag...
Now that elections are over, can we deliver on equitable and quality education for women and girls?
BY: PATRICIA MUNABI BABIIHA The dust is yet to settle on the 2021 general election as some local government elections...
Elections come and go but poverty stays: A call to get to work
BY: PATRICIA MUNABI BABIIHA The year 2020 brought with it the COVID-19 pandemic that had apocalyptic effects on life, as...
Digital Problems, Analog Solutions: On Counter Publics and Museveni’s Great Internet Shutdown
The beautiful Republic of Uganda, christened in 1908 ‘the Pearl of Africa’ by British explorer Winston Churchill, has emerged from...
Luweero ghosts unhappy with NRM leaders
January 2021 will be 40 years since the Luweero war ended. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) will have been in...
Why violence in 2021 election is likely to affect voter turnout for women
With Ugandans warming up to elect their next leaders, the political atmosphere in the East African country has been charged...
No Ugandan deserves to die because of elections: A call for peace
By: Patricia Munabi Babiiha A fortnight from today, more than 17 million registered voters will be casting their ballots in...
