COVID-19 brings to the fore Uganda’s teenage pregnancy crisis
By Evelyn Lirri “Over 4,000 teenage pregnancies registered in northern Uganda,” reads one article. “2,300 school girls conceive, 128 married...
What exactly is BBI? An A-Z breakdown of Kenya’s handshake initiative and why you should care
BY PATRICK LANG’AT On March 9, 2018, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga shook hands on the...
Faulty oxygen plant kills 2, Mulago doctors up in arms
By Daniel K Kalinaki More by this Author At 2.46pm on August 7, the Ministry of Health tweeted its daily...
Mbeki and Obasanjo: case studies in the use of soft power in Africa’s interests
By Oluwaseun Tella The concept of soft power has been part of the parlance of international relations for three decades....
Dr Kizza Besigye: Portrait of a fighter
A look at the twenty years of political activism of the four time presidential candidate By Ian Katusiime When...
Nature’s wrath looming: How Uganda is paying the price for ignoring changing climatic patterns
By: Frederic Musisi Uganda’s electoral carnival kicked off last week with presidential nominations, followed by the unveiling of manifestos and...
Fire and ice: Why 2021 election will be referendum on Besigye, Muntu styles
By Robert Madoi There is chalk and cheese; then there is Kizza Besigye and Mugisha Muntu. The differences between the...
Robert Serumaga: The Pantheon of Uganda’s Theatre in the ‘70s
By Ian Kiyingi Muddu When Abafumi went on what would be their last tour, Robert Serumaga who had not gone...
Uganda’s Covid-19 Economy: Is this the Epoch for State Intervention?
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown Uganda’s economy into a tailspin and disrupted supply routes both at the domestic and international...
COVID-19: examining theories for Africa’s low death rates
By Kevin Marsh and Moses Alobo As the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic emerged earlier this year, many felt a...
