With Love From Ofwono Opondo – Christmas Gift to Extravagant, Lavish Ugandans There is an age-old Luganda saying running to the effect that as sons of the noble are being counselled, the peasants’ sons must be attentive. (Bwe baba babuulirira owa bwoobwe, ng’ow’omunaku okutu okunkumula.) Senior citizen and media authority Ofwono Opondo has considered it […]
There is a timeless quote by Gen Kahinda Otafiire where he advises journalists to “leave matters of the Generals to the Generals.” Indeed, in military protocol, the standard operating procedure is never to send a Colonel to arrest a General or a Private to quiz a Colonel. A commander of a unit cannot be someone […]
By Andrew M. Mwenda Many people have hailed President William Ruto of Kenya for yielding to popular pressure not to sign the controversial Finance Bill. A friend in diplomatic circles in Kampala texted me saying that Ruto should be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. In my young and idealistic life, I would have hailed the […]
Local Artist, Moses Ssali a.k.a Bebe Cool has come out to respond to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on why more Ugandans are cherishing the English Football clubs and players than the local football clubs and players. After making it a point which he has on a number of occasions put it forward, saying himself as […]
By Hellen Seku, the Commissioner for National Secretariat for Patriotism It is significant to note that Menstruation is a natural biological process and a sign showing that someone is healthy. It is a phenomenon that needs to be respected and well managed in the societies where we live. Actually, experiencing regular periods as a woman, […]
PUBLIC LETTER: Dear Mr. Tamale Mirundi, former presidential press secretary.. I kindly request you to leave my late mother, First Lady Kay Adroa Amin, out of your drunken stupor public antics in the media as I have just seen on social media. If you want to know anything about her life and legacy, feel free […]
BY BEN SSEBUGUZI A few weeks ago, it was exciting to learn that Hajjat Hadijah Uzeiye Namyalo, the manager Office of the National Chairman (ONC) dispersed her team to Jinja City to hold National Resistance Movement (NRM) party leaders’ reconciliation meetings which was causing bruises and hampering service delivery. Reconciliation is the act of coming to […]
Opinion by Andrew Mwenda On Wednesday, the Constitutional Court upheld the retrogressive Anti Homosexuality Act (AHA). Although it struck down four provisions of this barbaric law, it left most of the Act intact, declaring its draconian and inhuman provisions constitutional. Nothing could have been more unconstitutional. As I sat in the courtroom listening to the […]
And the winner is Kampala City. It is a splendid time to live in Uganda’s capital today. This particular month of January 2024 has been such a time for the political, economy and particularly the tourism sector. The NAM, G77+China summits visitors that have jetted into the revamped Entebbe International Airport are going back with […]
It is a parent’s sole responsibility to ensure that his or her child grows up into a responsible and fulfilled citizen. This role cannot be delegated to anyone else. By Frank Obonyo A mysterious fire that took seven lives after burning a school dormitory of Kasaana Junior Primary School in Nyendo-Mukugwe Division in Masaka City […]