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ANDREW MWENDA: Why govt decision on Speke Munyonyo convention centre has been the best

Recently, I had a debate with some Ugandan friends on the decision of government to…

DAVID MAFABI: Oyam By-election; could it be a curse of hereditary politics in Uganda

The Electoral Commission on Friday July, 2023 declared Uganda People Congress’s Eunice Otuko Apio as…

MICHAEL NAHURIRA: Celebrating women, Pan-Africanism and community in memorial of H.E Julius Nyerere

Dear young female leaders, We gathered at Makerere University to celebrate three interconnected themes: women,…

PATRICK NDEGWA: Uganda’s first smart city: Using digital services to make Kampala smarter

Over the last several years, a concerted effort has been to transform Uganda’s capital into…

IVAN MUGUONGEYO: Why DNA testing will radically reshape definition of family

KAMPALA – DNA testing technology is a hot topic now. There is news all over…

CHRISTOPHER BURKE: SMEs Drive Economic Growth and Development: Lessons from East Asia

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are critical drivers of economic growth.  SMEs are usually more…

NATHAN WERE: Why Ugandan farmers must urgently embrace fertilizer and irrigation

KAMPALA — On June 23rd, 2023, the International Finance Corporation [IFC], a private sector arm…

PHIONA KOBUSINGYE: Religion in Uganda – charting a course for Socio-Economic Development

KAMPALA - On June 16th, the people of Mpondwe to whom I am privileged to…

EMMANUEL EREM: Fossil fuels or green energy?

Today, when one talks of the Oil and Gas industry in Uganda, all we think…

FEATURE: Why goats love to climb and stay on rocks and other raised objects

You may have noticed many times how goats love to climb and stay on rocks…