Saturday, 17 March 2012 11:34
By Andrew M. Mwenda
 How the West covers Africa and how we, African elites, need to expose these stereotypes
I argued last week that there is a double standard among institutions – both public and private – in the western world when dealing with an African country like [ … ]
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Sunday, 11 March 2012 06:04
By Andrew M. Mwenda
 Inside one nation’s struggle against deeply entrenched prejudice
Over the last five months, 19 journalists formerly working with News of the World newspaper have been arrested in the United Kingdom for hacking into people’s voicemails for news information. Six top company executives have been force [ … ]
Tuesday, 06 March 2012 10:18
By Andrew M. Mwenda
Trying to overcome a deficient professional class through education and by cultivating a performance-based society
Last week, New Vision reported that Rwanda is recruiting teachers from Uganda to teach in its schools. Many Ugandans may have seen this as an opportunity to get a well paying job, b [ … ]
Monday, 05 March 2012 03:57
By Andrew M. Mwenda
His move is a masterstroke that eclipses political differences and diverts public attention from real issues to imaginary problems
Recently, Ndorwa East Member of Parliament, David Bahati, re-tabled the kill-all-gays Bill before parliament. After his presentation, where he claimed to be the moral v [ … ]
Friday, 24 February 2012 13:06
By Andrew M. Mwenda
Parliamentary intervention in government contracts has been consistently counterproductive because MPs do not look at all sides
(...continued from last week)
I argued in this column last week that parliamentary intervention stopping the signing of oil contracts is likely to make a bad situation wo [ … ]
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Friday, 17 February 2012 08:48
By Andrew M. Mwenda
We should be suspicious of parliamentary interventions in lucrative government contracts because they often make a bad situation worse
Recently, President Yoweri Museveni ordered government of Uganda officials to sign oil Production Sharing Agreements with companies. This was in spite of a resoluti [ … ]
Friday, 10 February 2012 12:30
By Andrew M. Mwenda
We need to place their actions against international practice even in democracies like the USA, France, and Italy
Since the late January shooting incident in Luzira that killed one person and injured two, the public has been baying for the blood of the “culprits” to wit (now) former director for pl [ … ]
Sunday, 05 February 2012 08:48
By Andrew M. Mwenda
NRM had historically suffered major defections before every election but it enjoyed a big infusion of opposition figures in 2007-11
It is almost a year since last year’s presidential elections. The dust over the recriminations over it has settled. We have had sufficient time to reflect on that elec [ … ]
Thursday, 26 January 2012 09:44
By Andrew M. Mwenda
With only 8% access to electricity and 75% of subsidies going to big businesses, why are MPs supporting subsidies?
Last week, a parliament committee passed a resolution cancelling the increase in electricity tariffs. Many Ugandans genuinely believe that in many of its actions, the 9th parliament is [ … ]
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