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COMMENT | Samson Tinka | On 29th Dec 2025, I landed in an unexpected evening traffic jam at a place called Mpambire, around 40 km on the Kampala-Masaka road. I imagined there was an accident a few meters ahead that had slowed us down. I didn’t know that I would leave …

Globally, citizens often display their national flags at homes, offices, and public spaces as expressions of pride. Uganda is no exception COMMENT | JULIUS BUSINGE |  As Uganda journeys toward the January 15 general elections, the national flag has once again taken centre stage in public debate—raising questions not only …

    COMMENT | ELIJAH TUMUSIIME |  This Christmas and New Year season, many businesses and families will take a break, celebrating with loved ones and enjoying the festive atmosphere. While offices close and inboxes slow down, cybercriminals remain active, presenting significant risks during this potentially vulnerable time. Research indicates …

  COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | Scholars have defined political opportunism as aiming to increase one’s political influence at any price, or a political style that involves seizing every and any opportunity to extend political influence, whenever such opportunities arise. Typically, opportunist political behavior is criticized for being short-sighted or …

  COMMENT | ALFRED GERESOM MUSAMALI | I have seen an alarmist letter (attached) allegedly written by one Joram Khamboson Mayatsa, who calls himself Umukuuka IV uwa Inzu ya Masaaba (IYM), mobilising all Bamasaaba of Uganda, Kenya and the Diaspora to participate in and support the upcoming “Circumcision Day” for …

COMMENT | Simon Peter Tumwebaze Kyoma | This Christmas season, as the air fills with warm laughter, the smell of chicken luwombo, and the promise of a new year, we find ourselves thinking about the true meaning of home. It should be more than the four walls that make it, but, …

    How Old Empires Rebranded Themselves and Learned to Rule Through Chaos COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | On Christmas Day in 1497, Vasco da Gama rounded the southern tip of Africa. He named the land he encountered Natalis—Portuguese for Christmas. Today, it is known as KwaZulu-Natal. Da Gama’s voyage opened …

  COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE |  In one of our animated discussions in a journalists’ chat group, a colleague, Derrick Wandera of the Daily Monitor, questioned why the National Resistance Movement (NRM), and particularly the security agencies, are placing so much emphasis on what he described as “ghetto political slogans” …

    How the US president is breathing fresh air into international affairs that had been poisoned by too much moralism THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA |  For the first time in my adult life, I have read a United States National Security Strategy that speaks sense. What President …

  Why East and Southern Africa Must Choose Justice Over Silence, and Regional Truth Over Convenient Sovereignty COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI |   On July 4, 1876, American Congressman James A. Garfield declared, “The people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If it is corrupt, it is because the …