BLOGS

  COMMENT | RONALD AMANYIRE |   From the highest offices to the lowest levels of administration, across all three arms of government and even the Fourth Estate, Uganda is afflicted by a cancer called corruption. That is the fundamental problem. The greatest casualty of this disease has not merely been …

  COMMENT | RONALD AMANYIRE |  People are understandably frustrated by what appears to be an overnight collapse in electricity service delivery following the transition from UMEME to Uganda Electricity Company Limited (UEDCL). However, many are overlooking a fundamental reality. UMEME was a private company operating under a commercial model. …

  COMMENT | ENOKA K BAINOMUGISHA  | Every culture in the world has developed beliefs in one or more supernatural beings believed to possess supreme power over human affairs. These deities are expected to provide protection, meet human needs, explain the mysteries of existence, and offer answers to questions that human beings …

    COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE |   As I approached Masese Landing Site in Jinja City’s Southern Division, the first thing that caught my attention was the beautiful, newly constructed Search and Rescue (SAR) Centre and the bright orange rescue boats docked on the water. The facility has given …

  COMMENT | JEREMIAH NYAGAH | When a family can grow enough food to feed its children, sell the surplus to pay school fees and save money for the next planting season, food security becomes more than the absence of hunger. It becomes the foundation for dignity, opportunity and a future …

  Protect Learners’ Well-being During Exams   COMMENT | MEVIN LINNET KYAKUWA |  I will never forget the day we were called out of the main hall just as we prepared to sit our first examination paper. The examination papers were ready, supervisors were moving around the room, learners were …

  COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE |  What can Sh1 million mean to a family struggling to make ends meet? For someone running a booming business, it may seem like a little amount. But for a farmer who has spent years watching opportunities pass by because of a lack of capital, …

  The strongest protection is not just raising interest rates or special windows for dollars. It is building an economy that sells more than it buys from the rest of the world    COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | In simple words, Uganda needs to earn more dollars than it spends, year …

  From inaccessible classrooms to limited job opportunities, learners with disabilities are still waiting for the equality Uganda’s laws promise   COMMENT | KENNEDY AMANYA | On 9 October, as Uganda marked 64 years of independence, I spent the day with learners at Wakiso Secondary School for the Deaf. It was also …

       COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE |  Uganda’s 64th Independence Day was celebrated remotely at State House Entebbe on 9th October, 2026. The guest list was not more than 50 people. No grand parades by the members of the armed forces, no musicians singing revolutionary songs, and no grand …