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    COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI |  Germany is currently undergoing a profound political crisis, and being one of Africa’s major international development partners, we should be reasonably concerned. It is a crisis that goes against the very ethos of how Germany’s politics usually works. The German political culture values …

  COMMENT |  YUSUF MASABA |  The Middle East stands once again at the edge of a dangerous precipice. What began as a targeted military strike on an airport runway has rapidly evolved into a wider regional confrontation, threatening global energy markets and exposing the vulnerability of economies far beyond the …

  COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE | For generations, Ugandans have acquired valuable vocational skills in garages, workshops, construction sites, farms, salons and other workplaces. Many have become competent mechanics, builders, welders, carpenters, electricians, tailors and technicians without ever sitting in a formal classroom. Yet, despite their ability to do the …

  From delayed reporting to incomplete information, understanding your policy can make the difference between a smooth claim and a costly dispute.   COMMENT | JACOB OCERO-NOID |  For many Ugandans, the real test of insurance comes when disaster strikes. A vehicle is involved in an accident, a property is damaged …

  BIRTHDAY REFLECTIONS | YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI | I want to thank the 8 million well-wishers that sent me congratulations on my 82nd birthday on the 15th of September, 2026. Those well-wishes and God’s blessings will push me and Maama for another just 18 years to reach 100 years of age …

  Latif Sebagala, Odonga Otto, et al.; Opposition is decamping to NRM   COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | Sometime in 2016, President Yoweri Museveni vowed to neutralise the cantankerous Opposition political parties completely. In his view they were not adding helpful political hygiene to Uganda’s political development. He made the …

  From Shillings 3,400 to Shillings 6,900: Is the ‘Normalised’ Fuel Price Ever Coming Back Down?   COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | When global crude oil prices skyrocket, prices at Ugandan fuel pumps shoot up overnight. When global crude prices plunge, local pump prices barely budge. They settle instead on a …

  COMMENT | ALI SSEKATAWA | The online furore that followed President Yoweri Museveni’s unveiling of Uganda’s crude oil trading name, “Pearl Sweet”, reminded me of Shakespeare’s timeless question in Romeo and Juliet: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” …

  INNOCENT NAHABWE | COMMENT | There are many reasons why a doctor may give you the wrong diagnosis. But first, a story. Around 2004, I was in vet school, and we were learning pregnancy diagnosis in cows. They would line up animals and we would go in per rectum …

  NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT |  On 20th August last month, the world marked a discovery that changed the course of public health. In 1897, the British physician Sir Ronald Ross, working in India, proved that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit the parasite that causes malaria in humans. It was …