Guest column

COMMENT | HENRY NJOROGE | There’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Uganda in both an undesirable and positive way to some extent and this trend will continue– at least for the next couple of years. The last few weeks have been uneventful for the larger part of private …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | The appointment of Robinah Nabbanja as a Prime Minister of Uganda caught almost everyone by surpsie. There had been various guesses of likely candidates, but nothing pointed towards her direction. One politician even belittled this appointment.  Member of Parliament Ssemujju Nganda said that she cannot even …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | August 2021 will be a month not to be forgotten for a while by the UPDF family. It was both a joyful and sorrowful month. A big number of the original 27 guys who started the Bush War in 1981 retired and among them was Gen …

COMMENT | OSCORD MARK OTILE  |The co-operative movement comprises of over 800 million people globally, and is found in almost every country. A co-operative is an association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise. …

COMMENT | Ronald Kato | China presents us with a complex – if impossible question. How does a country so big, so diverse, and not exactly rich manage to get things done so efficiently, so quickly? On July 1, today, China’s governing party, the Communist Party of China (CAPC) marks 100 …

   Why government needs to think differently about where it needs to invest in order to effectively contain the pandemic THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | COVID has returned with a vengeance and is now ravaging Uganda. In March and April, the virus seemed to disappear. Out of …

Three CEOs, a global pandemic, a corruption scandal, a managerial wipeout and two brand new Airbus A330s on  ground for 6 months – what went wrong?  COMMENT |  DEREK NSEKO  |  Less than two years ago, Uganda celebrated the return to skies of the latest reincarnation of its National Airline. During …

  COMMENT | Emma Mugisha | Promoting financial inclusion is fundamental to achieving sustainable economic growth across Uganda. Put simply, financial inclusion means ensuring access to bank accounts for everyone who needs one. One of Stanbic Bank’s major roles is to ensure that we help drive this inclusion all the way …

In carrying out their work, internal auditors must focus on three areas – Risk Management, Risk Control and Governance. COMMENT | Francis Banalekaki Yiga | For any business or organization, there will always be risks that could ultimately tarnish its reputation, dampen stakeholder confidence or in worst case scenario, sink the organization …

An open letter to the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni Tibuhaburwa Kaguta: The case for more women in cabinet and a female Speaker of Parliament: OPEN LETTER | MAY 21, 2021 | The Women’s Movement of Uganda congratulates the people of Uganda and its leaders for a fairly successful election process and …