Opinion

To every young Ugandan engineer watching this, don’t be disillusioned. Be determined. The dam may crack, but you must not. Keep designing. COMMENT | APOLLO BUREGYEYA | We spent sh2.3 trillion on Isimba Dam. A whole dam. Not a goat shed. Not a pit latrine. A dam, with concrete, turbines, embankments, …

OPINION | Saul Sseremba | In Kampala, it is common to come across an insurance agent. You might meet one at a taxi stage, outside a supermarket, in your office, or even at a religious gathering. They greet you with a smile, ask if you have heard about insurance, and …

Uganda on the brink of energy independence COMMENT | ALI SSEKATAWA |  Uganda is slowly but surely positioning herself on the path to transformative infrastructure that will propel among others energy independence, marked by a series of historic milestones achieved in the past six months. First was the closure of external financing …

Why this 35 years old kid will continue to live in the memory of many people for generations to come THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | On Saturday May 03 around 2.20am, fate struck. Rajiv Ruparelia, son of Uganda’s richest couple, Sudhir and Jyotsna Ruparelia, died in a horrible car accident. …

COMMENT | Jane F Alowo |  I must have missed this piece “The Empire In the Cathedral: Would Jesus recognize His Church?” during the mourning period for Pope Francis – May he continue to rest in peace. But, kindly allow me set the record straight where facts have been overstated or misunderstood. I …

COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | The death of a Pope is no private affair. Over 50 heads of state descended upon Rome, standing beneath Michelangelo’s dome to honour a man whose life mirrored a carpenter from Galilee. Cloaked in diplomacy, spectacle, and centuries of ritual, they gather not just to …

COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | Every 1st May, like clockwork, Uganda joins the rest of the world to honour workers, by ensuring the actual workers stay hard at it, while officials in crisp suits wave to the cameras and give speeches on “dignity” and “solidarity” from the comfort of shaded …

The life of a man whose political ideals were always in contradiction with his political analysis THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda |  Maj. John Kazoora, who died on Easter Sunday April 20th, 2025, was a ferocious political animal. I met him in 1996 during the 6th parliament when I was a …

COMMENT | ROBERT KABUSHENGA | On the afternoon of Saturday 26/04/2025, the world said farewell to Pope Francis. He left for heaven earlier in the week on Easter Monday, 21/05/2025. In the evening of April 18, 2015, I arrived in Perugia, Italy. With hindsight, this trip was the work of fate, …

COMMENT | DR OPIO PHILLIP |  I chose to remain silent on the Tororo split issue initially to allow due process to unfold. However, fundamental questions persist—particularly regarding the selection criteria for the delegates who met with the Vice President last week and later with His Excellency the President. While …