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By Esther Dyson How can I avoid having my messages end up in the jumble of emails that gets abandoned, sent to an archive, or deleted? You may have heard of the “quantified self” movement – the idea that you monitor your own vital signs such as weight or blood …

By Moses Khisa Government wants to retain control over Makerere but does not want to meet its financial obligations Following on Prof. Mahmood Mamdani article; “Beyond the Colonized, Neoliberal University” (The Independent August 12th 2012), I responded with “Response to Prof Mamdani (The Independent September 1st 2012). In his “Critiquing …

By Steven Turyahikayo Uganda @50 and the parable of the two goats Independence in 1962 found me in P4 at Kizinga Primary School in present day Ntungamo district in western Uganda. Kizinga hill in general was undergoing rapid development with school and church buildings being built and/or modernised. The headmaster, …

By Joseph Bossa State House invitations to NRM caucus show why Museveni should be prime minister and Mbabazi the president It has become common practice that whenever there is a crucial vote before Parliament, the most recent one being the passing of an amended budget and more lately the one …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Speakers at the Memorial Lecture at Sheraton spent too much time attacking government than on highlighting his legacy On Oct. 10, I attended the Fourth Milton Obote Memorial Lecture at Sheraton Hotel’s Rwenzori Ballroom. There, I witnessed in silent wonderment the murder of the record of …

By Ian Buruma A certain percentage of voters will not vote for a black man, whatever he says, or however good he looks in a debate What is the point of a presidential debate? In the context of American presidential elections, “debate” is something of a misnomer. When former French …

By Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba To transit to a middle income country, we need well defined institutions and systems of state It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”  “A man who dares to waste one hour of …

By Elamu Denis Ejulu Were Obote, Amin more nationalist than Museveni? For the past five decades former Uganda president, the late Idi Amin Dada, has remained the yard stick for measuring failure in our politics and governance, which has downgraded us to low standards and expectations. This is the background …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The biggest problem with our budget is the growth of political patronage in form of districts, parliament, cabinet, presidential advisors etc In 2006, I joined the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) to do research on the budget for Public Administration and Public Sector Management …

By Rashid Oduka and Ali Oduka The untold story of the 1971 Amin coup This is the story of how a Uganda Police band director, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ahmad Oduka, saved the lives of President Apollo Milton Obote and half of his cabinet who had travelled to Singapore …