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  Uganda’s Financial Markets are Steadily Growing Attracting Participation for All COMMENT | YUNUS MUGALU | Uganda’s improving financial markets are making it possible for ordinary citizens to participate in a sector that was once the preserve of high-net-worth individuals and large corporate entities. This shift is both deliberate and …

COMMENT | DR AMBROSE OTAU TALISUNA | The untimely death of the Woman Member of Parliament for Kalangala, Hellen Nakimuli, has understandably left many Ugandans in shock. It is reported that she drove herself to a private hospital in Kampala for what was supposed to have been a normal surgical procedure, but …

    How Museveni’s eighth decade on earth, fifth in power, is placing Uganda’s future at a big risk   THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | A Ugandan “businessman” called David Senfuka recently went to President Yoweri Museveni with a proposal. He told our president that he (Senfuka) had …

COMMENT |  DEREK NSEKO  |  You may or may not have noticed an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft flying in the Uganda Airlines name. It is a quiet but striking symbol of the strategic shift now underway at the national carrier, brought in swiftly to plug a gaping operational hole but telling a …

COMMENT | JAMES A. GOLDSTON | As the tragic consequences of US President Donald Trump’s war of choice against Iran continue to accumulate, one hears a cry of desperation: Are we witnessing the “death of international law?” It is a reasonable question. But there is a more important one: Can we …

      COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE |  When President Yoweri Museveni appointed Justice Naluzze Aisha Batala as Inspector General of Government (IGG) in October 2025, most Ugandans asked, ‘Who is Justice Aisha Naluzze Bataala?’ This was not because she was less qualified, but little was known of her because …

  COMMENT | CHIARA CORDELLI  | We live in a world of senseless suffering and impending catastrophe, where it would seem the idea of moral progress has become unintelligible. Two epochal crises afflict contemporary society: the rise of anti-democratic forces and climate change. But what if today’s tragedies turn out to …

  As Museveni takes the oath for his seventh term, let’s reflect on his achievements over the past six terms.   COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE | On May 12, 2026, Yoweri Museveni will take the oath of office for a seventh time as president of Uganda. Statistics show that 75% …

  The New Reality of Uganda’s Workplace   SPECIAL FEATURE | ARIHO DAISY KANSIIME | There was a time when a career path felt blissfully predictable. You studied for a profession, entered the workforce, and gradually built depth in that field. A civil engineer obsessed over cement and bricks. A …

COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | When commenting on the 1980–1988 Iraq–Iran war, Henry Kissinger once remarked that it was “a pity both sides can’t lose”. It was a chilling distillation of a worldview in which distant conflicts are not tragedies to be resolved, but instruments to be managed. Alongside Zbigniew …