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  From Kyankwanzi to the Moon and beyond: Another case for Regional Integration and Shared Ambition   COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | Sometime in 2023, I found myself on a panel at the Kampala Geopolitics Conference, convened by the French Embassy and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung–Uganda in partnership with Makerere University. …

  Gender inequality is weakening Uganda’s trade competitiveness   COMMENT | GARD BENDA NTEGYEREIZE |  Uganda’s expanding footprint in regional and global trade, particularly through the East African Community (EAC) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), signals a strong trajectory toward economic integration and growth. Yet beneath this progress …

COMMENT | FEDERICO FUBINI | Although one might be hard-pressed to find similarities between the wars in Ukraine and Iran, Donald Trump’s April Fools’ Day speech from the White House has brought the parallel into sharper focus. To be sure, Ukraine is a democracy (however imperfect) aspiring to European integration, …

MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | COMMENT | The ongoing Kyankwanzi retreat discussions have mostly focused on the prosperity of Ugandans. In consideration of the foregoing, the most vital document presented and discussed over and over again was “Uganda’s Tenfold Growth Strategy”. This document outlines a journey map that would take Uganda from a …

  COMMENT | PAUL KYAMBADDE | Retirement is often imagined as a season of rest, reflection, and freedom after decades of hard work. Yet for many people today, it arrives with a knot of anxiety rather than a sigh of relief. The central fear is painfully simple: What if my …

  COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | President Yoweri Museveni recently sent the untiring Director General of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Arthur Mugyenyi, to sort out the long-standing land dispute between private tree planters and cattle herders in Nsoowe Central Forest Reserve, in Maddu Sub County, Gomba District. It is …

  COMMENT | MOHAMMED AL DHAHERI & RIKARD JALKEBRO | Diplomatic instinct suggests that, when conflicts intensify, parties should head to the negotiating table. That impulse might be rooted in genuine moral concern, but there are times when heeding it is dangerous. Now is just such a time: negotiations to …

Fresh concerns emerge following reported discrepancies at the 11th Inter-Secondary Schools Gala 2026 COMMENT | OSBORNE KINENE | The 11th annual Uganda Aquatic inter-secondary schools swimming gala was held 28th March, 2026, at the Greenhill Academy, Kibuli campus. The event, which is held annually and usually attracts participation from several secondary …

US troops before leaving Afghanistan. One of many countries American presidents have invaded to achieve their war plans How the war against Iran is not a Trump creation but a deep-seated American way of doing things THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | US President Donald Trump campaigned on …

COMMENT | PROF. MYRIAN SIDIBE | Awards season this year was a celebration of Black creativity and cinema. Sinners made history with 16 Academy Award nominations. This is a film critics said would never land, which narrates an episode of Black history which had previously been diminished and, at some point, …