Away from whether Prof. Mamdani is right or wrong. I think today he gave some interesting life philosophy during his NBS TV interview. It’s a worthy red-pill advice, great nuggets of wisdom. I took time to transcribe the advice: Simon Njala: Are you fed up? Do you regret this? (Coming …
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COMMENT Imagine I have a company. One of the senior employees comes and alerts me that the CEO I appointed is evicting her from her office. And not only that, the CEO has given one of the premises of the company to his wife. Not only that, this senior employee …
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Factors such as a history of war and violence, the curse of having natural resources, constitutional designs, ethnic divisions and regional neighbors contribute, writes Pippa Norris Africans recently went to the polls in Benin, Cape Verde, the Republic of Congo, Niger and Zanzibar. The outcome was decidedly mixed. In Congo, …
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Buganda’s marked prince If one day can define the life of a man, then Tuesday March 28, 1995 is that day for Besweri Mulondo, who died on April 5, 2016 aged 90 years, writes Kavuma Kaggwa. Back in 1995, Ugandans were drafting a new constitution through delegates to the Constituent …
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Read the First Lady’s ‘Remarkable Rwandan Women’ tribute, released in @ForbesWomanAfri, at https://t.co/kYgrF7b1mX. pic.twitter.com/8K5yQsp68s — First Lady of Rwanda (@FirstLadyRwanda) April 15, 2016 Dignified Rwandan woman, It has been more than half a century, yet we remember you vividly. The many who were taken away from us, and the …
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Remarks by Nelly Mukazayire, Deputy Director of the Cabinet in the Office of the President, at the 22nd Commemoration of the Genocide Against the Tutsi at the UN 12 April 2016 Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, Excellency Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, President of the United Nations General Assembly, Excellency …
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The impact of the charcoal industry on Uganda’s environment should makes us despair, comments Boaz Opio. Tree fellers should use the timber for making their own coffins. Because as they cut that 100-year old Mvule, they are killing a poor tree that has been busy supplying them with good air …
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Is President Yoweri Museveni weak, indecisive, and therefore, deserving little credit as a leader? That is the view some people have of leaders who dance like weathervanes to every whim of every mob of voters. Those thoughts come to mind regarding a recent meeting at Rwakitura between Museveni, a bunch …
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BY Mwambutsya Ndebesa The Daily Monitor, Tuesday March 15, 2016 under the heading, `Don’t give opposition government business deals—NRM boss’, the NRM Chairman; a one Karangwa, warned Kayunga District officials against awarding any state contracts to opposition supporters. Chairman Karangwa in a way was echoing President Yoweri Museveni who, sometime …
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By Hashim Wasswa Mulangwa January 26, 2014 marks 28 years since the National Resistance Movement/Army (NRM/A) of President Yoweri Museveni came into power. I have been thinking about what this milestone means to me, and trying to reflect on what it probably means of other Ugandans. You see the nature …
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