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  From delayed reporting to incomplete information, understanding your policy can make the difference between a smooth claim and a costly dispute.   COMMENT | JACOB OCERO-NOID |  For many Ugandans, the real test of insurance comes when disaster strikes. A vehicle is involved in an accident, a property is damaged …

  BIRTHDAY REFLECTIONS | YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI | I want to thank the 8 million well-wishers that sent me congratulations on my 82nd birthday on the 15th of September, 2026. Those well-wishes and God’s blessings will push me and Maama for another just 18 years to reach 100 years of age …

  Latif Sebagala, Odonga Otto, et al.; Opposition is decamping to NRM   COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | Sometime in 2016, President Yoweri Museveni vowed to neutralise the cantankerous Opposition political parties completely. In his view they were not adding helpful political hygiene to Uganda’s political development. He made the …

OPINION | ANTHONY KIVUMBI | Drive out of Kampala on any road you like. Take the road to Naggalama, where I went to school. Somewhere beyond the last trading centre, you will likely see a plot with a ring beam but no roof. The blocks are well laid. The windows …

  From Shillings 3,400 to Shillings 6,900: Is the ‘Normalised’ Fuel Price Ever Coming Back Down?   COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | When global crude oil prices skyrocket, prices at Ugandan fuel pumps shoot up overnight. When global crude prices plunge, local pump prices barely budge. They settle instead on a …

  COMMENT | ALI SSEKATAWA | The online furore that followed President Yoweri Museveni’s unveiling of Uganda’s crude oil trading name, “Pearl Sweet”, reminded me of Shakespeare’s timeless question in Romeo and Juliet: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” …

  INNOCENT NAHABWE | COMMENT | There are many reasons why a doctor may give you the wrong diagnosis. But first, a story. Around 2004, I was in vet school, and we were learning pregnancy diagnosis in cows. They would line up animals and we would go in per rectum …

COMMENT | CHRISTIAN WAMAMBE | Four years ago, in September, SafeBoda made a bold move into car hailing by launching SafeCar to address a simple but increasingly important customer need. SafeBoda customers had embraced the convenience, safety and affordability of boda rides to navigate Kampala’s traffic on their way to …

OPINION | AGGREY MUGANGA | In marketing, communication and advertising, we are in the business of behavior. We want people to try something, switch from one brand to another, use a service more often, recommend it to someone else or remain loyal to it. We invest heavily in understanding audiences and …

COMMENT | SITHEMBISO BHENGU | The rise of the Global South is reshaping the architecture of global power. What began in 2006 as a modest grouping of emerging economies, with South Africa officially joining in 2011, has grown into an 11-member grouping spanning four continents, with a growing circle of …