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  COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | The Ugandan scholar Melina Platas – (Sorry America: in exchange for Zohran, we are owning Melina) – has published an insightful book demanding all our attention. In Culture and Mass Schooling: The Colonial Roots of Educational Inequality in Africa, Melina argues that community …

     How Uganda came so late and lonely to acquire a cash and carry government where every citizen is for themselves   THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | My column last week titled “When illness strikes a leader” attracted a lot of attention and commentary. In it, I …

NEWS ANALYSIS | Xinhua | Recently, some Western media have been peddling the “China Shock 2.0” narrative, portraying China’s ascent in high-tech sectors as a new wave of disruption to the global economy. This catchphrase risks overlooking realities. China’s high-quality, competitively priced products have long been a key factor in …

Public debate on AI often centres on job losses, but a deeper concern is the potential erosion of human thought and the knowledge systems that underpin the very models AI depends on.   COMMENT | DANI RODRIK | Only a few years ago, AI seemed like merely a nice toy: …

We should aim to get the same energy out of young people for the environment as they have for social media COMMENT |  ROZETA ACAYO | Young people today carry a lot of economic pressure, social media noise, job uncertainty, and mental health strain. In response, their commitments to life increasingly …

  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 …