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  In 2024, Uganda police official figures published show that 4,434 people died compared to 83 people that died because of road accidents in Hong Kong. These figures are alarming. COMMENT | SAM TINKA | On the night of 16th July 2026, news streamed in that a liberty bus carrying 107 …

Life’s lessons from living a life of simplicity, modesty and grace that is purposeful and fulfilling THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | On the late morning of Monday, July 13, my father-in-law, Fred Gyezaho, was rushed to hospital. I had a lunch date with my friend, the affable Mauro …

COMMENT | TITO MBATHI | Across Africa, hundreds of thousands of refugees have transformed their livelihoods into profitable ventures worthy of attracting corporate and private sector investment. This marks a significant shift from the past, when displaced people were largely viewed as a risk, particularly by financial institutions. Today, evidence is emerging …

  COMMENT | HEWETSON AINEMBABAZI | Uganda’s structural housing deficit stands at approximately 2.4 million units, according to the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD) strategic plan IV, with a targeted reduction to 1.9 million units by 2030. The Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) data reports over 28 …

COMMENT | ANTHEA TURWOMWE | When Uganda’s minister of works and transport Fred Byamukama declared that it was “no more sleep” at the ministry, he was sending more than a political message. He was signalling a renewed commitment to accelerating infrastructure development, because every kilometre of road completed has the …

    COMMENT | SLAVOJ ZIZEK |  Francis Fukuyama’s 1990s end-of-history thesis was the last big narrative that united the liberal-democratic West. Western liberal-democratic welfare-state capitalism, he argued, was the best possible social system. The only remaining question was empirical: Precisely when and how would other parts of the world arrive …

  COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE |  It may be too early to applaud the Ministers of State for Local Government, Balaam Barugahara and Justine Nameere, for their ongoing campaign to expose corruption and inspect government projects, but it is certainly a step in the right direction. Their “Expose the …

  Smarter farming can protect a fishery whose export earnings reached US$216.4m last year   COMMENT | CHRISTOPHER BURKE |  The ecological integrity of Lake Victoria is compromised by terrestrial nutrient inflows driving eutrophication and harmful algal growth. As of 2026, algal blooms around Lake Victoria have been linked by Uganda’s …

Peace settlements have redistributed access to money, offices and external finance among elites, leaving intact the coercive revenue system and war economies that preceded them   COMMENT | MATTHEW BENSON-STROHMAYER | South Sudan’s independence from Sudan in 2011 was meant to close the chapter on one of Africa’s longest civil wars: …

  COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE |  The Baganda have a saying, ‘Okutambula kulaba, okudda kunyumya’, that can be loosely translated as ‘travel and see, then return home to share the story’. My recent visit to the China–Uganda Liao Shen Industrial Park in Nakaseke District, popularly known as Kapeeka Industrial Park, indeed …