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A deeply divided world has stepped into a modern colosseum; who will emerge victorious from this battle? COMMENT | SALIH KAYA | It is quite common for us to forget the recent past. Just as in the greatest stages of humankind’s history, the West once applauded the arrival of a new …

INTERVIEW | THE INDEPENDENT | Over the last few months, there has been a process to rationalize government agencies and public expenditure. This process has generated a lot of controversy. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Maj. Gen. David Kasura-Kyomukama insists that much of the debate, …

COMMENTS | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | On Uganda’s recent Independence Day, I had a thought-provoking conversation with a young Uber driver. When I asked him how he felt about celebrating Independence Day, he replied, “Uganda feels more like a business than a home.” His sentiment was not one of detachment from his …

The sight of their big-size job-seeking envelopes shouldn’t be a laughing matter in the corridors of City Hall  COMMENT | JOSEPH WERE | The process of hiring replacements for the dismissed KCCA officials appears to be on and lists purporting to be of aspirants who have applied to fill the vacancies …

OPINION | Xinhua | Real Madrid likes to define itself as a ‘Club Senor’ – literally a gentleman that represents the most sporting behavior – but events on Monday have shown that words are one thing and actions are another. The club decided at the last minute to boycott the …

OPINION | Xinhua | Manchester United’s decision to sack coach Erik ten Hag in the wake of Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to West Ham United could be titled “Chronicle of a sacking foretold” because for so long it has seemed as if the former Ajax boss was on borrowed time, with …

    SPECIAL FEATURE | MARIJE SLIJKERMAN | Today is October 28. For most of you a perfectly ordinary day, but not for us, a Dutch family in Amsterdam. Another year has passed for us without Sophia. Our beautiful girl disappeared in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda on this date …

COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | The figure of Jesus is central to Christian belief, but his significance varies greatly in Judaism and Islam, two religions that have distinct perspectives on his life and teachings. Understanding the roles and perceptions of Jesus in these faiths requires an exploration of their theological frameworks …

The initiative by the High-level Mediation on South Sudan is an African solution to an African problem COMMENT | DAK BUOTH RIEK GAAK | The famous phrase known as “African solutions to African problems” is an intellectual and political concept whose origin can be traced back to the 1990s at the …

Remembering the legacy of one of Africa’s most charismatic and iconic post-colonial statesmen THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week, I travelled to Tanzania to commemorate Nyerere Day. The event was held in Butiama, a small village in Northern Tanzania where Julius Nyerere was born. It marked 25 years since …