COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | Uganda’s 64th Independence Day was celebrated remotely at State House Entebbe on 9th October, 2026. The guest list was not more than 50 people. No grand parades by the members of the armed forces, no musicians singing revolutionary songs, and no grand …
Read More »Finally, the cows are back in Acholi, Lango and Teso
COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | While canvassing for votes in the last presidential and parliamentary elections of 2025/6, President Yoweri Museveni conceived the recent uniform five-cow per-household restocking plan for Teso, Lango and Acholi subregions. This followed widespread public dissatisfaction and corruption concerns over the initial legalistic compensation …
Read More »From ‘comatose’, Kigezi College Butobere is stirring again
COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | In the Greater Kigezi subregion of western Uganda, a shared consensus spans generations, uniting Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials alike. When it came to choosing a secondary school, the definitive choice was always Kigezi College Butobere, widely celebrated as “SINIYA”—a Rukiga term that perfectly …
Read More »Why Opposition members are running to NRM
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 …
Read More »Balaalo have exited Northern Uganda; let Zebu cows occupy the space
COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | Sometime in 2015, while travelling with my former boss and now the Member of Parliament representing Older Persons of Eastern Uganda, Ofwono Opondo, he read my mind in a way that was so revealing. We were on a trip to Arua …
Read More »Wealth will only be realized if we make robbery a ‘risky business’
COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | President Yoweri Museveni has, for over the last 20 years, been passionately crusading for wealth creation for all Ugandans. Indeed, he has championed several programmers all meant to uplift the economic status of Ugandans. From Entandikwa to Operation Wealth Creation, NAADS to now …
Read More »With the Uganda-Tanzania energy deals, Museveni pushing EAC integration into overdrive
COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | Across Africa, informed senior citizens know that President Yoweri Museveni is passionate about integrating the continent if we are to survive in this crudely competitive capitalist world order. …
Read More »Bigotry by South Africans; it won’t give them wealth they badly want
COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | South Africa is in the news, unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons. Imagine Black Africans chasing and lynching fellow Africans, who are seeking economic fortunes, out of their country. For some time, South Africa has been the number one economy in Africa because of …
Read More »War on Corruption in Uganda; let us avoid ‘playing whack-a-mole’
COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | While swearing in for his 7th term of office, President Yoweri Museveni promised Ugandans a tough crackdown on corruption, notably declaring the start of ‘Kisanja No More Sleep’. He blamed government officials, like Permanent Secretaries and Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) for misusing public funds …
Read More »Uganda to deploy medics in DRC; Museveni leads while others follow
COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | It is now public information that the government of Uganda is going to deploy our medical experts to the DR Congo to combat the Ebola scourge that is devastating people in eastern DR Congo. According to Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, who is the Director of …
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