COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | The contested Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) President General, Jimmy Akena, has embarked on a campaign of blaming President Yoweri Museveni for his recent political misfortunes. Akena missed the nomination deadline to stand as a presidential candidate for the 2025/26 elections due to …
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Smart systems, speed limits, and infrastructure design offer a blueprint for reversing Uganda’s alarming road toll. NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | Helsinki, Finland, has set a global benchmark in road safety after completing an entire year without a single traffic-related death. The city’s achievement, which officials describe as the …
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Why a single remark about future wars rippled through East Africa and what lies beneath the rhetoric COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | When President Yoweri Museveni warned recently that future wars might erupt over access to the sea, the remark raced through East Africa’s political bloodstream with that familiar cocktail …
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I have never really been lured to participate in the voting process because of the idea that other Ugandans will do it COMMENT | MARTHA KYOSIMIRE | “Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in …
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How it is intriguing that Museveni’s campaign has not sought to use new information weapons effectively THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Look at social media, where most Ugandans have migrated to for information about campaigns. Both campaigns, President Yoweri Museveni and his NRM and Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi …
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ADVANCED TO NEXT STAGE Portugal Italy Brazil Austria Republic of Ireland Japan Switzerland Korea DPR Morocco England France Uganda Uzbekistan Burkina Faso Mali Mexico Qatar | FIFA.COM | Uganda and Burkina Faso produced the standout results of the day, as the World Cup first-timers got past Senegal before Oscar Barro’s …
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COMMENT | DR ROBERT KALYESUBULA | Being a doctor in a low-income country can be one of the most trying journeys anyone can take. And today, I was reminded – again – why I became a doctor and why, despite every challenge, I continue to practise nephrology here in Uganda. When …
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Explaining the Ugandan Opposition’s Weak Anti-Musevenism COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | Many members of Uganda’s opposition have made profitable careers from opposing President Yoweri Museveni on almost everything, rather than standing for any ideals distinctly identifiable with themselves. It is obvious what they stand against (or claim to stand against), …
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In the second part of this series, we show how frontline medics are fighting for a future where routine infections do not become deadly again Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Dr Lorna Atikoro works at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital and describes herself as a soldier in the fight against …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Ugandan coffee exporters have secured deals worth 3 million U.S. dollars at the recently concluded China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries said in a statement. Uganda’s top coffee exporters, such as Meg Rai Coffee, Kwezi Coffee, …
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