The Kyankwanzi payouts were not an isolated incident of generosity; they were a calculated political transaction.
Author: Guest Writer
Posted inEnergy
Africa’s energy wealth: Why good governance must power a just transition
Africa does not reject transition, but insists on one with justice, made possible by good governance.
Posted inOpinion
Political chameleonism, democratic erosion: Museveni, Mao and de-democratisation
The concept of political chameleonism captures a governance phenomenon increasingly visible across Africa, yet insufficiently theorised.
Posted inPolitics
Ishaa Otto Amiza: Welcoming Yoweri Museveni for elections victory in Lango
NRM cadres know that if you don’t get your share of reward now, it will take another five years to wait for campaign benefits from President Museveni.
Posted inNews
Bishop Alfred Olwa calls for humility and repentance at Amolatar prayer breakfast
The Kumam Cultural Leader, His Royal Highness Won Ateker Papa Raphael Otaya, who attended as the chief guest, warned against divisionism in the district.
Posted inWildlife News
How a forgotten 1982 study in Kenya can help save Uganda’s wildlife habitats
In Uganda, the Faculty of Forestry and the wildlife authorities rarely collaborate on vegetation history. This must change.
Posted inOpinion
The silent struggles: How deaf children are left behind in Uganda’s classrooms
In Uganda, many deaf children are born to hearing parents but unfortunately, most of these parents do not know Ugandan sign language.
Posted inNews
Preventing, finding and treating all TB at ground zero
After getting diagnosed, it is very difficult to hold or retain people from key and other vulnerable populations all through the TB treatment, said Dr KP Singh.
Posted inPeople
Unjust access to justice for women and girls
Access to justice cannot be separated from the economic systems in which women live, says Asel.
Posted inOpinion
Understanding sterile, exploitative, consumptive development in Uganda
A fundamental requirement of ecodevelopment is that the populations who work for it should not be deprived of its results to the benefit of intermediaries.
Posted inOpinion
A quiet road safety question Uganda must face
A moment of lost consciousness, even for a few seconds, can turn a moving vehicle into a deadly object.
Posted inOpinion
New cultural vandalism in Uganda
This agricultural homogenisation represents not merely biodiversity loss but cultural annihilation.