Category: Opinion

Prof Oweyegha-Afunaduula: “The old and elderly are the only group that can teach the youth to distinguish between genuine identity and manufactured ethnic hatred.”

Petty disagreements, personal rivalries, and mistrust have repeatedly overshadowed the collective responsibility they share as watchdogs of society. 

A disturbing wave of student youth-led violence in Bukedea, Amolatar, Apac, Lira and elsewhere across the country is forcing us to confront this question. 

Electricity access has expanded to every district except Buvuma and Obongi, as per Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 2024.

Unfortunately, the Attorney General, Kiryowa continues to insist that the bill is a good law in the offing without defining any serious mischief that the law intends to cure.

The Kyankwanzi payouts were not an isolated incident of generosity; they were a calculated political transaction.

The concept of political chameleonism captures a governance phenomenon increasingly visible across Africa, yet insufficiently theorised.

In Uganda, many deaf children are born to hearing parents but unfortunately, most of these parents do not know Ugandan sign language.

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.

A moment of lost consciousness, even for a few seconds, can turn a moving vehicle into a deadly object.

This agricultural homogenisation represents not merely biodiversity loss but cultural annihilation.

We must act now – women must claim their voices and roles in this transition. If we do not, we risk building an energy future as unequal as in the past.