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Opinion
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Wine for ministers, water for learners: A nation betrays its children
While leaders sip luxury and sign budgets, millions of Ugandan learners go without food, textbooks, and teachers, exposing the tragic gap between policy and reality.
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From the village, the nation rises: Restore power where it belongs!
Other African nations have faced and overcome similar challenges.
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When ‘tea’ meant dinner: Surviving culture shock one mistake at a time
Because sometimes, understanding begins with realizing that in some places, “tea” means dinner.
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Stuck in the race: When elders and opportunists collide
And while the elders are stuck in the past, these new gladiators are riding waves they don’t understand surfing public excitement, avoiding scrutiny, and confusing visibility with vision.
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Why America’s spending priorities wipe out global health progress
Strengthening Africa’s health systems is strengthening America’s biosecurity.
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The emergence of electoral authoritarianism in Uganda: 1996 to date
In this case, NRMO (as registered by the Uganda Electoral Commission), which has the largest number of Members of Parliament, gets most of the money.
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Presidentialisation of the opposition in Uganda
It will take a very long time to de-presidentialise the Uganda political landscape in general and the opposition in particular.
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When sacrifice means Nothing: The tragedy of Lango politics
It’s a chronic illness across all political veins in Lango.
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Unmasking the UPC-NRM alliance: Political deals, denials and disillusionment in Lango
We have NRM-UPC members, UPC-NRM members, and FDC-NRM hybrids. It’s a political buffet and everyone is eating everything!
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Lira City: The failure of defiance politics
The champions of defiance politics in Lira City were overwhelmingly defeated.
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Environmental impact assessment as sustainability deception: Bujagali Dam in perspective
With the sustainability deception of the EIA and the Government of Uganda, Bujagali Dam was destined to be an unsustainable project