A Generation that refuses responsibility COMMENT | CONSTANCE KICONCO | There’s a new sound in the air — loud, frustrated, and painfully consistent. It’s the voice of a generation that believes they’re owed everything, yet rarely stop to ask themselves what they owe in return. There’s a growing noise in …
Read More »🟪 CATHOLIC BISHOPS: Uganda is on the edge
Catholic Bishops Warn of Risky Future, Urge Immediate Action to Address Uganda’s Societal Challenges Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Catholic Bishops under the Uganda Episcopal Conference have raised a critical alarm over the country’s escalating societal challenges, warning that if these issues are not addressed, Uganda could …
Read More »YEAR ENDER: 2022 was the year of ‘BUY ME A PHONE’
Today, the issue of the best handset tops everything else. You can find an unemployed person carrying an iPhone 13 or 14 and having no food or transport. COMMENT | ISAAC TEKO | Ever since the smart phone became a household item about a dozen years ago, I have bought …
Read More »The real problem of Uganda
Educated Ugandans can’t see they don’t need a perfect policy environment to become prosperous THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | There are two suffocating beliefs among the vast majority of educated Ugandans. The first is that a university degree (does not) just provide someone an opportunity to search …
Read More »ARCH KIZITO LWANGA: Prelate who spoke truth to power
Rubaga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, the Archbishop of Kampala Archdiocese who was found dead in his bedroom Saturday morning, was a prelate who always spoke truth to power. Lwanga has always been distinct among his peers who always preferred to stay quiet on critical issues affecting …
Read More »This is what makes our beautiful Uganda look bad!
We need an organized Uganda and it starts with me and you COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Uganda as a country is naturally beautiful. The climate, vegetation, the hills, valleys, plains, wildlife, fresh waters are all available and plenty. It’s known as a country of hospitable people. Our …
Read More »COMMENT: Why Africa smiles
Generosity is one of the key components of Africa’s community life COMMENT | Vanessa Kimuri & Julius Domba | Africa is largely considered an evincible inferior continent by many; and poor. Most people appreciate the high levels of material poverty that strike the lives of the Africans unfavourably across the continent. …
Read More »Museveni and African hairstyles
THE LAST WORD: Why the President’s emphasis on hairstyles to assert the African identity addresses the form and ignores the substance THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | On December 30, 2018, President Yoweri Museveni tweeted thanking Miss World Africa, Quiin Abenakyo, for heeding his “advice” to keep her hair …
Read More »Saudi women’s fitness centre shut over ‘indecent’ video
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | AFP | Saudi sports authorities shut down a female fitness centre in Riyadh Friday over a contentious promotional video that appeared to show a woman in figure-hugging workout attire. “We are not going to tolerate this,” Saudi sports authority chief Turki al-Sheikh tweeted as he ordered …
Read More »COMMENT: Social media threat to society
These companies influence how people think and behave without them even being aware of it COMMENT | GEORGE SOROS | The current moment in world history is a painful one. Open societies are in crisis, and various forms of dictatorships and mafia states, exemplified by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, are on the …
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