Commentary

How Lukwago’s 2026 Presidential bid will end Bobi Wine’s dominance in Central region and give NRM Soft Landing

On 19 September 2023,the Forum for Democratic Change Katonga group held an extra-Ordinary delegates conference at their Katonga office.The same delegates conference passed a resolution to suspend the current...

Human Rights Observer on NUP Tours Shocked By Lack of Integrity

The National Unity Platform (NUP) Party President, Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, is nursing disappointment after...

REVEALED: Kabuleta Against Human Organ Transplant Bill as It Tramples on His Livelihood

Adam Mwanje, a former driver and friend of Joseph Kabuleta, revealed that his former boss is against the...

Local Supermarkets Billing Systems Leave Customers Disgruntled

Doreen Nankya, a frequent customer at a local supermarket, shares her bad experience suffered at a local supermarket. According...

Ssempa Accuses Homosexuality Promoters of being Economic Refugees or Mercenary Homosexuals

In the aftermath of passing the anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda, "pride month" has seen the renown defenders of...

Reject Homosexuality’s Petty Cash; Protect Your Body

All over the world, petty cash is one of the sharp hooks used by homosexuals to recruit innocent people to the vice, and the victims of this criminal act have often experienced complicated health conditions. In some circumstances, victims' genitals are deframed permanently, yet they can’t buy one anywhere using the petty cash given to them. Tears rolled down my face as I read the wicked story of a one Lydia Mukoda, the deputy head teacher in charge of discipline at...

The Agony of My Unborn Child

The pain of losing an unborn child is the worst kind I have felt in this world. Speaking to Julie, who has had five miscarriages, I could relate to the gruesome pain of never getting to see your children. Julie said that the most painful thing about a miscarriage is that everyone around you quickly moves on, including the husband. Except you, the mother! I can relate to Julie’s experience. I remember every birthday of every child that I have...

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Is It Time to Review Policies for Empowering Marginalized Groups?

Initiatives to break down barriers that keep the disadvantaged from participating in and benefiting from development have not been successful in some parts of the world. In some places, these barriers are only getting worse. In Afghanistan, the Taliban prohibited women from attending universities. Earlier restrictions prevented them from going to secondary or high school. According to the United Nations, in 2018, about 90,000 women (less than 5% of the total female population) were enrolled in higher education. A World Bank study...

Inside steps to restrain escalating homosexuality from Schools

The talk about the increasing spread of homosexuality has been painted across various media platforms, where several cases of youths being lured into the vice have been discovered. Reports indicate that the gay groups have continued to target institutions of learning, especially the university and post-primary institutions. These have used a variety of tactics, ranging from hiding the gospel behind NGO's to human rights activism. Most people are concerned because, according to research, this vice is spread not only by students...

FDC’s Besigye is like Carlos Kaiser, the Brazilian Striker Who Never Scored in 25 years

With 3.5 billion fans around the world, football is one sport with a huge viewership across the globe. The stylish way players interact with the ball on the field, as well as the fact that one team emerges as the eventual winner, make it as interesting as politics. The Brazilian striker Carlos Raposo Kaiser, born in 1963, is the only striker in football history to have never scored a goal throughout his 25-year career, though he played for over nine different...

Government Car Number Plates and What They Represent

Often times, many have asked about Ugandan government vehicle number plates and what they stand for or which ministry they represent. Many of us know what some of them represent and there are those of us that do not know any at all.  In this article, we’ll do a deep dive into the government plates to see what or who they represent. All government cars begin with UG followed by a given code and then an alphabet letter which represents a ministry or agency. For example, UG 0582...