Uganda needs more specialized treatment facilities to sufficiently take care of its citizens
Parliament this week approved a 1.4 trillion loan to investor Finasi International for the construction of a specialized hospital in Lubowa, Kampala.
DRUMS OF INTEGRATED AFRICA SOUNDING LOUDER
The more Africa grows, the more African leaders are realising that an integrated Africa is required to bring the much longer awaited transformation to Africa.
The global attention has once again shifted to Africa, a continent once plundered by colonial masters, left divided along physical boundaries, neglected but yet still attracts the attention of the so called super powers.
Although often called under developed, most rich nations are looking to Africa once more. What does Africa have to offer now?
Africa is...
WHY SHOULD RWANDA CLOSE ITS BORDERS WITH UGANDA?
Recently we witnessed one of the fiercest diplomatic tensions between Rwanda and Uganda playing out on social media after reports emerged that Kigali had stopped trucks from Uganda entering the country via the Gatuna border, with Kigali going as far as warning its nationals against travelling to Uganda.
Dr Richard Sezibera, Rwanda minister of Foreign Affairs, on March 1, claimed that all Rwandas borders were open and that trucks and heavy vehicles were advised to use Kagitumba due to ongoing...
Panic and fear is good entertainment but Uganda media ought to do better
I woke up to an interesting and yet puzzling New Vision Headline that read “Police ISO clash over Bullion Van robbery,” and I was wondering why security organizations should be clashing over trivial issues. I got the curiosity to read on.
The Rise of Popularist Politics
Let’s start with a story, a true story.There is a friend, who recently launched a project to become a Member of Parliament. So during the Christmas festivals he distributed posters with the slogans the politicians in Uganda use “Unity, Development and Jobs” with a photograph of himself. The photograph became the Achilles heel, it was, after all, the most appealing item on the posters and so that is what the man on the street saw first and last.Upon seeing...
Besigye humiliation a sign of immature opposition politics
Former President of Forum for Democratic Change, Kizza Besigye was on Saturday ransacked by a group of rowdy youth believed to belong to the People Power group of MP Robert Kyagulanyi as he left CBS offices for a talk show.