Opinion

A top official in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party ranks called it quits last week due to underlying and unbearable factors in the party. Mr. Buwembo Habib, a NEC member in the Najjanankumbi based party penned his short resignation letter on 12th January to the Secretary General denouncing the party and his role as the secretary for labor and pensions. In recent times, FDC has faced its fair share of problems from within and ‘without’ that unfortunately seem...

In recent times, our motherland has suffered sophisticated levels of immorality. This leaves one wondering what could be the cause of this unwanted behaviour we are all witnessing in our society? Well, I would like us to look into some of the root causes of this undesirable conduct in our societies: Firstly, let’s talk about irresponsible parenting. Most modern parents have failed to know exactly what parenting is and what is done in the parenting process. Children need to be taken care...

Domestic violence is on the raise across the country despite the presence of laws and policies to protect victims and survivors. Domestic violence is carried out through physical abuse, emotional, verbal, psychological and economic abuse, intimidation, harassment, provocation, and damage to property commonly by partners and ex-partners, immediate family members, step-parent, among others. Reports indicate that most crime cases are attributed to domestic violence where women and children have been registered to be the main victims of the circumstances. According to...

Primrose Ssemakula, a retired Primary teacher, 56 years of age and resident of Muyenga was chased out of her matrimonial home, after her husband’s death by her daughter, Teddy Ssemakula an only child, whom they had named as sole heir and transferred all their property into her names. “My daughter after her father’s burial started behaving in a manner that was not appealing, and eventually threw me out of my marital home saying she had to live there with her...

After the general election in 2021, with the National Unity Platform Party emerging as the leading opposition group in the 11th Parliament, FDC founder Col (Rtd) Dr. Kizza Besigye blessed and wished success in the fight to depose the NRM regime. It should be recalled that after defeating FDC and emerging as the leading opposition in Uganda, NUP brushed off, faulted, and blamed FDC for having failed to uproot the NRM regime. This statement prompted Dr. Besigye to issue a two-year...

Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has suffered a big betrayal from his gay funders as they didn’t fulfil their assurances that President Museveni will be arrested outside Uganda. According to Hon. Micheal Kakembo the Entebbe Municipality MP, his party President Bobi wine, was very sure President Museveni would be arrested on sight if he ever set foot in any of the western countries basing on the assurances he had been given by some gay diplomats in foreign missions accredited to...