Opinion

Corruption as an underlying cause of various developmental problems can be curbed for development to take course. Uganda is one of the countries that has been through a series of corruption related cases and is trying all it takes to put it to an end. The Anti-Corruption agencies have registered and handled corruption scandals in the last years as well as recently. According to the Inspector General of Government’s (IGG) 2022 report, the anti-corruption agencies managed to recover over Shs600b...

The allegations of same sex vice have left different institutions in a state of panic including, schools, churches, universities among others. Kudos to the government which has so far stood high to establish committees to investigate the matter in host spot areas thereafter to take appropriate actions against the anti-nature behavior. However, halting homosexuality, should be a collective responsibility where all institutions like universities, colleges, schools, churches, mosques, village councils, family heads among others ought to team up with the government...

The NRM Liberation Day also known as the National Liberation Day is very significant and remarkable in the history of Uganda because it marks the overthrow of the previous tyrannical government by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) on 26th January 1986. It is a day that is recognised and respected as a national holiday in Uganda normally observed on January 26th of each year. Today, Uganda is celebrating 37 years since NRM came to power under the leadership of President...

As Ugandans rallied on January 24th 2023 in Buhuka village, Kyangwali Kikuube district to commemorate Uganda’s historic day of launching oil drilling in the Albertine region, opposition politicians Dr. Kizza Besigye and Bobi Wine engaged in a public campaign aimed at undermining the development of Uganda’s oil and gas industry. The two organized an Anti-EACOP public campaign at Emerald Hotel in Kampala under the cover of African Initiative on Food Security and Environment (AIFE-Uganda), an NGO that openly de-campaigns Uganda's...

A report carried out by Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) a non- Government organization, an independent Public Policy research and advocacy think tank based in Kampala revealed a number of issues that have hindered effective performance at the District Service Commissions (DSC). According to the ACODE report, allegations of corruption and bribery by the members of DSC’s who extort money from job applicants in local government are overwhelming. The report further states that secretaries to the commission are...

A job is a big treasure in the life of every person who understands what it means to be employed. Have you ever taken time to ponder why you got employed? If you have never, then it’s high time you do, because that is what will help you improve yourself at your place of work. On January 20, 2023, I read an article that had been published by one of the publications where a Canadian accountant, Karlee Besse, had been fired...