Opinion

It's disheartening to hear about bodyguards being mistreated by government officials. You would expect that previous incidents would have served as painful lessons to these public servants. Unfortunately, that's not the case. I recently spoke with a former student, now a distressed bodyguard, who shed light on the alarming reality of how some ministers humiliate their bodyguards. This not only dehumanizes the guards, but also puts the ministers at risk, as we tragically witnessed with the shooting of the late...

Leading up to the 2026 elections, the National Unity Platform conducted a nationwide tour to rally support. However, the police intervened and halted the tour when the NUP president failed to comply with the agreed-upon guidelines. Bobi Wine and his group have been telling their supporters that elections cannot oust President Museveni's government. Yet, paradoxically, they continue to participate in elections as opponents of Museveni. This raises questions among their supporters about why these politicians oppose elections while still taking...

The wisdom in this John F. Kennedy quote that, “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country" is of great relevance to us as Ugandan citizens in this era of fast-moving information and news. There was an unfortunate incident in Queen Elizabeth National Park where two foreign tourists and a Ugandan tourist guide were waylaid and gruesomely murdered by suspected ADF rebel group elements. The humanity in all of us leads us...

Centenary Bank's management released a statement on October 18, 2023, acknowledging fraudulent activities in one of their clients' accounts. The fraud was carried out with the help of a bank employee who reset the customer's PIN and withdrew money from the account. Upon the customer's report of missing funds, the bank initiated investigations into the matter. It was discovered that there was collusion between a fraudster and one of the bank's staff members. They performed a PIN reset, enabling transactions...

Francis Zaake, Member of Parliament for Mityana Municipality, is in trouble for using extreme vulgar language against a female legislator, Juliet Kinyamatama,District Woman MP for Rakai district, a vice that already ended his marriage and could as well end his career. Kinyamatama was attacked and abused by Zaake while in Rakai on October 9, 2023, where he called her all sorts of things, including a prostitute with no brains. She reported the issue to Parliament, and Zaake was referred to...

The ongoing political fights between Katonga and Najjanankumbi FDC factions have left many Ugandans wondering why chaos starts in whatever party Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago joins. Recently, the Katonga faction chose him as the interim party president in an extraordinary delegates conference, though the Najjanankumbi leaders later held an official delegates conference on October 6, which saw Patrick Amuriat and Nandala Mafabi re-elected to maintain their positions of party president and secretary general, respectively. Since the National Unity Platform (NUP)...