Opinion

Uganda celebrated the 59th Independence on 9th October 2021, a major milestone for citizens and Africans in general. As a country, we have travelled a long and at times perilous journey, nevertheless, it has been our journey led or misled by ourselves.

I was invited by the African Union and the Turkish Ministry of Trade to share thoughts on the agriculture and agro-processing potential in Africa broadly and Uganda specifically.

Mothers, daughters and all women everywhere stand up and embrace your roles today, here goes the chorus of Uganda Women’s Anthem.

Uganda will be the first African country to host this annual meeting that will be organized by Makerere University in partnership with the Government of Uganda.

The Government of Uganda should adopt a human rights-based approach to combat stigma and discrimination. Setting up specific programmes that protect the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS and empower them on how, when and where to take action once their rights are abused.

One of Uganda’s cerebrated martyrs and heroes is Janani Luwum, the former Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Mboga Zaire (Eastern DR Congo) who was killed in 1977 on orders of the then President, Idi Amin Dada.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. – Friedrich Nietzsche.

Baganda  say- W’osula olumu olubala (literally meaning that, even if you enjoy only one day, you will mark it). This is what is happening to most Ugandans now days. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Godfrey Bangirana, immediate former Director of Logistics and Engineering was evicted out of office on an order of a High Court.

In 2015, The National Information Society Agency (NIA) of Korea partnering with the Government of Uganda

This week, Uganda plays host to two African conferences. First, the 8th African Population Conference (APC) and the 4th International Conference on tax in Africa.

2016. Two events shaped the global news that year. The British Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s election victory over Senator Hillary Clinton in the United States Presidential elections. These two events were not supposed to happen, pollsters and political pundits were left jarring.