On Friday May 24, a group of 15 journalists on a reporting trip to Apaa were ordered to leave the location by the Adjumani District Police Commander (DPC) on grounds that they did not have permission to report from the area. The journalists had traveled to Apaa under the auspices of the Northern Uganda Media […]

Warm greetings to a passionate people of Gulu and Acholi region as a whole in anticipation of a city status for Gulu. This letter is only my second to you in over 5 years. I wrote this particular letter today to share with you my passion for developing Gulu not into just a city, but […]

By Ochan Otim I was involved in a study that assessed the health risks associated with consumption of ‘sachet’ Waragi in Acoli, Uganda. The study found that alcohol in the market had agents that pose a serious health risk. My interest in assessing the health risk of consuming alcohol stems from my roots in Bolo […]

On the Capital Gang, the public affairs talkshow on Capital FM this past Saturday, missiles jutted from the hip and mouth of Democratic Party president (DP), Norbert Mao.  Understandable considering that days before, Mao had been in the trenches with Butambala Member of Parliament Mwanga Kivumbu who he blitzkrieged as a ‘‘meal-card’’ politician. On the […]

Martin Aliker’s autobiography—The Bell Is Ringing—is a deserved self-actualisation chest-thump from a man whose illustrious life cut through major epochs: Uganda under British rule, post-independence turbulence, Uganda under Musevenism and his full embrace of Bretton Woods policies. Under each of these epochs, albeit each with its distinctive features, Aliker prospered. The Bell Is Ringing is […]

At his 2016 inaugural speech, Museveni assured the nation that he would terminate all opposition by 2021. Since then, Andrew Mwenda has gained reputation as the man on this mission by exploiting that window of opportunity to make fortune. By promising to eliminate opposition, many understood Museveni to have meant containing the influence of Rtd. Dr. Kiiza […]

By Betty Aol Ocan The opposition, generally speaking, is a government in waiting. And true to that, in democratic societies, tables often turn with the opposition taking over power and those in power becoming the opposition. The regularity with which the power table swings from opposition to ruling party and from ruling party to the […]

    The high handedness with which the state has handled Kyadondo East MP, Hon. Robert S. Kyagulanyi and Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake moved Uganda to a new level of tyranny. MP. Zaake is hooked up on life support, in a medical vegetative state (Editor: President Museveni in a statement on Sunday said Zaake […]

  By Emar Okanokodi In late 2016 a meeting was held in a boardroom of the office of the Gulu Residence District Commissioner (RDC) chaired by the RDC himself, Okot Santos Lapolo. In attendance were the District Police Commander, religious, cultural and political leaders and musicians. In mid-2016, a renowned comedian and singer in Acholi […]

  The idea of a “third force” in Uganda’s body politics is improbable. Such an idea compounds the ideological confusion in our politics. The third force idea appeals as an excuse for laggards or an easy escape route for those who are afraid of dramatic change to the politics upon which they have derived privileges. […]