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. […]

The global news of black African youths in their prime being traded in an open slave in Libya was a harsh reality. The resurgence of slave markets is probably another failure of neo-liberalism. Where liberal democracy and liberal rights should be the mainstay of a liberal society we find its proponents subverting liberal democracy by […]

On Saturday I met a friend- Awel Uwihanganye whose NGO (CEED) is at the centre of organising the Gulu Marathon. Awel is very passionate about events in northern Uganda and has worked with many nonprofits in the region. After exchanging pleasantries, the first issue that popped up in our conversation was whether I will be […]

Competitions tend to bring the best and the worst in contemporaries but, attaching the spy claim on Muntu will hurt FDC the most. FDC adherents must stop labelling Muntu an NRM mole. Such labelling highlights the success of the propaganda machinery of the establishment to sow discord within the party. Gen. Muntu is above the […]

A   few political commentators tend to under-state the efforts of Dr. Kizza Besigye (KB) in reclaiming the political space we have today. Although bravery is a scant virtue among any oppressed population, KB’s gallantry has concrete achievements. Oppressed people often adapt to their state of oppression by submitting or emulating the ways of their Oppressors. KB’s […]