By Livingstone Okello- Okello Since I wrote to Ms Betty Amongi, minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development about two weeks ago, she replied to me through Whatsapp saying I should have sought clarification from her before writing the letter. With all due respect to the minister, I am old enough to know under what […]

Madam Minister, 1. You will recall that soon after your appointment to be in charge of the land docket, you gave me a call on 9th June 2016, requesting to have a chat and “tap your brains as someone who had worked in lands for a long time and is knowledgeable in land matters before […]

Until the advent of Structural Adjustment, the Uganda government provided quality and equitable universal health care and tertiary education. Under the liberal market milieu, both sectors are on a steady decline. Health care and education are critical aspects of the economy because they shape the human capital for economic development. A healthy and educated population […]

This weekend was an embarrassing one for the two-faced Opposition. They must be walloping in humiliation with the revelation by their chief-buyer that they sell and buy cheap in the political market, like vegetables. The cheapness of our Opposition is a matter of interpretation. It reveals the outcome of social transformation under the three decades […]

President Museveni came to power in 1986 and after 31 years, he feels deeply entrenched in power that he is now fused with the state. Uganda is Museveni and Museveni is Uganda. The plot to remove age limit to pave way for a life Presidency has illuminated greed and a sense of invincibility that makes […]

Every time a ”new wave” sweeps our politics, as singer-turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine has done in the Kyadondo East parliamentary by-elections, progressive pundits scramble to interpret and assign it meaning and implication, often using a prism that interprets the wave as fresh energy in the fight against the hegemony of long-ruling […]

On Wednesday June 28, 2017, Acholi Times received a statement from members of the Acholi diaspora community addressed to  the international community including but not limited to the US president, the UN Secretary General,  the European Union, the British government  and a host of international leaders and organisations. The statement was also addressed to the […]

Tuesday evening, a list, purportedly of appointees in Museveni’s endlessly long and fat cabinet did the rounds online. Ever the eagle-eyed, Uganda’s chattering social media users were quick to note that the name of one prominent ‘‘minister’’ was missing on the list: Beatrice Anywar, the chameleon Kitgum municipality Member of Parliament. When you speak to […]

I read with interest the article “Recreation Centre with World’s Biggest Hut to be built in Gulu” written in Acholi times on 14th June by Moses Odokonyero. It interests me for various reasons; for its potential- a recreation centre has the potential to create jobs and add value to our home, our city and thus […]

The promise that each generation will be better off than the last is a fundamental tenet of any modern society. By and large, in Uganda, the previous generation has fulfilled this promise, with living standards of their children safeguarded over their previous generations, despite setbacks from wars and financial crises. So why do the current […]