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These are the times and seasons of Bobi Wine

Uganda, April 23 -- Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi (more popularly Bobi Wine by his musician name) just came off a sold-out concert in London where he soaked in the ... Read More


Israel-Iran war has Kenya in the spotlight, may be good for the Horn

Nairobi, April 20 -- The sharp escalation of the hostilities between Iran and Israel could have major geopolitical consequences for Eastern Africa, which is already feeling the economic heat from disr... Read More


How to Steal a Marathon 101

Tanzania, April 17 -- Writing about the controversy-and scandal-surrounding the Beijing Half Marathon on Sunday, TIME magazine said: "It was a dramatic, film-worthy display of sportsmanship-or cheatin... Read More


Revelations from two special weeks in Uganda

Uganda, April 16 -- In the two weeks between March 29 and April 13, three seemingly unrelated events happened in Uganda; but they were. As in other parts of the Christian world, on March 29 there wer... Read More


South Africa heads to polls; votes will be counted in Kampala, Kigali, Nairobi, Dar

Nairobi, April 13 -- South Africa's wobbly unit, the rand, notched its highest level against currencies like the US dollar in the middle of the week but then fell sharply to the bottom of the well aft... Read More


What's the future of sinning African priests?

Tanzania, April 11 -- It is not every day that you come across a judge with a delightfully wicked sense of justice and humour like Justice Anne Ong'iinjo of the Kenya High Court, in Mombasa. Confirmi... Read More


Letter to Uganda's innovation gods - and Joe the Walker

Uganda, April 9 -- I receive several requests from good folks in Kampala to go buy, and send to them stuff from some Nairobi store or other; from rare books, computer and camera components, to medicin... Read More


Mountain gorillas, Safari Rally, M-Pesa and the vast possibilities of EA tourism

Nairobi, April 6 -- In February I attended a speaking event at Tanzania's largest bank, CRDB. Banks are staid, mostly boring, places so you never expect big surprises. But I got one at CRDB. Turns ou... Read More


Rwanda: It's been 30 years of recovery and hard work

Nairobi, April 6 -- No African country invokes as much passion and divides opinion as Rwanda. Many people in Africa and the rest of the world think it is proof that miracles are possible and that the ... Read More


How they 'stole' the Safari Rally

Tanzania, April 4 -- This year's edition of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally Kenya ended on Sunday. Just like all the editions since the WRC Rally returned to Kenya in 2021, there ... Read More