Uganda, April 24 -- In his many chalk-and-blackboard lectures around the country in his early days in power, President Museveni loved to roll off examples of extravagant imports by the Tito Okello and... Read More
Uganda, April 17 -- Traders in Kampala and elsewhere in central Uganda who are refusing to open their shops on particular days to protest against high taxes collected too aggressively, as well as unfa... Read More
Uganda, April 3 -- I have always wondered how different my life would have turned out if I had not run into Opio Sam Caleb. I had just turned eight when I was yanked out of the comforts of Kitante Pri... Read More
Uganda, March 27 -- Everyone you ask about life in Uganda these days seems to have their version of how bad things are. Sentiments about "things" range from hard to bad or, for those who are slightly ... Read More
Uganda, March 20 -- Many journalists in godforsaken places have their own version of what is essentially the same script of heartbreak. You have a story; an expose of criminality or some other wrongdo... Read More
Uganda, March 13 -- We argued last week that the ongoing fighting within the higher echelons of the NUP political party - a sideshow from the profligacy at Parliament - reflected internal contradictio... Read More
Uganda, March 6 -- It is early morning when Mathias Mpuuga's phone rings. Bobi Wine, his party leader, wants to see him urgently at his home in Magere. Hon. Mpuuga cancels his morning and heads over. ... Read More
Uganda, Feb. 28 -- Every Christmas holiday, for many years, some cows would be herded through the jungle of northern Uganda and quietly handed over to a waiting group of rebels of the Lord's Resistanc... Read More
Uganda, Feb. 21 -- When we moved out of Kampala and into the sticks we discovered a small patisserie in the neighbourhood. The bread was so-so, but it was oven-fresh, baked in a back room. Whenever we... Read More
Uganda, Feb. 14 -- The publicly held view among government folks is that the recent flurry of diplomatic hosting - the back-to-back IGAD, NAM and G77+China summits - was a massive success. There is m... Read More