When Ugandan traders start sneezing it is time for politicians to catch a cold

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

What I learned about life, writing, and 'dry-cleaning' from a cockroach in Kamuli

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

Everyone says they have no money, and the data now support the stories

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

Hoping for better times can kill you, but often it is the only thing keeping you alive

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

Is it possible to change a rotten political system without getting one's hands dirty?

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

A phone call from Bobi Wine to Mpuuga and the perils in pursuing and managing power

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

How to make sense of things that do not appear to make sense in Uganda

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

To become wealthy, we must make honey from Arua cheaper than that from Australia

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

If everyone loves Uganda, why does it increasingly feel isolated and smaller?

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

When the flapping of butterfly wings turns maids into revolutionaries - Part 2

Uganda, Feb. 7 -- Last week we argued that part of the reason for not having angry mobs of jobless young people marching in the streets of Kampala is because many of them have been shipped off to prov... Read More

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