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Choosing between funding Makerere and cultural celebrations

Uganda, April 30 -- Dear Tingasiga: Two headlines from Kampala caught my eye last week. The first informed us on Friday April 26: "Lango chiefdom seeks Shs2.8 billion for the coronation of new Paramo... Read More


Death of Kenya's Gen Ogolla needs independent investigation

Uganda, April 23 -- Dear Tingasiga: The death of General Francis Omondi Ogolla, Kenya's Chief of Defence Forces, has sent shockwaves through his country, with ripples that have extended to all who ca... Read More


How Museveni outfoxed Wilson Wamimbi of Abamasaaba

Uganda, April 16 -- Dear Tingasiga: We are saddened by the death of Wilson Weasa Wamimbi of Bugisu, which occurred on Friday April 12. His family has lost their patriarch. The Bamasaaba have lost the... Read More


Prostate cancer: An increasing threat that can be pushed back, defeated

Uganda, April 9 -- Dear Tingasiga: Cancer. A word as frightening as death. National and international public health agencies are rightly concerned about it. But we push it out of our minds. We deny i... Read More


Create more technical colleges, not universities

Uganda, March 19 -- Dear Tingasiga: Uganda is said to have about 61 degree-awarding institutions. Thirteen are public institutions, forty are private, and eight are narrowly focused, either on milita... Read More


One Old Boy's story that inspires us to invest in redevelopment of his rural area school

Uganda, March 12 -- Dear Tingasiga: We were very privileged to witness the formal opening of a brand-new ICT/E-Learning Centre at Kihanga Secondary School in Mparo, by Bishop Gaddie Akanjuna of the A... Read More


Namibia's democracy not a favour done to them by the heroes of anti-colonial struggle

Uganda, Feb. 26 -- Dear Tingasiga: When Namibians buried their third president on Sunday, February 25, they eased our collective sadness with a peaceful, dignified celebration of their journey of dem... Read More


John Zzimbe: Mathematics was his life and love

Uganda, Feb. 20 -- Dear Tingasiga: A brilliant mind in Toronto has been silenced by death, leaving an empty void that may never be filled by anyone like him. John Fisher Zzimbe, who died in Toronto o... Read More


Do African lives in Congo matter to us?

Uganda, Feb. 12 -- Dear Tingasiga: The war between Israel and Hamas has triggered great angst among many Africans. Many on social media platforms to which I belong have engaged in passionate debate a... Read More