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Why misery loves comedy

Uganda, March 30 -- For more than 20 years, a generation to be exact, the war in northern Uganda claimed countless lives. It is estimated that the rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)... Read More


Mwenda was rightly wrong on NRM

Uganda, March 24 -- Journalist Andrew Mwenda's article 'Government by loot' in The Independent was well reasoned. I nodded my head throughout the piece like I was listening to my favourite song, Rest ... Read More


Poets shaping our performance scene

Uganda, March 24 -- Oral tradition may equate to verbal communication, but the reverse is not verily true. That is because the verbal consists of both the written and spoken while the oral is strictly... Read More


Satire: Muhoozi to change his surname to Museveni

Uganda, March 24 -- Muhoozi is a man fabled for making a two-minute speech in two hours! However, this time he plans to take his Bacwezi-inspired powers further. Yes, you guessed it. He plans to chan... Read More


New book lays out how an artist can hit a target

Uganda, March 23 -- Okay, let's paint a scenario. You visit the British Council in Kampala to attend a Masterclass for performing artists and you take your seat. Surreptitiously, you look around to se... Read More


Satire: Jesa Jus to lead the 'struggle' against police

Uganda, March 17 -- Uganda police recently condemned the use of its traffic image as content in a controversial commercial advert of a juice popularly known as "Jesa Jus". For good measure, police ha... Read More


'Sakwa-sation' of our politics

Uganda, March 17 -- On March 12, Monitor reported that more than 30 former Resident District Commissioners (RDCs), including the acquitted Eric Sakwa, had petitioned President Museveni to come to thei... Read More


Gripping work of fiction revisits dark days in '72

Uganda, March 16 -- Book Title: Kololo Hill Author: Neema Shah Year of Publication: 2021 Pages: 341 Price: €10.99 Where: Amazon.com PHILIP MATOGO On August 4, 1972, the 47-year-old Presid... Read More


Alwedo poetry collection displays the fight in her

Uganda, March 16 -- Michelle Ivy Alwedo's poetry collection titled Still Blossoming is a happy blend of confessional verse and rhapsodic self-acceptance. Accordingly, it somewhat recalls the 1951 poem... Read More


Satire: Mpuuga flies to Ukraine to meet Putin over Bobi

Uganda, March 10 -- Mpuuga flew to Ukraine to meet Putin. Sure, everyone thinks Putin is in Russia but Mpuuga knows better. You see, Putin is a former KGB spy. So he knows how to be in two places at t... Read More