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OP-ED: Is AG Kiryowa Kiwanuka & Counsel Karungire Misusing Political Power To Undermine, Compromise Judiciary
By Hannington Mbabazi Kampala: “Based on the fact that non tolerance of illegalities in all courts of law is the baseline of all legal structures and Judicial proceedings internationally, this case is a weighing scale on the independence of the Ugandan Judiciary.” Can Kiryowa Kiwanuka’s political influence as current Attorney General and Mr. Karugire’s Marital…
OP-ED: I Urgently Need To Inherit Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere’s Big, Black Book
OBITUARY | Alfred Geresom Musamali | Now that former Democratic Party (DP) President-General Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogere is dead, I urgently need to inherit one of his intellectual property items – to wit, the Big, Black Book in which during the 1980s he conceptualised recording the names of all the perpetrators of human rights abuses in…
OP-ED: How UGX 1.7 Trillion Loan Will Relieve Parliamentarians & Voters
By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala: Developing countries rely on international borrowing to finance special projects, infrastructure and to compensate for the needed revenue. Due to natural disasters like heavy rains, mud slides have adversely affected aids to trade like roads, where even the paved ones have either developed potholes or narrowed hence causing accidents. Even the…
OP-ED: How Protecting Electricity Infrastructure Is a National Security Issue
By Denis JJjuuko Kampala: A friend always prefers to support small businesses in his neighbourhood near Kampala. He shops from small shops and kiosks. Many times, he patronizes the small bar near his home. When a somewhat modern salon opened up in his neighbourhood, he ditched the guys who had cut his hair for more…
OP-ED: How a Higher Percentage Of Local Gov’t Workers Are Enemies Of Dev’t & Pivot Of Corruption In Uganda
By Masuumi Juma Kampala: The lack of patriotism within and amongst local government workers has promoted high corruption, hindering the country’s development and social service delivery. Districts and Municipal councils are responsible for the provision of Primary and secondary education, safe water supplies, and public health and are encouraged to devolve some services to the…
OP-ED: How “The Strong Dollar” Increases Starvation In Africa
By Samuel Obedgiu Kampala: At the height of the demise of the now defunct Bretton-woods monetary system, former U.S President Richard Nixon’s treasury secretary John Connally said, “The dollar is our currency but it’s your problem.” The current strengthening of the dollar has indeed made this statement relevant again, manifesting itself through increased food prices.…
OP-ED: EY Africa Leaders Induction 2023: Embracing Legacy, Igniting Growth
As the EY Africa Leaders Induction concluded this past week in the bustling city of Johannesburg, the essence of our gathering continues to resonate. I find myself ruminating not only on the powerful connections forged during the event but also on the indelible legacy we have inherited. The event, attended by newly promoted and externally recruited…
OP-ED: Employ Benefits Like NSSF Can Make Your Business Resilient In Post Covid
By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala: As business executives are scampering to cut costs in order to stay clear of the COVID-19 economic effects, some are making grave mistakes of evading retirement savings for their employees which makes them demotivated at workplaces hence less productivity. Employee motivation is defined as the level of energy, commitment, persistence, and…
Op-ed: DRC Congo-Uganda Road Project Equates President Museveni To Nkwame Nkurumah – Ben Ssebuguzi
It should be noted that during the 1940s, the current challenge of Africans then was the question of political liberation from imperialist. The great men like Nkwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere among others are always remembered as great men who helped Africa to gain her independence and even started Organisation of African Unity on 25 May…
Op-ed: Crane Bank Ruling Will Protect Other Banks From Falling Prey
By Ben Sebuguzi Kampala: Today a new dawn has come, the financial sector has received another good news, as one of their own, Crane bank has been reverted back to it’s shareholders who are Sudhir and Meera investment after a protracted long legal battle that has made the regulator, Bank of Uganda to vomit it.…