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A few months back the government of Uganda rolled out its flagship community development program, commonly known as Parish development model (PDM) with an aim to pull our 39% of its population from the subsistence production to the money…

All states world over seek power. It is the first and last principle of state behavior, all States seek to increase their power; and to decrease the power of their enemies; and everything they do is in the name of amassing power, and they…

Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye; a few weeks back announced that he will not be participating in the upcoming general elections against the incumbent. While speaking to his supporters at the Forum for democratic change (FDC)…

Africa has been blessed with a number of great men and women who fought for the liberation of a black man, and some who still continue the struggle for Africa`s full independence and are celebrated within the continent and beyond, these can…

As we head for the general election, one would have hoped that after close to 24 years of multi-party politics in Uganda, we would be having strong political parties offering alternative policy platforms in line with essential elements of…

Mankind has always faced the threat of large-scale death and destruction from disastrous situations. Mention of Pompeii, Krakatoa, Chernobyl, Tsunami in Asia, Ebola in Sierra Leone and DRC, Banda Aceh, and New Orleans evokes powerful images…

Mankind has always faced the threat of large scale death and destruction from disastrous situations. Mention of Pompeii, Krakatoa, and Chernobyl, Banda Acen, and New Orleans and recent terrorist bombings evokes powerful images for many…

As we are all aware; the world has been ravaged by the new enemy in the name of COVID-19 pandemic, and many countries we once thought were mighty and exemplary have been put to shame for being paper tigers and having wrong remedies to the…

It’s fashionable now that every time a new election period draws nearer in Uganda, a number of ragtag coalitions are formed with the aim of removing the incumbent president from office. Again as 2021 general elections come close, a new…

In the past two decades, there has been a marked increase in the involvement of military forces in the development activities that have traditionally been outside the military sphere. And this trend has been particularly evident in third…