Politics

With the 2018 truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and rival Mr Raila Odinga providing a strong political foundation, talks to create a broader unity pact with various parties and leaders continue. This comes in the background of a…

For most people, watching the video of the violence that happened in Uganda's parliament, on September 26th 2017, an event that was covered by the media outlets around the world, It’s difficult to conceive any idea of how Hon Francis Zaake…

By Washington Post The current pandemic won’t be the last the world faces. And while it is functionally too late for the United States to do anything but fight its way through the coronavirus crisis, it can start to look for examples of…

When the virus came here, it found a country with serious underlying conditions, and it exploited them ruthlessly. Chronic ills—a corrupt political class, a sclerotic bureaucracy, a heartless economy, a divided and distracted public—had…

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has sacked Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe, the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister from the cabinet. According to a communique issued by the country’s Prime Minister, Nduhungirehe was removed from office,…

Uganda ranks among the top countries in the Commonwealth in promoting political inclusiveness, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has told a conference in London. “Uganda goes an extra step by creating district…

Independent candidate Abubaker Kawalya has been elected Speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority Council. He won the election with 17 votes, beating Doreen Nyanjura who got 14 votes and Muhammed Segirinya with only one vote.…

The conflict theory, suggested by Karl Marx, claims society is in a state of perpetual conflict because of competition for limited resources. It holds that social order is maintained by domination and power, rather than consensus and…

Uganda and Rwanda have signed an extradition treaty, which constitutes a legal framework to handle cases of alleged subversive activities done by nationals in each other’s territory. The signing by Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni and…

If you want to fly with eagles, don’t swim with ducks, this shibboleth summarises Mao’s tenure at the helm of the Democratic Party leadership. His leadership has been a mixed bag of eagles and ducks struggling to outdo each other in a field…