One of the theories now “dismissed” in explaining the relationship between the neurological disorder known as “nodding disease” and its prevalence in the northern part of the country- is that it had anything to do with the war. One expert said it had nothing
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In fables or the modern market today, whether in Asia, the Americas or Africa – stories about precious minerals are stories about land. As such they are stories about the people on that land. By the time glittering metal is a statement of value, vanity or villainy, it has already become either a story of
He will be known as the greatest Kabaka of them all. By
There is a document (there always is) that is revealing of extent
Awangale Ssabasajja. The announcement that the “Buganda Kingdom” was gifted this “New Year “with a son- the second male son of the
Despite its high profile within the Ugandan press, the strike by Kampala traders association revealed familiar lessons without much progress on how
Whenever I have spoken to some of my colleagues and friends about South Sudan- the most optimistic ones have tended to be
All the dancing on the graves of dictators being so fashionable nowadays has conjured up a merry scene of a gathering in
“brilliant polemicist” in reference not to Christopher Hitchens, who is dead now, but to another man of letters, Uganda’s own, Professor Mahmood
Before he put his seal on the Bukenya papers, Rafael Baku (his name in Madi means literally “not a human being” or
Perhaps the great grand daughter of the fabled anti-colonialist and violently insurgent King Cwa Kabalega, would not have anticipated a year ago
It has been an incredibly busy few weeks. I have traded Kampala’s grey (it’s been a record 6 months of rain in
Gadaffi in memoriam We will postpone the obituary of Col. Muamur Gadaffi for a year. The Libyan story is still open. At
Tempted to play Jah Cure’s soul-try “ “Mr. Jailer” this morning. Two pieces of news streamed my way by 9.am. Kizza Besigye,