Dr. Crispus Walter Kiyonga could have been president. The medical doctor is a towering figure in the Movement of President Yoweri Museveni. He was responsible for supervising Uganda’s successful response to the Ebola crisis in 2000, the same year a religious fire claimed
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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 to do with war era ordinances. No bombs or other weapons
Drug dealers in Uganda’s capital city are the Uber generation. Attentive to
Garbage truck drivers and their crews may appear the least likely to
It is Sunday. The Day After South Sudan’s Independence and it will soon feel distant. The morning after big parties is quite
It’s a good night to be awake in East Africa. One of those things that mean’s many things is happening. With a
Two days ago speculation that the governor of the Central Bank of Uganda was going to resign sent the shilling, already free
Greek Gods are angry with Athens and apparently with Kampala too. As the Greek economy sees red ( a color as children
Andrew Mwenda, who is the editor of the Independent magazine makes a passionate but ultimately flawedargument about the role of journalism in
As many journalists reported Tullow Uganda’s appointment of a national as its chief operating officer (thus going a step further in Ugandanizing
The dry season in Moyo, in West Nile, Uganda can be scotching. When I was growing up during the monsoon, winds that
I am half way through my rabies vaccine treatment. It is administered generally over three weeks. Every shot, injected on the soft
A good friend pointed out Lauren Jenkins post in Think Progress in which she argued that proposals by Representative Donald Payne that
I meant to write today about how aid and humanitarianism have marooned Africa in an island of daring where only “development experts”