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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Drug dealers in Uganda’s capital city are the Uber generation. Attentive to the mood and movement of society they offer their services to fit the city’s hopes and nightmares. There is cocaine for the mid-level bank manager who wants a high to keep plugging away at her job – trying to keep rivals at bay.
One of the theories now “dismissed” in explaining the relationship between the
Garbage truck drivers and their crews may appear the least likely to
A man of the people Gen. Kahinda Otafiire was huffing and puffing down the stairs. For a man of his weight
The call came around five or six. It was my editor Joachim Buwembo. Whenever an editor begins their conversation with “
Note: Fast moving events have now thrust the question of violence, once again, at the fore of Ugandan politics. This article written
One of the most sought-after endorsements this political season is the most unusual. It is from a man who, in more
The Church choirs will be silent this Easter. In many Ugandan homes, the run-up to Easter, the most important Christian holiday, involves
Given the healthcare assets of Uganda, any scenario in which the corona virus causes a run on hospitals is a disaster. This
Joseph Pasquale Crazzolara, the “Ugandan”-Italian priest, academic and sociologist died today March 25, in 1976. He studied and reported on tribes in
Like many significant men and women who have risen to the surface of political society in Uganda in recent times, the late
Dear readers of this blog. The following story is based on an interview. In it a terrible tragedy wakes a young
THE BOLLYWOOD GANGSTERS OF MOMBASA The Akasha brothers, Ibrahim and Baktash of Kenya, now jailed in New York, dreamed of a