Food and Politics. The Hot Weather Edition March 19, 2024 Politics/The Ugandan Reader Genesis 41:17 “I was beside the Nile when seven fine cows, sleek and fat, came up from the river and began to Learn More
On Uganda’s Refinery Negotiations 2024 February 7, 2024 It bears commenting here that Uganda has taken a step forward, once again, to restore its interest to have a domestic refinery in place as part of the overall plan to Learn more
Optimism in 2024 for the Uganda Oil Sector ahead of 1st Oil. January 10, 2024 In the year 1924, E.J Wayland had completed his “Petroleum in Uganda” Learn more
Mining and the future of Uganda October 11, 2023 Oil & Energy/Politics/Science/Technology/The Ugandan Reader The next centenary of Ugandan self-government shall be defined by the extractives sector. In particular, two streams shall have an outsize impact More
Carbonisation anyone? ADIPEC at a Glance. October 5, 2023 Elections/Oil & Energy/Politics/Science/Technology/The Ugandan Reader 2093 Uganda has reached its carbon neutrality goals. The Moyo Nuclear Plant in the north west of the country overlooking the More
The greatest Kabaka of them all – the superpower of silence September 11, 2023 Politics/The Ugandan Reader He will be known as the greatest Kabaka of them all. By the time he joins his illustrious ancestors in the pantheon More
The bored class September 8, 2023 Politics/The Ugandan Reader The Bored Classes – an Opening We did a little cleaning up. Since our last posting we have been in conversation with More
Letter to Hon. Rugunda on Ugandan film prospects – Circa January 30, 2023 Politics/The Ugandan Reader/VUQA Television Thinking about film this week. A lot of African content especially offered by streaming services remains essentially Western films with African cast More
The Year of Local Content – Do we get it? January 24, 2023 Oil & Energy/Politics/The Ugandan Reader To those who view local participation, and by this we mean the share of contracts going to indigenously owned companies, as a More
Shallow graves, privilege, and fatalism – accidents in Uganda January 6, 2023 Elections/Politics/road accidents/The Ugandan Reader/Travel/Ugandan labor/Uncategorized/VUQA Television Garbage truck drivers and their crews may appear the least likely to blame for the horrendous road traffic carnage that has gripped More
The Last Guard – Globalisation and Tayebwa July 4, 2022 Politics/Ugandan labor/Uncategorized Uganda, like other countries, is battling the headwinds of an uncertain global economy shaken by the triple fury of the global COVID19 More
The younger mind, a Ugandan story December 4, 2021 Drug Series/Politics/The Ugandan Reader This story may get to the heart of the matter. A member of the “coffee-shop” tribe whose orbit is Kampala’s ever-growing number More
Gold, a curse that keeps giving. Obote and Amin – PART 1 March 7, 2021 Elections/Karamoja/Oil & Energy/Politics/The Ugandan Reader In fables or the modern market today, whether in Asia, the Americas or Africa – stories about precious minerals are stories about More