Sidi Ould Tah’s one year in office: He’s begun to connect AfDB capital mobilisation, risk-sharing, project preparation and internal reform
After a year in office, Sidi Ould Tah has begun to reshape how the African Development Bank (AfDB) raises money and prepares projects. Delivery, however, is the harder test. On May 29, 2025, shortly after his election as the ninth president of the African Development Bank Group, Tah stood before...
Refugee environmental violence: Uganda pays price of hosting 1.7 million refugees, electing 110 of them to parliament
The integration of foreign populations into Uganda’s security apparatus is not unprecedented. Colonial security systems relied heavily on foreigners to suppress local populations. This pattern was perpetuated under Idi Amin, whose security forces included refugees, and under Obote, whose apparatus similarly relied on non-Ugandans (Oweyegha-Afunaduula, 2022).
Environmental collapse: Why Uganda should stop revelling in self-deception and protect its rich ecological resources, knowledge included
Uganda generates more than 600 metric tonnes of plastic waste daily; shockingly, less than 40 per cent is properly collected and managed. Approximately 40 per cent of the resulting waste ends up in the environment, where it blocks drains, worsens urban flooding and pollutes soil and water.
Luo kamikaze missions: ‘We (Luo leaders) are the ones mobilising and funding youth to disrupt lawful gatherings’
My late father, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, spent a lifetime being punished – through detention, through the banning of his party, through decades in the political wilderness – simply for insisting that Kenyans deserved a real choice at the ballot. He was not alone.
How Uganda’s law, media and diplomacy traps its citizens: Revelations of ‘Muhoozi Project’ plan to assassinate army generals opposite to him
Beyond shutdowns, journalists face “intimidation including arrest, harassment, destruction of equipment, and assault, especially for writing that is critical of the president and his inner circle.” A “special security unit, founded in 2017, monitors journalists’ social media activity.”
AI risks entrenching inequality rather than narrowing it as its future depends on sharing innovation, not restricting it
Through platforms like WAIC, open-source initiatives, joint research, talent exchanges and capacity-building programs, China has sought to expand access to AI technologies and help other countries, notably developing economies, build up their own capacity to innovate.
Just as he doesn’t know his date of birth, Ugandan President Museveni does not have clear plan for a nation teetering hopelessly on brink of collapse
Corruption remains endemic. Uganda scored just 25 points out of 100 on Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking 148th out of 180 countries. When public resources are siphoned off by elites while the majority struggle for basic sustenance, the legitimacy of the state erodes. The socioeconomic magma chamber builds pressure with every corrupt transaction, every unfilled job vacancy, every empty stomach, and every young woman sold into servitude in the Gulf.
Old age crisis: At 250 ‘American Experiment’ and ‘American Dream’ the US finds itself in ideological cesspool as global south peels away
While “the American Experiment” claims to champion democracy, sovereignty and the rule of law, its conduct abroad has too often signalled a darker contradiction.
How President Ruto’s whistle-go, whistle-stop travels abroad impact Kenya’s tourism industry
The steady rise in international visitor arrivals, increased tourism earnings and growing global interest in Kenya’s diverse attractions are clear indicators that our tourism industry is on a positive trajectory.
How risk of giving Tutsi refugees citizenship became nightmare for indigenous Ugandans, now it’s Kenya’s turn to surrender sovereignty
It was President Milton Obote who moved a motion in Legco to allow all Tutsi refugees into Uganda without limiting the numbers. It is these refugees that joined dictator Idi Amin security forces and murdered our people.
