World sighs with relief as US and Iran pause belligerence for two weeks to talk peace
History has proven time and again that military force never yields lasting solutions. Instead, it fuels deeper animosity, widens existing divides and ignites a self-perpetuating cycle of violence.
Vihiga senator accuses governors of undermining grassroots development by deliberately frustrating constitutional timelines
Senator Osotsi further criticised some governors for failing to appear before Senate oversight committees on time, with others offering excuses.
Why Uganda is still point of turning wheel in globalised thinking and economic re-imagination
Every newly elected NRM Member of Parliament is required to undergo a week-long induction at Kyankwanzi before being sworn in. Critics have described this ritual as a process of being “proselytized into Musevenocracy” – a diluted brand of democracy contrary to Western conceptions, where MPs become “yes‑men and women to the whims of the kleptocratic gerontocracy”.
Succession dispute in Homa Bay the tests power of village councils over court ruling in land administration
The dispute is said to have taken a controversial turn early February when Opiyo was summoned before a kangaroo court. The meeting, presided over by Kiruo village clan elder Philip Ajuoga, who ruled in favour of the cousins and directed Opiyo to stop cultivating a portion of the said land.
World oil market experts warn end of Iran war is not guarantee prices will drop to pre-conflict levels
If hostilities fail to resolve and the maritime route continues to be blocked, the global oil market could be left in a fragile state, experts said. If shipping remains disrupted, that could force a structural shift in shipping and lead to higher long-term energy prices, reported the BBC.
Why African universities are ‘centres of docility’ that produce ‘educated fools’ capable only of citing narrow theories
I explain my deliberate rejection of the popular but deceitful banner of ‘multidisciplinarity,’ and lay out my vision for a new ecosystem of higher education institutions: the interversity, crossversity, transversity and extraversity.
Iran warns Trump: Prepare for ‘much more devastating’ and extensive retaliation if civilian targets are attacked
In another development, Ali Akbar Velayati, adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, warned on Sunday that the resistance front could target the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Globalisation, global village and global digital culture: Situation in Uganda after rapid espousal of one world
In the year 2000, Uganda made a historic and audacious decision: it became the first country in Africa to formally embrace globalisation as the primary pathway to development for the 21st century and beyond.
Church takes central role in renewed push to put to rest Talai land rights and other injustices
Chair of Myoot Kipsigis Council of Elders Richard Ng’eno observed that the engagement forms part of an ongoing series of consultations initiated earlier in the year, aimed at addressing broader issues of leadership, identity and community wellbeing.
Minister says Kenya is focusing on quality assurance in tea industry for a bigger slice of the world market
Another key intervention he said they were implementing was modernisation of factories for which the state has provided Ksh3.7 billion loan facility at a concessionary rate of five per cent interest to help facilities upgrade machinery and also diversify into other high value products such as orthodox tea production.
