How Uganda’s signature mode of transport has turned Kampala into Africa’s ‘boda boda capital’
The boda-boda men, who operate mostly unregulated, have resisted recent attempts to dislodge them from the narrow streets of Kampala’s central business district, frustrating city authorities and underscoring the government’s fears over the consequences of angering a horde of jobless men.
Why Bamasaba king in eastern Uganda faces rebellion over Imbalu, generations-old tradition of circumcision of boys
The king, known as the Umukuuka, had his way ahead of the August 3 ceremonial inauguration at a park in the town of Mbale, arguing for a traditional festival that also looked attractive to visitors. The organisers of Imbalu received over $120,000 in financial support from the Ugandan government and a corporate sponsor.
After Africa’s future was stolen via decades of state corruption the youth in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria are now reclaiming it by force
There is widespread perception among the youths of Uganda that the rulers are curtailing their development for their own benefit. Some argue that they are being exported to slave markets in the Middle East so that they do not contribute to a future population of Uganda through reproduction. They say their labour is enriching those in power and those active in the export of youth to the Middle East slave market.
How political homophobia nudged Ugandan president to use homosexuality law as a tool to repel youth protests
Unlike in Russia where political homophobia has been institutionalised as a state strategy in that country’s politics, there is no evidence that this is the case in Uganda despite the political order being in congruence with the population against homosexuality. It would therefore be wrong to gang the youth who demonstrated against corruption and the corrupt as being pons for the homosexuality movement in the West and its small link in Uganda.
Ugandan youth take a cue from neighbouring Kenya, attempt to storm parliament to flush out corrupt MPs
The protests were organised by Ugandans who hope to emulate efforts by people in neighbouring Kenya, where demonstrations recently forced the President William Ruto to dismiss almost his entire cabinet after widespread opposition to a proposal to impose new taxes.
From Kenya to Uganda: Outraged African youth to turn social media to put corrupt regimes to the sword
One beneficial aspect of social media is its ability to spark outrage and incite change within the people, affecting the democratic state of a country as is currently happening in the East African nation of Kenya right now. When this happens, traditional politics does not come in. Nor does one need to evoke foreigners as the cause. However, the spread of misinformation is a digital crisis as the misinformation spreads quickly and widely. The powers that be must be well equipped to confront this not by guns but by brains to correct the impression created by misinformation.
Skills training: IFAW targets Ugandan law enforcers in war against rising cross-border wildlife crimes
Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have embarked on training of law enforcers as a long-term response wildlife trafficking between the two neighbours. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), says in a press statement issued in Fort Portal on Tuesday October 19, Uganda that the one-week training will...
Glaciers on Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya and Mt Rwenzori to melt in two decades – WMO report
Africa’s fabled eastern glaciers will vanish in two decades, 118 million poor people face immanent drought, floods or extreme heat, and climate change could also shave three per cent off continental GDP by mid-century, the UN climate agency warned on Tuesday. The latest report on the state of Africa’s climate...
