Opinion

Thursday-September 15, remains a historical day as many people found the European Union (EU) parliament’s resolution on the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and Tilenga an irresistibly exciting issue worth reacting and responding to despite their level of information and understanding on the engaged matter! Whereas it is a general matter affecting us, and wrong to isolate it as …

Matt Castoral in one of his writings notes that there are things in life that are mostly certain for the British populace: death, taxes, and the British monarchy. Indeed and for long the British monarchy has been a constant but will not be so any longer. Much as the British royals have dominated headlines world over, however as noted by …

By Nela Canovic But, now there’s scientific evidence that reading fiction has a particularly positive effect on our brain function. Neuroscientists from Emory University published a study in the Brain Connectivity Journal to back up their claims, and it is called Short and Long Term Effects of a Novel on Connectivity in the Brain. What is the biggest takeaway from the study?          …

By Nick Westcott Since 1960, Africa has received billions of dollars in aid. In the last 30 years alone, one estimate puts aid to the continent at $1.2 trillion, though distributed very unevenly across the continent. In this time, African economies have developed. Life expectancy and populations have both risen dramatically, and absolute poverty has fallen. Yet the rise in …

The great Sir David Attenborough said in 2020, ‘Saving the planet is now a communications challenge’. He must have said that not to belittle the science or undervalue the importance of research, but because fundamentally there should be a strategy in place to deal with our problems. As humans, we should know what we need to do and when to …

By Godfrey Tinka Patriotism is the core value of National Resistance Movement (NRM) government. It was President Museveni’s original mission which lead to establishing the Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM) in 1980. Which gave birth to NRM, that is now in government.  But after fourty two years of President Museveni efforts on patriotism, you can hardly find any fruits of his …

The discovery of oil in Albertine Graben in Uganda is so far over fifteen years. A commonly known fact to Ugandans and we all anticipate to have our first oil taste in 2025 as most work in the first phase(upstream) are reportedly ongoing. As it has worked elsewhere, oil exploration is quite evidently associated with lots of projects, initiatives and …

By Justus Kyomuhendo To begin with I want to thank the former Managing Director Vision Group Robert Kabushenga for the zeal and commitment he exhibited in trying to promote Uganda farmers through the Harvest money expo, best farmer’s competition, among other projects. He is truly a Ugandan who wished to see a change for the best. The best farmer’s competition …

By Peter Ward Every year millions of people cross borders to undergo medical treatments that are either unavailable in their home country or too expensive. For many, this is a last resort to ease the pain of a debilitating disease or defy a terminal diagnosis; for others the goals are purely cosmetic. But in the past few years a new …

By Bbiira Kiwanuka Nassa The world is full of challenges partly because the entire world is preoccupied with thinking about problems. Little efforts are put on solutions. Those thinking about solutions end up assimilating and associating regularly with the problem thinkers. We all face social, ecological, governance, environmental and economic problems. These manifests themselves to us differently and at different …