Dr. Silvia Awor, an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Gulu University, followed an academic track at Class A institutions. High school at Mt. Saint Mary’s Namagunga; Medical school at Makerere University; and Postgraduate fellowship in obstetrics and gynaecology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Hers was the kind of education that prepared her to effectively compete […]
Ugandan President Yoweri K. Museveni, who will be 77 years old at the time of the next elections in 2021, wants Article 102(b) of the Constitution amended to give him legal cover for his plan to continue to rule his realm. His public claim of disinterest in the matter is a cynical reprise of similar […]
Our thoughts and prayers For the people of Turku and all of Finland At this time of terror in your midst. At moments like this, We sing your great song with you. Finlandia! Penned for you by Jean Sibelius, And embraced by all of us, A song of freedom That we sing for Africa and […]
Terror against anyone is terror against me. From this Ugandan citizen of the World, To the people of Barcelona and all of Spain, Solidarity! Let love triumph over hate, And hope over fear.
Gregory Mugisha Muntu, the President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), likes to remind his fellow politicians that they cannot give what they don’t have. This is usually said in the context of demands for democracy and transparent leadership that are his party’s raison d’etre. Muntu says this with the confidence of one who […]
Damacline Marube, a Kenyan woman who lives in Nairobi’s Mathare Valley slum, lost her daughter on Friday. The little girl, Stephanie Moraa, nine years old, was felled by a bullet in her chest. Her killer was almost certainly a Kenya Police officer, charged with bringing peace and order in a land that was enduring its […]
Where two or three Banyakigezi gather in the name of their region, questions are raised in some quarters. What are the sons and daughters of the mountains up to? What is their political agenda? On whose side are they? This year is no exception. When we gather in Orlando, Florida on Thursday, August 3, […]
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