Introducing ‘Young Engineers’ Programme & How to Solve Uganda’s Job Crisis By Arinaitwe Rugyendo In March 2015, when Uganda was grappling with an 83% youth unemployment crisis, the United States was busy solving theirs through […]
Is Reforming Electoral Commission Becoming a Myth? By Faridah Lule Commenting on the recent EC appointment, Presidential press secretary, Don Wanyama, remarked, “The President is implementing some of these proposals before they are even actualized […]
Release Kanyamunyu, Here is why By Angelo Izama Uganda Police Force should probably release Mr. Mathew Kanyamunyu. He is the suspect in a fatal shooting last weekend of a social worker at Lugogo Mall in […]
Expert Analysis: Uganda rugby Union officials are a total disgrace!! By Dixon Okello Bond This may seem unbelievable but it’s true. Our national heros the Uganda Rugby Cranes, who won the recent Africa 7s Championship […]
Why Early Childhood Development Programme Needs ‘Young Engineers’ By Arinaitwe Rugyendo Following the successful launch of Kenya’s ‘e² Young Engineers’ programme last week, the next stop shall be Uganda. And very soon! I was privileged […]
Is A Sports Caucus Emerging in Parliament? By ArinaitweRugyendo On Wednesday, September 21, 2016, a group of Ugandan Members of Parliament spoke some good sports language, the first time in recent history, right on the […]
EXPERT ANALYSIS: It’s Time For Rugby President To Crack The Whip By Dixon OKello Bond When Andrew Owor was elected to chair the Uganda Rugby Union, many saw it as a reward for his drive for […]
Amazing Laki Otandeka & The Crested Cranes By Arinaitwe Rugyendo There is talk in football circles that Western Uganda has contributed fewer footballers to the national team than the other regions. This is true. I […]
Drumbeats & The Future of African Innovation By Arinaitwe Rugyendo On September 02nd, I received an e-card to an exclusive event, the kind I last experienced in Carpe Verde, somewhere in 2014. A friend, Dr. […]
Uganda Cranes & What Needs to Be Done By Arinaitwe Rugyendo The Four-decade jinx has been resolved. Uganda will be a contender for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy in Libreville-Gabon, come January 2017. […]
If I Turned 23 Again, Here’s What I Would Do By Arinaitwe Rugyendo Last week’s ‘In Defence of ‘The Rolex’ piece got the Archbishop of Mbarara, His Grace Paul K. Bakyenga calling me. He liked […]
The Political Economy of Ugandan Football With Arinaitwe Rugyendo Academicians define ‘Political Economy’ as a branch of social science that studies the relationships between individuals, society, markets and the state, using a diverse set of […]
In Defence of ‘The Rolex’ By Arinaitwe Rugyendo Following a two- year retirement, your column, Behind The Scenes, returns today! Following a number of enquiries about it, not least from my Archbishop, His Grace Paul […]
How Fit Is Police’s HR Department? For any police force to be effective in safeguarding the public, retaining public confidence is critical. This is because the public are a key source of information, and their […]
North Korea Speaks out On Ruined Military Cooperation with Uganda The government of the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (DPRK) has for the first spoken about Uganda’s sudden withdrawal of military cooperation. A spokesman […]
How North Korea Has Been Isolated, Demonised and Dehumanised By The West By Andre Vltchek/Agencies Soon, most likely, there will be new brutal sanctions imposed against North Korea. And there will be […]
By By Anisha Uwase https://7thugandan.wordpress.com/ In a response to the Daily Monitor article “OPPOSITION ACCEPT DEFEAT – H.E LUNGU ” True, I agree with Zambia President HE. Lungu. The opposition and some of its sympathizers are failing […]
Only Sport will solve Uganda’s Youth Unemployment Time Bomb 12th May 2016 begins a new term for Your Excellence the President of the Republic of Uganda and as the fountain of honour Ugandans have entrusted […]
Makerere University was in the recent past heralded as the Harvard of Africa. And considering that this 94 year old institution has produced five African Presidents in Milton Obote (Uganda), Julius Nyerere and Benjamin Mkapa (Tanzania), Joseph Kabila (DRC) and […]
It’s intriguing! It’s ridiculous! Yes, our honourable members of parliament want to insulate themselves from paying taxes. Recently, parliament passed the Income Tax (Amendments) Bill, 2016 with a sole aim relieving legislators from tax on […]