Help me think of an appropriate title for this week’s column. How about ‘African’s have porridge for brains?’ That wouldn’t go down very well but because I am one of them, I can get away with ridiculing my kin; a…
Continue readingWhen the news came, there was a sense of inevitability about it. Déjà vu, they call it. Jennifer Musisi, nee Lubwama had resigned from her post of Executive Director, Kampala City Council Authority. After seven years of trying, the effort…
Continue readingThis week Uganda celebrated 56 years of independence. The main celebrations took place in Kyotera Municipality (sic), which is about 184 kilometers to the south of Kampala. The theme of the celebration was “Standing Tall to Celebrate 56 years of…
Continue readingWe have been here before. As the French say – “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”. Loosely translated, ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’. Some will say that history repeats itself. Others say that…
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