What has happened to the Elephant? Ayub Mujuni Raymond

Kahwamu!

Bold move Eriasa! All the best!

A few weeks ago, I embarked on a journey that, insha Allah, will end in me being declared MP for Butambala County. My immersion into the issues of Butambala as I engage the voters has been thrilling.

Gwe oliwa? Ian Katusiime

Uganda’s foreign reserves are shrinking. semafor.com/newsletter/04/…

The fourth issue of The Weganda Review was published this week, with essays on William Ruto, Salim Saleh, African hair, 'broken things' in Uganda, and more. As always, the issue includes poetry, fiction, and a diary. Art portfolios are by George W. Kyeyune and R. Canon Griffin:

Eid Mubarak to you and yours!

Henry Chakava (1946 – 2024): The publisher who pricked the people into consciousness. africanarguments.org/2024/04/henry-…

I retract my earlier statement. The man has come good on his promise! Eid Mubarak ba Swahaba mwena!

'But Makerere was the true North of Kampala. Makerere was so attractive that Micere Mugo, later to become one of East Africa’s foremost poets, turned down admission to Oxford University in England because she wanted to be in Makerere, where everything was happening.'…

.Matthew Bagonza atte olowooza Yubu akyakwaata essimu? Ayub

The editorial on the 30th anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsis in this week’s The EastAfrican is instructive: “Ignored, history has a tendency of repeating itself.”

Attempts to negate WHAT happened and WHO was responsible are deliberate and meant to exonerate those…

Gazetting Of Services, Formations And Units In UPDF updf.go.ug/press-releases…

We join the rest of the world in solidarity with the people and leadership of the Republic of Rwanda, as we mark #Kwibuka30 commemoration.

Together, we stand in solidarity with Rwandans, offering our support, the country continues to heal and rebuild.

“The Rwandan story shows how much power human beings have within them. Whatever power you do have, you might as well use it to tell the truth and do what is right.” - PK

Important message for an important occasion.

#Kwibuka30

VIDEO - In powerfully packaged 30th KWIBUKA speech, President Kagame pays tribute to Uganda, Burundi, DR Congo & Tanzania for hosting Rwandan refugees since 1959 till their return in post-1994 Rwanda. He also thanked South Africa for helping rebuild Rwanda by providing education.

I don’t know. The better question would be: are those same countries prosperous becoz they are “liberal” (your word!) democracies, or are they liberal democracies becoz they are prosperous?

On the change of guard in Senegal and whether it represents a “new” dawn for Africa. Discussion with Angelo Izama Emorimor, Baker Batte and Canary Mugume.