Thirty five years ago, discontent with their educational system and other social evils of apartheid, a group of youth with confidence, boldness and determination revolted against the system, as the only way to make their voices heard and consequently bring about a positive change. These youths recognized that their future destiny rested squarely in their […]
The first-ever official meeting of Ministers of Agriculture from G20 countries, to be held in Paris on June 22-23, presents an extraordinary opportunity. Tasked with developing an action plan to address price volatility in food and agricultural markets and its impact on the poor, the ministers are uniquely positioned to not only tackle the immediate […]
There are also problems with the efficiency and volatility of our securities markets. Evidence for this is the often erratic bidding behavior at bond market auctions, with bids which are at odds with prevailing secondary market rates and a normal positively sloped bond yield curve. In part this reflects a lack of transparency in the securities markets; for example, the closing prices and yields on the secondary markets are not available to all market participants. It also reflects the need to improve the understanding of key market issues by some participants.
The recent events in North Africa, and the ripple effect they have set off in the wider region, have once again highlighted how close our two continents are. The changes underway are encouraging, but also present their fair share of challenges: for our partner countries which have started to build genuine democratic societies; and for […]
THE East African Community (EAC) is making history in several dimensions – with the election of Rebecca Kadaga as Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, the number of female speakers in the EAC region has raised to three. The Parliament of The United Republic of Tanzania and the Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda already have female […]
By Solomon Akugizibwe In July 2005, the Ugandan Parliament passed “The Access to Information Act, 2005” granting all people to access and share relevant and up to date information of public interest to anyone without intimidation. However, access to reliable and timely information and knowledge sharing on public accountability especially in rural communities is still […]
By Solomon Akugizibwe With exceptional cases of Mama FM, Kagadi Development Radio (KDR) and probably Apac FM which are Uganda’s only community FM radio stations, and a few other religious based radio stations like Radio Maria, most Uganda FM radio stations are established for purely commercial reasons. However, commercial FM radio stations, remain the most […]
Speech by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President-Elect of the Republic of Uganda At the SWEARING-IN CEREMONY At Kololo, Kampala Kololo-12th May 2011 Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government who have come to be with us today; Your Excellency the Vice President of the Republic of Uganda; Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament of the […]
The politics of Uganda has been characterised by reactionary ideology (not progressive, not patriotic) before colonialism, during colonialism and after colonialism. Before colonialism, following the collapse of the Bachwezi Empire around 1500 AD, this area was being dominated by small kingdoms and chiefdoms: Bunyoro, Buganda, Ankole, Tooro, Rwanda, Burundi, Karagwe, the chiefdoms of Buhaya, Busoga, […]
By Tarig Mohamed Kheir Anter; Khartoum/ Sudan; Tel.: 00249911636990 Democracy requires real democratic and functional political parties. Juntas and pressure groups are not political parties; and they must not be allowed to participate neither in governments nor in opposition. Any group, or state, which excludes people from leadership or holding any office because of their […]