Raila Odinga’s death and legacy

Raila Odinga’s death and legacy

Death. A daily event that assaults our peace, induces anxiety and sadness, and frightens us deeply. It frightens us so much that we do not like to talk about it. When we do, we prefer euphemisms that soften the blow.  People “pass away”, they “pass on”, ...
Reflections on Rukiga District

Reflections on Rukiga District

 Rukiga District, in its eighth year since its formal creation on July 1, 2017, has been the focus of my reflections during our celebration of Uganda’s sixty-three years of independence. Rukiga, my primary home in Uganda since I was a toddler, was one of the six counties ...
​ Sam Nujoma’s legacy  ​

​ Sam Nujoma’s legacy ​

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  I shed tears of joy when Sam Nujoma took the oath of office as President of independent Namibia on March 21, 1990. My tears were a cathartic response to victory against Apartheid, that criminal policy that had enslaved millions of Southern African people in their homelands ...
New year no change except by God’s grace

New year, no change, except by God’s grace

Image: Earth from space. (NASA)   Humanity’s artificial calendar has declared a new year. A couple of thousand years and change have passed since the birth of Jesus Christ. A very tiny moment in the grand scheme of things. Celebrated by many people with feasts, fights, ...
Botswana’s anthem fulfilled Uganda’s betrayed

Botswana’s anthem fulfilled; Uganda’s betrayed

The seismic shift in Botswana’s political landscape last week is, so far, the most positive political development in Africa this year. Botswana, whose celebrated democracy had been backsliding in recent years, is born again. It has passed the essential test of democratic consolidation, ...
Ugandan youth and elders need each other

Ugandan youth and elders need each other

 Hillary Niwagaba posted a “protest letter to the aged leaders” on a community WhatsApp Group last week, in which he wrote: “Dear honorable leaders. We, the younger generation, remember when you visited our schools, encouraging us to study hard and become future ...

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