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The Golden Handshake “I want to direct the AG to immediately vacate this ‘stupid’ order,” Speaker Rebecca Kadaga lamented on 10th January, 2017 during a heated session in Uganda’s Parliament.…
Yes, they are. Whether or not it is for the mutual benefit of partners, is another question of moot. Property and the right to property have been previously discussed in…
This year ushers Kenya into a new era of political diversity. As political parties sharpen their campaign strategies, Kenya sets herself on the frontline of the international community that has…
Should aid relief agencies require state consent to offer humanitarian relief to those in need? International law and International Humanitarian Law dictate that agencies recognized for relief support to civilians…
In 2007, Uganda ratified the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This legislation introduced ‘smoke free zones’- areas where tobacco users are not allowed to puff at a…
At Jomo Kenyatta International Airport still stands a Rwandan national, Catholic priest and ‘opposition leader’, Thomas Nahimana. He has been condemned by a number of associations in Rwanda for expressing…
This is a tale of three public officials who were convicted on the 11th of November, 2016, of swindling money meant for pension for retired civil servants. The accused: Jimmy…
Despite a hearty meal and dessert on your table tonight, there are more than seven million people in Uganda facing starvation. The number of people in Uganda who are starving…
It is a cut-throat business world, yes. But it does not give you the right to claim another’s goods or services as your own and conversely. Britania Allied Industries Limited,…
Aisha Buhari’s concern for the leadership in her country prompted her husband’s controversial response: “I do not know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen,…
