By Dianah Katusiime ‘Work for your corpse’ is translated from a famous Luganda phrase ‘Kolelela Akalambo Ko’. The phrase was coined from the notion of shame during death. While the word ‘kalambo’, which translates to ‘corpse’ will always be grim, and the topic of death is forever a horror, it
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Odinga visited Museveni recently Kenyans will be going to the polls Tomorrow after months of grueling campaigns pitting former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the current Deputy President William Ruto, and newcomers David Waihiga Mwaure and Prof George Wajakoya. There is a lot of uncertainty over several issues from
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Fuel prices have remained largely stable for more than a week The prices of fuel in Uganda, particularly in Kampala have continued to rise, but at a slower rate over the last two months, compared to the sharp increases registered between March and early July. Ordinary motorists in Kampala
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Ronald Muyanja, the Head of Trading at Stanbic Bank Uganda Increasing inflationary pressures tumbled private sector business activity during July as the headline Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dipped below the threshold 50.0 no-change mark for the first time this year. The PMI dropped from 50.9 recorded in June
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By Felix Bob Ocitti Climate change is a global problem facing the human race from every part of the world without exception. This is due to human activity that has increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, particularly Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration resulting in a warmed-up atmosphere, ocean, and land. According to
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By Dozith Abeinomugisha (pictured above), Director Midstream & Benjamin Ariho, Senior Petroleum Officer, Refining Energy is one of the key drivers of economic growth and development world over. Overcoming energy poverty is among the world’s greatest challenges. All the countries in the East African Region (EAR) do not produce
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Chris Mukiza, the executive director of UBOS Uganda's first ever multidimensional poverty index report for 2021, has revealed that up to 42.1 percent of Uganda's population lack in several social and economic aspects of a normal human life. The survey conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, took
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Mbale floods have left scores dead/Courtesy photo Bagishu and Sabiny have a choice between a rock and hard ground: a calamity and a dilemma. Landslides, which are an act of God on one hand, evictions by Uganda Wildlife Authority on the other are what they have to choose from. As
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The Uganda shilling continues to depreciate against the US dollar as both local and external factors exert pressure on the local and other emerging currency markets. For more than a week, the shilling has just stayed short of touching the 3,900 level against the dollar, amidst sustained intervention into
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Tracy Bolton, chief operating officer at SAP Africa New research has highlighted the challenges most organisations face with balancing sustainability and profitability. A study by Oxford Economics and SAP has found that, while the business case for sustainability is well understood, most sustainability initiatives are simply not realising value.
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