Charles Onyango-Obbo
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Past articles by Charles:
Nagenda and the loneliness of a brilliant mind
Where we disagreed was, ironically, it was because I was more willing to give the government leeway on the liberalisation of the economy → Read More
In once-dreaded north Uganda, beauty grows from horrors of long war
Gulu, in the Acholi region, remains haunted by the brutal 20-year war led by Kony. → Read More
Kagame: DRC has crossed red line, war won’t be in Rwanda
The M23, a largely Tutsi-led group ended nine years of inactivity in November 2021. → Read More
Can Uganda dance like Saleh wants it to?
The farmers, depending on their acreage, pay a small slice of their earnings to keep the irrigation system running, so in many ways, they own – or are significant shareholders – in it → Read More
When Masaka kids dance, they eat us inside
There are too many children cast out by family, economic, and other social crises → Read More
Give all Ugandan youth Sh7,500 – even if they drink it
I used to fear that people would drink such “easy money” and splash it on women. My views have evolved → Read More
This ‘Mafia’ has ruled Uganda for 50 years
Watch out for The Main Man in the cohort, Museveni; he might go for a world-record-breaking 10th term in 2031. That’s how our veterans roll → Read More
The Kiga order: Three big western Uganda trends
The latter struck me; at this rate, in a few years, if you eat cabbages in Uganda, the chances that it was grown in Kigezi could be up to 60 per cent → Read More
Even Amin wouldn’t make Uganda football giant (Part 2)
Apart from the other factors we noted about the old Naguru-Nakawa estate and its historical role in producing so much of the country’s sporting talent, consider the ecosystem that allowed it to... → Read More
Even Amin wouldn’t take Uganda to World Cup
Rather than argue that if Amin had been in power Uganda would be a football giant, it’s more probable that if he hadn’t come to office, Uganda would be a football great → Read More
Back to Nagunda, where King Mukayo fights on
Nagunda is one of the poor cousins of the tech-smart Wakanda kingdom, whose secrets were revealed in the 2018 blockbuster film “Black Panther” → Read More
Uganda can ‘drink’ its oil and have it (too)
Clinging to their environmental recklessness, and justifying our right to pollute the atmosphere, won’t solve our problems → Read More
A good and bad way to send Museveni home
Right now, the argument that Museveni will be well past his sell-by date in 2026 is gaining a lot of traction → Read More
Ssemogerere lost because he was a good man
He faced off against Museveni in the 1996 elections and lost → Read More
History of Uganda told by its trees and flowers
Twenty years ago, I wrote in the pages of this paper, to the surprise very many, how the old and indigenous trees along the main roads and highways had “evolved” to survive → Read More
Here are Uganda and Rwanda’s true ‘sins’ in DRC
On Monday, Rwanda said a DRC fighter jet violated its airspace, just as the two countries had agreed on Saturday to speed up efforts to de-escalate tensions and resolve their political differences → Read More
Inside the Uganda-Kenya milk and milking affair
If we can’t do it for ourselves, let’s do it for the cows and as a way to put our hands in Kenyans’ pockets → Read More
Presidency is like booze: Stay too long, you won’t ever want to leave
There will be time to examine the meaning of Museveni's long life in the State House and his re-election bid. → Read More
The ‘Kafunda effect’ on Uganda’s education
Other factors make this state failure worse than it should be → Read More
The education disaster and the State can’t save it
Six teachers take turns to teach about 150 pupils of the government-aided Acomai Primary School, which has been housed in a makeshift structure for more than 10 years → Read More