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Robert Madoi

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How Uganda got tangled with Russian arms dealer

Mr Viktor Bout, who was recently released in a prisoner exchange for the American basketball star Brittney Griner, was the mastermind of one of the most prolific arms trafficking operations in... → Read More

Messi’s place in history assured regardless of outcome of final

The tone of most observers ahead of tomorrow's Fifa World Cup final is certain and prescriptive. The laboured attempt of Leo Messi's teammates at football stardom has been largely deemed a... → Read More

Why Uganda’s cup of tea is half empty

Experts say tea is not earning the country enough foreign exchange due to absence of an enabling policy → Read More

Africa puts best foot forward at Qatar ’22

The current performance also flies in the face of doomsday forecasts such as the Oxford mathematical model that didn’t envisage any African representation at the much vaunted knockout stage in Qatar → Read More

Why Uganda’s grid remains powerless

Worn down, Uganda’s grid exhibits the dying gasp of an old order. Attempts to have it patched up have been bureaucratically bemired by bouts of corruption in state agencies that are highly... → Read More

Climate justice demands set to dominate COP27

The economic costs of the climate crisis quantifiable in lives, livelihoods, food systems and homes lost are expected to make the push for reparations, a big deal at COP27 → Read More

Book review: Making sense of religion in Uganda’s body politic

To this end, Kiwanuka—whose “religious convictions and conception of liberal democracy emerged out of his identification with each of Uganda’s three Catholic missions”—is materialised as the... → Read More

We are of Uganda, but is Uganda ours?

The political maturity and tolerance that Obote verbally idealised on the eve of Uganda’s independence remains just that—an ideal → Read More

REVIEW: Disturbing tale of how Boeing flew without wings

The steep nose-down angle plunge of the Lion Air Flight 610 claimed all 189 passengers and crew 13 minutes after takeoff → Read More

Queen’s East Africa abodes chart different paths

The nerve-jangling visuals of a corn field encircling Queen Elizabeth II’s abode during her visit to Uganda in 1954 have stood oddly → Read More

Uganda holds breath ahead of Kenya polls

Ugandans are alive to the fact that they catch a cold whenever Kenya sneezes after electioneering → Read More

Remembering the wave that blindsided us

The Delta variant was responsible for a second wave of infections that was replete with hospitalisations and deaths → Read More

No immediate solutions to current energy crisis

Will the visit of Russia’s Foreign Minister impact on the oil shock Uganda is grappling with? → Read More

Cheptegei, Kiplimo podium finishes shouldn’t blind Team Uganda officials to some key facts

Stakeholders should not just bask in the glory of here and now but bake the future → Read More

Why Bank of Uganda favours raise in rates

In response to soaring inflation, the central bank has not shied away from tightening monetary policy → Read More

What next after national teams serve weekend buffet with burnt offerings?

The Rugby Cranes and Crested Cranes went for a major assignment undercooked → Read More

Why pump prices are shooting up intensely

The cost of fuelling up at forecourts has shot up exponentially in recent weeks → Read More

How armies in Africa Great Lakes weigh up

Uganda’s recent acquisition of Mil Mi-28 or so-called Havoc helicopters from the Russian Federation has prompted some observers to forecast an arms race hotting up in the Great Lakes region. In... → Read More

Why eastern Congo is home to a forever war

In recent weeks the focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo has shifted decisively from its admission into the East African Community to its restive eastern region. Emmanuel Mutaizibwa and Robert Madoi explain why the flashpoint looks primed to play host to a forever war. → Read More

Transnational appeal of the Uganda martyrs

The Catholic martyrs, who were beatified in 1920 and canonised in 1964 by their church, have particularly made an indelible impression outside the bounds of Uganda → Read More