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    What Next for Oppositions After Walk-Out?

    Canary Mugume | May 20, 2025
    While addressing Parliament, Leader of the Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi emphasized that the proposed amendments have significant implications for the country’s pol...

    De Brief: The Drone is Coming But For Who Next?

    Canary Mugume | May 5, 2025
    Fast forward to 2025, and the very acts Museveni once condemned—abductions, torture, disappearances—have become state policy under his watch.

    Ghostly Parliament Fails Farmers, Patients

    Canary Mugume | Apr 15, 2025
    The long rows of benches, usually full of MPs debating, were mostly empty. Both government and opposition sides had hardly anyone there, leaving the chamber fee...

    Govt to Run Admission of Students to Private Varsities

    Canary Mugume | Apr 15, 2025
    This seismic policy shift dismantles 33 years of institutional autonomy, aiming to align academic training with the nation’s pressing economic and developmental...

    South Sudan Demands UPDF Withdrawal

    Canary Mugume | Mar 25, 2025
    In a strongly worded letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, South Sudan First Vice-President Riek Machar claimed that Uganda’s military intervention c...

    Weekly De Brief: Electricity Management, Another Casualty of State Incompetence?

    Canary Mugume | Mar 24, 2025
    President Museveni himself has openly criticised this deal for years, admitting that it was poorly negotiated. If the President has been aware of these flaws fo...

    Buganda Road Court Issues Arrest Warrant for ULS President Isaac Ssemakadde

    Canary Mugume | Mar 19, 2025

    From Parliament to Communities: Walking Together to Defeat Malaria

    Canary Mugume | Mar 18, 2025

    Private Sector Appeals to Govt for Technology Collaboration at MWC Barcelona

    Canary Mugume | Mar 7, 2025
    In the past, the public sector wasn’t as proactive as the private sector in adapting to the fast-paced changes in technology, but we’re starting to see more del...

    Dr. Zawedde Champions AI Skills for Youth in Digital Formation

    Canary Mugume | Mar 6, 2025
    We are in the middle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and AI is at the heart of this transformation

    Uganda's AI Governance Dilemma: Policy or Framework to Drive Innovation? Decision Expected by 2025

    Canary Mugume | Mar 6, 2025
    The time it takes to develop a policy would be longer than when you start implementing it, and by then, some of the things could have changed

    Govt to Cut Taxes on Low Cost Smartphones

    Canary Mugume | Mar 4, 2025
    As a regulator, I have witnessed the consistent drop in internet costs over the past decade. In the next two to three years, we anticipate this will align with...

    Rwanda Suspends Belgian Development Aid Over DRC Conflict

    Canary Mugume | Feb 19, 2025
    No country in the region should have its development finance jeopardised as a tool of leverage. Such punitive measures have repeatedly failed to bring peace to...

    Ssemakadde Declares Legal War On Ssekaana's Contempt Ruling

    Canary Mugume | Feb 18, 2025
    Luckily, we have due process in the country. Due process will ensure that all my rights, as I understand them, are preserved until a properly constituted court...

    Kadaga Urges Increased Funding for East African Court of Justice

    Canary Mugume | Feb 18, 2025

    3rd East African Judicial Conference Opens in Kigali

    Canary Mugume | Feb 18, 2025
    The two-day conference in Rwanda’s capital aims to address critical judicial issues, including the enforcement of EACJ rulings, human rights litigation, and the...

    Nicholas Opiyo Steps Down From Chapter Four Uganda

    Canary Mugume | Feb 7, 2025
    Mr Opiyo has not yet publicly announced his resignation but told the Nile Post that the resignation was ‘’all voluntary and planned over the last four years.’’

    Uganda Unveils Forestry Compensation Strategy to Mitigate Energy Sector Emissions

    Canary Mugume | Nov 15, 2024
    At the launch, Uganda’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, stressed the importance of harmonising energy development with environmenta...

    COP29: Uganda Advocates for Just Energy Transition Plan

    Canary Mugume | Nov 15, 2024
    By leveraging regional integration, renewable resources, and innovative financing mechanisms, Uganda is positioning itself as a model for equitable energy trans...

    Ugandan MPs at COP29 Advocate for People-Centered Climate Financing

    Canary Mugume | Nov 15, 2024
    Climate finance, sourced from governments, private companies, and innovative mechanisms, aims to help countries like Uganda mitigate and adapt to climate change...

    UK Strengthens Leadership in Climate Action at COP29: Opportunities for Uganda

    Canary Mugume | Nov 15, 2024
    The UK Foreign Secretary led high-level discussions and launched impactful programmes, positioning the country as a key advocate for the needs of the Global Sou...

    Uganda to Benefit from UK’s Shs40bn Satellite Funding for Climate Monitoring

    Canary Mugume | Nov 15, 2024
    The satellite instruments will help Uganda monitor emissions such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen dioxide, enabling better-informed climate policies an...

    UK unveils £9 million funding for satellite instruments to monitor climate

    Canary Mugume | Nov 15, 2024

    COP29: Nankabirwa calls for clean cooking solutions to support refugee communities, protect forests

    Canary Mugume | Nov 12, 2024

    Explainer: How the US Electoral College System Works

    Canary Mugume | Nov 5, 2024
    When Americans vote in presidential elections, they aren’t voting directly for the president. Instead, they’re selecting a slate of electors chosen by their par...

    Ugly Rhetoric Dominates US Election Campaigns

    Canary Mugume | Nov 4, 2024
    Donald Trump's rhetoric cast immigrants as a threat to the nation, pledging to “take control” and claiming only he could protect America from “chaos.”

    Use commonsense in budgeting decisions, Museveni slams Parliament

    Canary Mugume | Jul 3, 2024
    In his  June 22 letter accompanying the returned Appropriation Bill, 2024, Mr Museveni accused MPs of sabotage and interfering with his duties of budgeting for...

    Kenyan Protestors Occupy Parliament

    Canary Mugume | Jun 25, 2024

    Tension and tears: Inside explosive UIA, Anite meeting at State House

    Canary Mugume | Jun 20, 2024

    Museveni summons UIA bosses, board over 'service award'

    Canary Mugume | Jun 19, 2024
    The summons come at a time the President is making his tough talk walk with legislators thrown in jail over corruption

    DE BRIEF: Cut the crap, give us a future where floods no longer claim lives with impunity

    Canary Mugume | May 5, 2024

    Tribert Rujugiro: Exiled Rwandan accused of terrorism financing is dead

    Canary Mugume | Apr 17, 2024
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