World Food Day 2024: Food Scientists Make Urgent Call for Nutritional Awareness and Reform in Uganda
By Albert Rudatsimburwa KIGALI, Rwanda[SHIFTMEDIA] For the first time since the deterioration and breakdown of relations between Uganda and Rwanda in August 2017, there are signs that Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s visits to Kigali are bearing…
Read MoreBY JOEL LULIIKO WAKAYIMA BRUSSELS, BELGIUM |SHIFTMEDIA| Greetings from Brussels, Belgium. I pen this letter from exile in pain. Yoweri Museveni has misruled Uganda since 1986 when he crawled to power using the gun and…
Read MoreBy Milly Babirye Babalanda KAMPALA, Uganda-SHIFTMEDIA- In Government, we always talk of service delivery and the public always expects service delivery, but what exactly is “service delivery” and what does it involve in actual terms?…
Read MoreBy Andrew Baba Buluba KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA-President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni released a new list of ministers on Tuesday 8 after over a month since the dissolution of the old cabinet on May 3. The new list…
Read MoreBy Bazira Henry Mugisha KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA- For a long time, I have contemplated why “White” or Caucasian or is it “pink” people exhibit high levels of animosity against “black” or is it “dark” or “chocolate” people.…
Read MoreBy JANET NKASIIMA KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA- There has been a tendency by the investors and other stakeholders to focus on the benefits of the project as opposed to the risks. The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)…
Read MoreBy LUBEGA JONATHAN KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA- The agricultural sector is the bedrock of Uganda’s economy. Statistics track agriculture as the primary sector that serves as the main source of livelihood and provides employment to about 66% of…
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WAY OUT: African Solutions To African Problems: Reframing Science Innovation
BY DR. QUARRAISHA ABDOOL KARIM PhD JOHANESBURG, South Africa {SHIFTMEDIA] Africa is plagued by many epidemics — from tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS to malaria and wild polio — but the continent has also worked for decades to…
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