1. Home
  2. Opinion, Analysis & Commentary

Category: Opinion, Analysis & Commentary

RIGHT TO FOOD: Re-awakening The Legal Obligation To Establish National Food Reserves: A sustainable Solution To Food Crisis In Uganda

RIGHT TO FOOD: Re-awakening The Legal Obligation To Establish National Food Reserves: A sustainable Solution To Food Crisis In Uganda

By JONATHAN LUBEGA  KAMPALA, [SHIFTMEDIA] Uganda is open to a ticking time bomb of increasing malnutrition and starvation rates due to the rising food prices and food shortage. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase…

Read More
TO UNEB: Why Not Grade Results Without English

TO UNEB: Why Not Grade Results Without English

BY JOYCE KANDIDA NYAKETCHO MBALE, Uganda[SHIFTMEDIA] Since we didn’t bring Shakespeare to build the bridge, why not grade results without English, after all we are branded entertainers. UNEB (Uganda National Examinations Board) needs to only…

Read More
WAY OUT: African Solutions To African Problems: Reframing Science Innovation 

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…

Read More
WORK IN PROGRESS: Rwanda, Uganda Relations Healing Amidst Few Pending Concerns

WORK IN PROGRESS: Rwanda, Uganda Relations Healing Amidst Few Pending Concerns

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 More
WARM DRUMS: “We Are Ready To Fight And Defend Our Country”

WARM DRUMS: “We Are Ready To Fight And Defend Our Country”

BY 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 More
READY TO ROLL: “Deliver Or Be Pushed Out”, Minister for Presidency

READY TO ROLL: “Deliver Or Be Pushed Out”, Minister for Presidency

By 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 More
WARNING: Did You Know That Damage Caused By Stunting Is Irreversible?

WARNING: Did You Know That Damage Caused By Stunting Is Irreversible?

By NAMPWERA CHRISPUS ZANZIBAR- SHIFTMEDIA- Every June, governments, NGOs, and international organisations across Africa gather to discuss the challenges facing the full realization of the rights of children in Africa. Of those not yet realized by…

Read More
GOLD: President Museveni Tapped On Gold By Appointing BABALANDA As Minister

GOLD: President Museveni Tapped On Gold By Appointing BABALANDA As Minister

  By 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 More
BLACKLIVES MATTER: Why the “White” Animosity against “Black” People?

BLACKLIVES MATTER: Why the “White” Animosity against “Black” People?

By 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 More
WARNING: “East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline A Threat To Livelihoods”

WARNING: “East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline A Threat To Livelihoods”

By 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 More