By Denis Jjuuko Sometime back, the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority decided to mark an anniversary by organizing a flying activity. What one needed to do was to arrive at Entebbe airport with Shs50,000. They would then put them on a flight and fly them around Uganda. The queue stretched many miles. The guys at CBS […]
Dear Honorable, I would like to congratulate you upon your victory as the newly elected Member of Parliament for your constituency for the first time. Your title of Honorable is well deserved. I must confess that I have never run for any elected public office and I only largely see the parliamentary building on […]
This letter is addressed specially to the person of General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) for the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). A highly respected personality in the national forces and the general society, General Kainerugaba, you take the due flowers as a keen lover of sports. Unquestionably, sports remain your number […]
By Denis Jjuuko It was just the other day when many people were making resolutions for 2025. Days turned into weeks, months and now a whole year. You blink, and it is a new year. I hope that you managed to achieve those targets you set for 2025. If you didn’t, well, you can still […]
By Denis Jjuuko It is not uncommon to find a social media post in Uganda regarding the price of land or property being shared many times. The argument is that land prices are extremely high especially around Kampala and in many major cities or towns across the country. With an ever-increasing population and poor infrastructure […]
By Denis Jjuuko Airpods in the ears. Hands busy with a smartphone. Shoulders holding a leather laptop carry bag. Legs covered in sagging pants. Torso well covered in a jumper with a hoodie. Hair spiked. Sunglasses on. It is a familiar sight at a building in Kampala where young people trying to replicate Silicon Valley […]
By Denis Jjuuko You are invited for the school day on Thursday from 10.00am. Dear parent, thank you for the great work. You are reminded that tomorrow is class visitation day at 3.00pm. On Saturday, the school will be holding the parents talk. We have lined up a great panel. Next week is sports day. […]
By Denis Jjuuko Candidates in the fourth year of their secondary education are currently sitting this year’s Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) or Ordinary Level (O-Level) exams across the country. These are important national exams that play a big part in determining the student’s career. After sitting these exams, some students continue to do two […]
By Denis Jjuuko Old students and well-wishers of Kings College Buddo over the weekend raised an impressive Shs888,932,575 as part of the fundraising campaign to build a Shs14 billion chapel at their hilly campus west of Kampala according to newspaper reports. The proposed 3,000-seat chapel will replace one built in 1921 and expanded in 1959 […]
By Denis Jjuuko Last week, we discussed the transition nobody is talking about where business owners of the 1970s, 80s and basically those who have made it over the last 40 years of NRM’s rule are aging, aged or already dead and the impact it will have on the economy. Overall, cases of successful transitions […]
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