It is our turn to eat, the politicians have eaten enough – Denis Jjuuko
Ugandan politics below the presidency tends to give an opportunity to a lot of new comers. They call it a ‘turn for someone else to eat.’
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Poor pay of humanities teachers may take us back to Covid days – Denis Jjuuko
By Denis Jjuuko It is more than five years since the dark days when many people who could afford a TV set spent their days on the screen, watching numbers as they were being updated in real time of the people who were dying. Those without TV sets, clung to their small world receivers. The […]
An effective public transport would shut out road fines complaints – Denis Jjuuko
By Denis Jjuuko On 21 November 2023, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) issued a procurement notice for “Consultancy Services for the Detailed Design Update of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT) for the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA)” after receiving “financing from the African Development Fund towards the cost of the Kampala City Roads […]
Unless we do something, we shall soon be sent to the villages to Die: Denis Jjuuko
By Denis Jjuuko In the years when HIV/AIDS was wreaking havoc to the country, it was not uncommon to hear that somebody who is sick has been sent from the city to their village. Whenever you heard about it, tears simply rolled down. It was a metaphor for death. Everything has been tried and there […]
Canadian visas and what Africans must do to avoid humiliating rejection: Denis Jjuuko
By Denis Jjuuko I recently applied for a visa to Canada to attend a Rotary conference in Calgary and thereafter visit a few of their attractions like the Niagara Falls and return to Kampala. The application was rejected on grounds that I didn’t have enough assets and therefore I might not return. I thought that […]
Finishing University? Learning has just started- Denis Jjuuko
The end of final year exams and the graduation ceremony in months ahead doesn’t mean the end of learning. Formal education for many may be over but lifelong learning starts right now
Farmers are willing to do the hard work, government must do the same – Denis Jjuuko
By Denis Jjuuko Agriculture has been for long touted as the answer to the poverty that is exhibited everywhere you turn in Uganda and in most parts of Africa. A recent study by Global Right Alert even confirmed that Uganda can get UShs10 trillion (nearly US$3 billion) annually from coffee. Our much-heralded oil revenue is […]
Police, banks must do more to curb digital financial crimes- Denis Jjuuko
By Denis Jjuuko A friend was recently riding on a boda boda in a leafy Kampala suburb when another speeding boda boda approached her. The approaching boda boda had a passenger, a young man, who grabbed her bag and sped off. It was in the early afternoon. It is a normal thing in Kampala to […]
#OutToLunch: A blueprint for politicians and entrepreneurs building churches
By Denis Jjuuko When it comes to religion, many times politicians, billionaire entrepreneurs, the middle class and other classes agree. At least on building magnificent houses of God. Across Uganda, many people have contributed or even single handedly built these houses of God. Fancy to a fault, majestically standing on hills with spires that compete […]
If only we could learn from Pope Francis: Denis Jjuuko
By Denis Jjuuko The death of Pope Francis came a little bit as a surprise. He had been seen publicly on Easter Sunday, another surprise, blessing the faithful from the balcony that overlooks St Peter’s Square. Even though he was visibly weak, it seemed he was on the road to recovery after spending more than […]