Anita Among's political suicide

Uganda, May 14 -- Dear Tingasiga: The Right Honourable Anita Annet Among's goose is cooked. Or if, like me, you prefer African languages to English, dada yetu Among yuko hatarini, ali mu mitawana, ar... Read More

Do not yield to accidental falls without a fight

Uganda, May 7 -- Dear Tingasiga: Deaths of prominent Ugandans caused by falls in bathrooms have rightly focused citizens' attention on this common and potentially dangerous accident. A person's life... Read More

Choosing between funding Makerere and cultural celebrations

Uganda, April 30 -- Dear Tingasiga: Two headlines from Kampala caught my eye last week. The first informed us on Friday April 26: "Lango chiefdom seeks Shs2.8 billion for the coronation of new Paramo... Read More

Death of Kenya's Gen Ogolla needs independent investigation

Uganda, April 23 -- Dear Tingasiga: The death of General Francis Omondi Ogolla, Kenya's Chief of Defence Forces, has sent shockwaves through his country, with ripples that have extended to all who ca... Read More

How Museveni outfoxed Wilson Wamimbi of Abamasaaba

Uganda, April 16 -- Dear Tingasiga: We are saddened by the death of Wilson Weasa Wamimbi of Bugisu, which occurred on Friday April 12. His family has lost their patriarch. The Bamasaaba have lost the... Read More

Prostate cancer: An increasing threat that can be pushed back, defeated

Uganda, April 9 -- Dear Tingasiga: Cancer. A word as frightening as death. National and international public health agencies are rightly concerned about it. But we push it out of our minds. We deny i... Read More

Create more technical colleges, not universities

Uganda, March 19 -- Dear Tingasiga: Uganda is said to have about 61 degree-awarding institutions. Thirteen are public institutions, forty are private, and eight are narrowly focused, either on milita... Read More

One Old Boy's story that inspires us to invest in redevelopment of his rural area school

Uganda, March 12 -- Dear Tingasiga: We were very privileged to witness the formal opening of a brand-new ICT/E-Learning Centre at Kihanga Secondary School in Mparo, by Bishop Gaddie Akanjuna of the A... Read More

Namibia's democracy not a favour done to them by the heroes of anti-colonial struggle

Uganda, Feb. 26 -- Dear Tingasiga: When Namibians buried their third president on Sunday, February 25, they eased our collective sadness with a peaceful, dignified celebration of their journey of dem... Read More

John Zzimbe: Mathematics was his life and love

Uganda, Feb. 20 -- Dear Tingasiga: A brilliant mind in Toronto has been silenced by death, leaving an empty void that may never be filled by anyone like him. John Fisher Zzimbe, who died in Toronto o... Read More