Skills. Yes, we do need them as a country and economy, for the present and the future, including saving the planet. The latest we have from the BTVET ‘alliance’ (https://www.education.go.ug/btvet/ )is the modular training plan: a P.7 (Primary seven) leaver can attend a welding course ‘module’ for a few months, enter the world of work, […]
”Yes. It is possible and urgent to have universal health insurance. It will attract quality investment in our health sector including pharmaceutical manufacturing” Universal Health Insurance Does Not Replace Health Centres The debate will not end till we have the scheme in place: Universal Health Insurance for all Ugandans. And the latest defender of no-insurance […]
‘…why don’t you have property…at your age…’? It incessantly rang and sounded in her ears as she made the final touches to the preparations for the Grand Day. Yes. Grand Day! This is the simplified label she settled on after a countless list of superlatives to describe the day. A day unlike any other! Was […]
Saturday, March 26, 2022, we buried James Mwebesa Rukwengye. RIP my brother and friend. James was the Social Manager at Shimuji-Konoike, the joint venture company constructing the Kampala flyover. The Social Manager, we were told, has the key role of ensuring that any undertaking on the project has complied with and met the social interests […]
Saturday, April 25, 2026 ‘…you all will agree with me that we each received a quality education, in a decent learning environment, because someone, somewhere, sacrificed…it is now our turn and obligation…the pioneer generations laid the foundation, which made us who we are and what we are. We, therefore, carry an even bigger obligation in […]
One popular saying in the interlacustrine region of East Africa (also known as the Great Lakes), goes thus in one of my Grandmas’ tongues: ow’omutwe muhango, n’obu otariisize, noyonesa, meaning once you are notoriously known for being careless with your flock, and it often destroys neighbours’ crops, even the day your flock is securely tethered […]
“In Uganda today, the absence of discipline and dedication to the common good hampers the potential for meaningful change.” Grandpa Dissecting Uganda today One of my favourite vacation get-aways is when I go visiting my grandma’s roots in Bulemeezi. I always return wiser after night- on-end chats with my grandpas and grandmas. And so it […]
“Uganda needs brick and mortar resource-based and light technology industrialisation to create massive jobs that will see us importing manpower in a period of five years or less” Ben Kahunga Matsiko In the case of Uganda, this is how the legislation will create jobs… The latest we have from Parliament, inter alia, is Hon Paul […]
‘…Ekisaija nitwija kukikwata obbunyangaro’…! We all spontaneously and simultaneously burst out as we hugged and teased him. Excitement and all, savouring every moment of our favourite weekend get-away: a wild-run and fruit-eating spree in the expansive verdure of a mixed farm that Busheeka Ridges is. The person we teased and hugged is our Mzee Mashurubu, […]
THE INGA PROPHECY Bas Congo, Friday, December 20, 2024 ‘…honorables excellences, biongozi betu, Bakongomani bote , Bafrika bote na nchi mzima, vendredi ya leo tunatemwanyé ukweli balisema bahanga na ba ancêtre betu …Mungu aliyipa Afrika responsabilité ya kugéré asirimali ya dunia mzima kwa benefisi ya bantu bote …na kwa Afrika, leo ndio tunaimarisha souveraineté yetu’ […]
The Parish Development Model Creating Prosperity for Posterity Burama, Isingiro, Friday, July 18, 2025 ‘…our case here, we benchmarked one successful horticultural complex, Nyahururu Industries Ltd, in Kenya. Thanks to the strong links we have with them, our district team plus several leaders at different levels went on learning and benchmarking tour to five […]
Pockets of Excellence Hold the Password to Agricultural Transformation ‘….and aren’t we moving in circles, regurgitating jargons and catch-words, with no tangible effect’…? Mzee Mashurubu was jerked to attention, as we followed the presentations and reactions during the last dialogue on agriculture, organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and Private […]
Dissecting Uganda’s Competitiveness- ‘…can some of our our Nakati really comes from South Africa? This is sacrilege…how did we get here…’? Mzee Mashurubu gets incensed, as presentations form private sector executives during the 12th National Competitiveness Forum get under way. One striking bitter reality was that Uganda Airlines does not serve Ugandan juices on […]