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Editor's Note

Apr
16

The last four months were pregnant with hope for an end to the Coronavirus pandemic. Several COVID-19 vaccines became available. Millions of people, mainly in the developed world, were vaccinated. Herd immunity was on the horizon, granted still far in an unpredictable future. 

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HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY 2021! A REFLECTION

Mar
21
By Robert Adongakulu, former Parliamentary Candidate, Laroo-Pece, Gulu City, Uganda.

Robert Adongakulu

As we celebrate this year's IWD on March 4th, let us acknowledge that women have, among other things, three key strengths that set them apart: ability to multi-task, emotional fortitude and a low propensity for gross corruption.

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CELEBRATING WORLD ENGINEERING DAY IN UGANDA, AN ENGINEER’S PERSPECTIVE

Mar
21
By Eng. Ambazimana, Honorary Secretary, UIPE Kampala Branch.

Eng. Ambazimana

March 4th is Engineering Day. Engineering is the application of science to the optimum conversion of the resources of nature to the uses of humankind. The theme for this year's celebration of Engineering Day is ENGINEERING FOR A HEALTHY PLANET.

 

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FORESTALLING FUTURE VIRUSES MUST BE AND COULD BE DONE INEXPENSIVELY

Mar
21
By Jonathan Power, a Foreign Affairs Columnist

Almost forgotten in the story about the Coronavirus is the story of AIDS. The drive to deal with it, the search to find medicine to cure it, and the self-discipline by homosexuals only began in 1981, when the disease was discovered, and its causes understood.

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WHAT TO CONSIDER BEFORE DECIDING TO BE OR NOT TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19

Mar
21
By Okot Nyormoi, Editor

Children's vaccinationVaccines have been around for years and it is no secret that they have saved millions of humans from death, debilitation, and disfigurement. Thanks to vaccinations, young people today may not even know about diseases such as tetanus, polio, smallpox, measles, and yellow fever.

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POPULIST RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS TAKING TOLL ON TANZANIA’S STATURE

Mar
21
By Peter Kagwanja, Chief Executive, Africa Policy Institute.

History will judge the stewards of Tanzania’s Fifth Republic harshly for their imprudent response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since Dar-es-Salam announced its first confirmed case of coronavirus on March 16, 2020, its leadership has stridently walked a populist path.

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IMPORTANCE OF PAYING ATTENTION TO EVIDENCE

Mar
21
Editor’s Note

The March 2021 issue is devoted to the significance of paying attention to evidence. Though the selected articles cover different areas of human endeavors, they do complement each other to illustrate the point regardless of whether it concerns diseases, social relationship or physical matter.

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UGANDA ELECTION, NO CHANGE

Jan
27
By Peter Kasolo, a correspondent

TNancy Kalembehe outcome of the January 14th, 2021 presidential election was as predictable as day follows night. President Museveni "won" again amidst accusations of state violence and election rigging.

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THE UK’S INANE ATTEMPT TO TEAR APART THE EUROPEAN UNION

Jan
27
By Jonathan Power, a Foreign Affairs Columnist

Brexit VoteWriting in 1751 Voltaire described Europe as “a kind of great republic, divided into several states, some monarchical, the others mixed but all corresponding with one another. They all have the same religious foundation, even if divided into several confessions. They all have the same principles of public law and politics unknown in other parts of the world.”

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THE HILL WE CLIMB

Jan
27
Amanda Gorman, the national USA youth poet laureate

Amanda GormanOn January 20, 2021, the world was treated to a powerful inauguration poem by a 22-year-old African American national youth poet laureate, Amanda Gorman. The poem was in stark contrast to ex-President Trump’s inspired insurrection on January 6, which, if successful, would have prevented the inauguration of President Joe Biden.

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