By Mandere Onyinkwa Two Kenyan citizens, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, are finally free and back on home soil after their release from detention in Uganda late Friday night. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei confirmed the development on X, saying the two were handed over to Kenya’s High Commissioner in Uganda, Joash Maangi, following […]

By Nyang’au Araka History was never my favourite subject but as I age, I find it interesting, although sometimes it offers more questions than answers. In school, they told us that Idi Amin was the “Butcher of Uganda”—an illiterate dictator, a ruthless killer, and a man who turned his country upside down. The history books […]

By Nyang’au Araka The first time I saw the video of a little boy talking passionately about Africa’s past, present, and future, I doubted its authenticity. As I accessed more videos, I became curious and watched them, and was happy to learn that the boy is Emmanuel Akot from Uganda. When Akot walks into a […]

By Nyang’au Araka The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has issued a reminder to its Partner States against rolling back on commitments made under the EAC Common Market Protocol. The warning comes amid rising concerns about emerging restrictions that threaten the regional integration agenda. In a press release from its headquarters in Arusha, the EAC […]

By Isaac Dan Bw’Onyancha The unfolding situation in Uganda, particularly the treatment of opposition figure Kizza Besigye, is deeply troubling. Despite a Supreme Court ruling in his favor, Besigye continues to face persecution at the hands of the Ugandan government. This blatant disregard for the rule of law highlights the extent to which impunity has […]

By Isaac Dan Bw’Onyancha The trial and incarceration of Kizza Besigye in the UPDF martial courts exemplify the growing crisis in Uganda’s judicial system under President Yoweri Museveni’s prolonged rule. Besigye, a civilian, is being tried in a military court, a clear violation of the 2005 Supreme Court ruling that declared such trials unconstitutional. This […]

By Isaac Dan Bw’Onyancha The world has focused on happenings in Uganda for weeks, with many wondering how the judiciary in the Yoweri Museveni led country dispenses justice. All this time, opposition leader Kissa Besigye and other critics of government have been facing trial at a military tribunal. Besigye was captured in Nairobi and driven […]