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  • Ineffective corruption fight deals with symptoms & not root causes

    The story of the young banker who stole 780 million shillings from Stanbic Bank is an interesting story of corruption. However, like most stories on corruption in Uganda it mostly dwelt on the symptoms and not the root causes. The story did not tell us about the systemic reasons why this guy was able to…

  • Going back to our roots & be culturally rooted

    On Saturday, 9th May 2015, I had the opportunity to make a presentation at a TEDx Kiira event at the Serena in Kampala Uganda. This is the full text of my presentation. “The future is today,” the theme of this event, fits well with my talk. The essence of my talk is to remind us…

  • NEMA enforcement of ban on polythene bags

    Remember when the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) decided to enforce a ban on polythene bags as shopping carrier bags? NEMA gave supermarkets and farmers’ markets a deadline to phase out polythene bags; and by the time the deadline arrived on 15th April 2015 they had seemingly complied. NEMA’s ban of polythene shopping bags did…

  • Why we shouldn’t judge a country by its GDP

    South Africa is among the top 68 countries on the Social Progress Index. Makes one wonder where the xenophobia of black on black violence is coming from?