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Uganda And The Deadlines That Mean Absolutely Nothing
As expected the Uganda Communications Commission extended the deadline for SIM card registration by 90 extra days. Mobile phone users will have three extra months to have their lines registered in...
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Uganda Cranes Must Play Liberia With Pride And Without Any Fear
The names have been selected, from the millions of players across the country. Their task seems simple but it’s daunting. They will represent Uganda in a game of football away from home against...
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Fr. Musaala’s Sins Are Not The Faults Of The Entire Holy Catholic Church
Fr. Anthony Musaala’s missive is not news to anyone, anymore. As I wrote this he had been suspended from perfoming sacraments in the Catholic Church and it’s my opinion that the suspension was the...
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Brazil 2014: Uganda Loses A Game, One Game, And Its Already Doom And Gloom?...
Ugandan sports writers have an odd inclination. They present their stories with that finality tone; you’d think the world is ending. Take a look at the coverage of Uganda’s 2-0 loss to Liberia. ‘Cranes...
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I Also Want To Go See The Mountain Gorillas In Bwindi But…
On Thursday morning this past week I posted this on Twitter: ‘Imagine if you got to Kajjasi & onto a plane to Arua, to Kasese, to Kitido. Instead of 6+ hours…30 minutes #DreamsForUganda’. It was at...
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Maybe The Solution To Uganda’s Football Is Death
Soon, very soon, the name Bobby Williamson will be in the history of Ugandan football. The Scot was fired as Cranes Coach and many possible replacements are expressing their willingness to take up the...
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The Media Siege: Could This Be The New Normal In Uganda?
The eleven days of the media Siege shocked Ugandans and left a bitter taste in the mouths of many. To me it was the darkest period for the media in as far as I have been involved. But I would like to...
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Uganda Beats Liberia And We Can Dare To Dream Again
When Uganda lost to Liberia, the pundits painted a picture of darkness at noon, doom and gloom. Uganda’s World Cup campaign was in a death trap, it was now mission impossible, they declared. I told...
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A Rallying Call To The Cranes: Go For The Win Boys…Go!
Cranes legend and former captain Ibra Sekagya yesterday joined the Cranes, not to play but to train with the boys and show them that they have all his support in their endeavor to take Uganda to where...
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Will Uganda Football Miss Mulindwa?
FUFA president Lawrence Mulindwa will be standing down at the end of his current term of office. He won’t be seeking another term. Mulindwa had given all indications about his desire to contest again...
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With This Nonsense, We Can’t Dream And We Can’t Win
I am going to be direct here. Straight, candid and brutally honest. If you haven’t got the heart for honesty, sorry, but I think you shouldn’t read on. I read some senior journalists posting on social...
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So Uganda Is Not A ‘War-Ravaged’ Country? When Shall We Ever Wake Up And...
Last night when most of Uganda was going to sleep, Joyce Meyer sent out this tweet: ‘In war-ravaged Uganda, our world missions outreach Hand of Hope helps support the Watoto Babies Home, providing care...
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Football Made In UG: A Few Things Unique To Uganda
Football has evolved over the years. It’s a multi million-dollar industry. Some football clubs gross more money than some countries. In Uganda unfortunately we are still stuck in the dark ages. But I...
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Our Teachers Do No Have The Guts To Stand Their Ground, Never Had!
We all agree that teachers deserve their pay. A country that can’t reward its teachers isn’t interested in teaching anything to anybody. Teachers aren’t like soldiers of olden times who had to be kept...
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How Ugandans Became Masters Of Lament?
DIFFERENT WORLDS: (Top) UPE class in Uganda and (above) A Pre-School class in Singapore There has been a sporadic debate on social media about the lack of creativity amongst Ugandans. The latest comes...
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CHAN 2014: What More Did We Want?
The only way of getting over losing is to win. Uganda were eliminated from CHAN2014 after losing to Morocco but that is not the story I want to tell. And I know this could end up looking like an...
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Lost My Mojo and My Logins But I Got Them Back Now
I lost my mojo, lost my logins to the blog and lost almost two months without writing anything here. Now I have my logins again (was too lazy to reset till now) and I think I have my mojo back. So I...
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Why Is Alupo Straitjacketing Sports Associations?
Minister of Sports Jessica Alupo last week signed into law regulations governing Sports Associations under for the National Council Of Sports Act and she was quoted in the media that she was now...
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Was Sevo’s 350m Donation To The Cranes Wasted?
We are at that time of the year when the Uganda Cranes is once again walking a tight rope as the dream slips away. That dream is qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations. After the two loses to Togo...
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Namasagali College: Yes This Was Once A School For The Elite
Last Thursday, I took the afternoon off work and we drove to Namasagali in Kamuli district. Mission for the day was to play FUFA Big League football. The Saints were playing local side Namasagali FC...
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