Uganda's Commercial Banks: The Stone-age Banks That Fund the Past and Kill the Future!
Banks in Uganda are not banks; they are supermarkets for the rich! They are not planters; they are harvesters!…
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The Wind of Gashumba, the Pastors, and the Charcoal Storm
Charcoal is not luxury in Uganda. Charcoal is SURVIVAL. You cannot ban survival without giving people life. If…
Aurlus Mabele - Liste Rouge - The King Who Put Hips in a Bottle
If you didn't dance to this man, my brother, you missed purgatory and went straight to boring! Remembering…
The Dance of Ndiwulira: We Don't Bet with God
Gashumba set the trap. The devil once set the same trap for Jesus. Jesus walked away. Some pastors walked…
Chain of Broken Dreams in My Afternoon-evening
A heartfelt poem of love, regret and letting go, as the Oracle of Kifuuta reflects on broken dreams, past…
The Luck That Was Born with Him: 56 Years of Waiting. Tobit Luck
What's yours will always come for you. You can run to Rwanda, you can hide in UBC archives, you can marry the…
When Leaders Forget They Are Human — At the Altar of Independence Day
When Africa got independence, many leaders had never dreamt they would sit where they sat. Power came too…
The Beige Corolla Confession: Kabarore, Empako yawe
The shortest distance between Kichwamba and a broken home is not a straight line; it is a beautiful stranger…
Men Care. It's Only Your Man Who Doesn't Care.
Your aunties, your TikTok sisters sat you down and said, "Men are like that." So you ate crumbs and called it…
Makerere Next to the Dogs of Kivulu, We Have Failed! $30 Million to Import Tracking Software?
This $30 million tracking project should not fly to Russia, to China, to Europe. It should be on your table in…
Vykhodtseva Karolinska Mariah - The Moscow Chapter That Never Ended
“You did not just show us the way. You became the way.” A personal reflection on Moscow, 2016, and an…
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Ditch Tribal Bait and Launch a Faculty of Citizenship NOW
The Dr. Muganga saga is bigger than one man. It has exposed unresolved questions about citizenship, belonging,…
Motion to Parliament: Pass a “Filial Responsibility Law” Now
Uganda needs a Filial Responsibility Law to make caring for elderly parents a legal duty. A call to Parliament…
Nations Are Built by Migrants – So Why Are We Turning on Our Own?
From America to Zambia, history shows that migrants have built nations, driven innovation, and strengthened…
This is not coincidence. This is economic sabotage, and we’re calling it out.
As Ebola-related fears trigger tourism cancellations across Uganda, concerns are growing about the impact on…
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Mukabadda: 3 Days in the Wardrobe — The Man Who Died of Thirst While Standing
I had sworn on everything at the old shrine in Kifuuta: never again! I had abandoned that habit of chasing…
Moses Moi Papa and Akiiki Mansur, the Proverb That Saved a House
MMJ Cottages will hold your saxophone. And every time the wind blows, my grandchildren will ask, "Who is…
The Lake That Sits in the Valley Between Two Mountains
A mysterious lake sits between two mountains, drawing rivers, animals, kings, sinners and saints to its…
The Black Tables - We Are Cooking Our Own Cancer
A hard look at the everyday food hygiene practices in Uganda that expose families to contamination, infection…
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Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma (MMJ Immanuel Ben Misagga) was president of SC Villa FC from 2014 to 2018 and is President Emeritus of Nyamityobora FC and Senior Partner at Plinth Consultancy Services. He writes about Ugandan sport, leadership and public life, and as the Oracle of Kifuuta, about the lessons older people pass down.