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Skilling of South Sudanese Refugees in Bidibidi Settlement Restores Lost Hope
By Kisekka Umar In Yoyo Youth Vocational Skills Center in Bidibidi refugee settlement are clustered teams of youths, busy learning in different vocational skills. A gaze of smiles filled with a message of hope strikes from the eyes of…
Will Uganda’s Oil diversify Its Economy for the Long-Term?
By Angela Luyiga In 2006, Uganda confirmed discovery of crude oil reserves of up to 6.5 billion barrels in the Lake Albert basin along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Earlier this year, the government auctioned out…
We All Should Have an Idea about Sustainable Development Goals
By Alex Kamukama Many people talk about national issues with a lot of passion and some actually speak as if they are authorities on these issues yet they don’t base their talk on facts or true knowledge. We all should take it upon…
A Story For Those Who Keep Moving Forward
By Alex Busingye “The way up and the way down are one and the same.” - T. S. Eliot The Call A couple of years ago, as a masters student abroad, on a calm Tuesday afternoon, I noticed in myself a distinct sign of discontent. This was…
Why Education Has Not Caught Up With The 21st Century
Stakeholders in education need to urgently wake up from the 20th century slumber. Reality check is; we are already in the 21st century but our education is still wired for 20th century society. It is important to do a genuine…
KIU: The Making of a Magnificent Intellectual Hub in Africa
In an effort to fulfill its vision and mission, Kampala International University (KIU) at the time of its inception in 2001 developed library services to support teaching, learning and research (www.kiu.ac.ug). The library services which…
Professor George Nasinyama: A Man of Multitudes
From a distance, it’s easy to believe that Professor George William Nasinyama is a hard nut to crack. After all, Prof. Nasinyama, who is Kampala International University’s (KIU) Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation, and Extension…
My Views on Becoming a Better Leader
What is Leadership? As per the Oxford dictionary, leadership is described as the action of leading a group of people or an organization. In parallel, historical leaders like Warren Bennis define leadership as “the capacity to translate…
Why There is no Bad Course
There is a raging debate about the usefulness of some of the courses offered in universities, with a score of commentators labeling some courses bad and irrelevant. I have been keenly, actively and consistently exploring the issues in this…
How a Few Men Stopped the World’s First Ebola Epidemic
The Outbreak Like a wildfire, Ebola spread from Nzerekore, a remote area of south-eastern Guinea to the capital, Conakry, and then bordering Liberia and Sierra Leone. Kindled with desolation, the killer did not discriminate; it affected the…