Runaway ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra has used new name in his passports issued by some African countries, Thai Vice foreign minister Panich Vikitsreth said Wednesday. Thaksin’s name in passports issued by Nicaragua, Uganda and Montenegro has been changed...

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination.  Truth invites it. Samuel Johnson – author, moralist, lexicographer extraordinaire – said that. For the record, I’m a fraud.   Today, I will attend the TEDx Kampala event.  People, who are People,...

As seen on the streets of my fair city …  

His name is Aggrey. Aggrey has been ‘living’ at my home for the past four days. He’s the temp watchman, brought in by the regular guy, Martin, who traveled to Arua this week to visit his sick mother.   Last night, I noticed Aggrey’s strange...

It’s something I can’t really explain to anyone who hasn’t experienced the Ugandan education system. It’s something about the tatty school sweater and the Obama key chain. I think it’s despair …