I am not as excited about Kabuga’s arrest as probably every Munyarwanda of good conscience is, for several reasons. Kabuga’s arrest raises more questions than it answers. Second, at 84, sickly, severely diabetic and mentally decaying, he is really...
As I go to press, more than 264,000 people across the globe have died from the coronavirus. Over 1.2m have tested positive. So far Africa’s figures are low, still under 2,000 dead, depending on who is counting, or testing. Today the US surpassed...
Trump’s White House is bizarre as it has been since he assumed office, three years ago. But this coronavirus is no laughing matter, and Trump has much to answer to for his mishandling of the pandemic and the loss of thousands of American lives. In...
For the record, lest I be misunderstood, this coronavirus is deadly and should not be taken lightly. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it a pandemic — simply defined as “prevalent over a whole country or the world.” And some...
Donald Trump’s presidency has been a disaster from the word go, and will go down as the worst in the history of this Republic thus far. There is no moment Trump can ever rise to. He only sinks to his most base nature. He lies with a straight face...
17th National Retreat. Photo Credit Flickr (Paul Kagame) At the just concluded UMWIHERERO 17 at Gabiro where Ministers and heads of government departments, civil society, the Youths and the economic sector leaders meet every year to assess progress...
“Only in Africa” was once a cliche, but times are changing, and fast. This was in reference to the incredibly bizarre stories spewing out of the continent that you did not see anywhere else. And there were no consequences, hence the dismissive...
The death of a friend, and a brother is hard to take, later on comprehend. It wakes one up to the realization that it is an inevitable end to us mere mortals. Last week, today, Jim breathed his last. I am the luckier to have visited with him a few...
Last week in the city of San Antonio, Texas self-styled and lying genocide denier and negationist Paul Rusesabagina was the “keynote speaker” at the DREAMWEEK 2020 OPENING CEREMONY BREAKFAST. Group of Rwandans who appeared in San Antonio to...
The other day there was a march dubbed “Corruption Walk” in Kampala led by none other than President Yoweri Museveni. Commentators and pundits did not know what to make of this, because it was not clear how shutting down the City and inviting crowds...