Daily MonitorDaniel Kalinaki /OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/878782/-/vanwycz/-/index.html NRM and Museveni have a great future behind them, so what now? http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/NRM+and+Museveni+have+a+great+future+behind+them++so+what+now+/-/878782/1412030/-/civfdb/-/index.html A friend shared the following story recently. A foreign journalist, given a rare interview with President Robert Mugabe reportedly asked when the veteran leader would say goodbye to the people of Zimbabwe. 2012-05-23T21:00:00Z Forget flimsy football finals; let’s move the Supreme Court to Gulu http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1407300/-/rfr9j6z/-/index.html Fufa, the body that runs local football, is like a teenage delinquent, reeling from one misdemeanour to another. When it is not embroiled in allegations of corruption, ... 2012-05-16T21:00:00Z Young people need jobs but they need some humility to begin with http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/Young+people+need+jobs+but+they+need+some+humility+to+begin+with/-/878782/1402734/-/365e5d/-/index.html It was immediately clear that there was going to be a problem matching his A-level education with his ambitions of a job that paid “at least 500,000” a month. I duly made it known that I could not think of any openings that fit his level of qualification or skills – whatever they were. In any case, I encouraged him to take up a job as a car-washer while he waited for something to happen, and provided some seed capital to get him going. Although he took up the effort and started out washing our car (for which I paid him dutifully), the fellow approached the job with disdain and quit after a week or two. As he later recounted to another relative, “how could he be seen washing cars in Kampala?” 2012-05-09T21:00:00Z How to steal land from a public school in K’la in 10 steps or less http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1398386/-/rtafonz/-/index.html One: Pick your target. You need a school that is sitting on vast acres of prime land but which has not been ‘eaten’ yet. That rules out Shimoni, Kololo Secondary School or Nakivubo Blue. 2012-05-02T21:00:00Z Here is what to do with your eyes when women strip to protest against the police http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1393724/-/rtdtb2z/-/index.html A few years ago my brother and I were somewhere in Tottenham, North London, looking for a place to watch the derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspurs. 2012-04-25T21:00:00Z Want to create jobs? Cut the red tape and cost of doing business http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1389024/-/rtvcrjz/-/index.html The much-heralded Shs25 billion plan to help create jobs for youths is a useful, albeit small acknowledgement of the unemployment crisis that surrounds us, especially among young people. 2012-04-18T21:00:00Z Kakoma died poor because he was singing while others were fighting http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1384532/-/rtypfaz/-/index.html Would Kakoma have been that desperate if he had a proper pension and the pride of acknowledgment? Probably. He belonged to a generation that believed in public service and giving back something to the society within which one lived. However, he lived long enough to see our new society and tried to cash in on our collective self-interest. 2012-04-11T21:00:00Z Gulu is back from the dead but can we sustain its life? http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1380322/-/ru2jarz/-/index.html It is funny, the things we take for granted. The Karuma Bridge over the River Nile used to be the Rubicon. Those who crossed it in northbound traffic would have crossed the point of possible no return, for they would immediately find themselves in Lord’s Resistance Army territory, ... 2012-04-04T21:00:00Z From Ariong to Akol: Uganda is full of all sorts of falling debris http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1375614/-/rukj9oz/-/index.html I still can’t decide which of the two pictures was more pathetic. The more grisly one showed the head injury that had led to the violent death of Assistant Inspector of Police John Michael Ariong. 2012-03-28T21:00:00Z We have every reason to ‘undress’ those who seek to hold public office http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1371012/-/rung96z/-/index.html Last week, the NRM used its numerical strength to defeat a proposed change in the rules of Parliament that would have required vetting of presidential appointees in public. 2012-03-21T21:00:00Z Kony video is a sad trailer for Uganda’s invisible generation http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1366468/-/rv6fa7z/-/index.html Our beloved Uganda has had plenty of play in international media in recent weeks. First, President Museveni was in London for the Somalia Conference and gave what sources who attended say was his shortest-ever speech, ... 2012-03-14T21:00:00Z Mutebile wins for now but in fact he lost the bet in Feb 2004 http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1361392/-/rv9wl1z/-/index.html Many of our local languages have variants of a saying which, loosely translated, notes those who live long enough witness many things in their lifetime, some truly and remarkably incredible. 2012-03-07T21:00:00Z Oil agreements: Museveni did the right thing but in the wrong way http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1356524/-/rvrxhpz/-/index.html President Museveni has, to give credit where due, made some smart decisions on oil. His decision to send local people for specialised training in oil and gas is one notable one, as is his insistence on building a local refinery, ... 2012-02-29T21:00:00Z Parents can save failing UPE if they meddle more, cough up some money http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1332878/-/rx3q34z/-/index.html A group of parents whose children attend a school somewhere in Mbale were so upset when primary leaving exam results were released that they summoned the administrators for a meeting. 2012-02-22T21:00:00Z Those who go after gays and sex workers will one day go after teachers and doctors http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1328324/-/rxl848z/-/index.html After a day long meeting in Entebbe, and as we sat in the hotel lobby bar waiting out the traffic to Kampala over drinks, we noticed an interesting group of young people headed to dinner. 2012-02-15T21:00:00Z Of what use is it for man to be free but remain imprisoned by fear? http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1322856/-/rxpa19z/-/index.html Two and a half years ago my colleague Henry Ochieng and I were arrested and charged with forgery. The charges arose out of errors that appeared in a reproduction of a letter written by President Museveni proposing to ring-fence elective positions in Bunyoro region .... 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z Tough times but you can’t tell by looking at our honourable fat cats http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1318276/-/ry7rniz/-/index.html A few months ago, I ran into a senior government official at Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi. As we waited for our flight to Entebbe we spoke about the state of the economy. 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z Before you cast the Kabaka as a villain, check among the victims http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1313966/-/ryb3s2z/-/index.html Debate on social media about the birth of what could potentially be Buganda’s crown prince has been animated and sharply divided. Just in case you have just been released from a ‘safe house’ after two years of being held incommunicado, ..... 2012-01-25T21:00:00Z Kintu Musoke speaks of an NRM that never really was, never will be http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1309834/-/ryshmiz/-/index.html Former Prime Minister Kintu Musoke threw a spanner in the works during the NRM retreat in Kyankwanzi when he urged President Museveni to disband his corrupt and inefficient Cabinet and only keep the few good men and women. 2012-01-18T21:00:00Z The traders can’t defeat the bankers so let them join them http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1303788/-/rywo7gz/-/index.html A cross-section of traders yesterday shut their shops to protest against the high cost of loans. Interest rates have gone up from about 21 per cent a year ago to an average of 30 per cent, after the Central Bank raised its lending rate to fight inflation. 2012-01-11T21:00:00Z Small failures show money can take you to school but can’t buy you class http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1300172/-/ryyvvrz/-/index.html Quite often we moan and gripe over the big failures of our society: a public health system that is terminally ill, a timid and unworthy education system, a bloated, inefficient and unaccountable government. 2012-01-04T21:00:00Z In 2021 we shall look back to 2011 and see all the answers http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1296582/-/sdeihxz/-/index.html What a year 2011 has been! Conventional wisdom tells us that it is nearly impossible to see the long-term effect of contemporary events as they happen. 2011-12-28T21:00:00Z What is it with terrorists and glove compartments? http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1289528/-/sdxykvz/-/index.html Ever since al-Shabaab terrorists struck Kampala during the World Cup Football Final on July 11, 2010 killing over 70 and injuring hundreds more, we have lived with the constant reminder of that Day of Infamy. 2011-12-14T21:00:00Z Of what use is a ministry if one can’t ‘eat’ a road or a radio mast? http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1285828/-/se1oi7z/-/index.html Kabakumba Masiko, the minister in charge of the Presidency and Princess from Bunyoro, found herself treated like a common suspect this week when police shut down her private radio station. 2011-12-07T21:00:00Z When NRM got to the hospital, it decided it did not feel sick, after all http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/-/878782/1282038/-/se3xphz/-/index.html Readers who have taken young children to the doctor will probably identify with the scene. A fellow who was crying or cringing in pain at home suddenly sees other children in various degrees of distress, remembers a painful injection from a previous visit, and suddenly finds the energy to smile and declare that they have never felt better and would like to go home. 2011-11-30T21:00:00Z