Every few years I replace my phone, a neighbour drops an old laptop at the market, and at the office someone brings in a pile of obsolete chargers. These are small, familiar moments. Taken together across a nation, they add up to a problem we can no longer treat as someone else’s: electronic waste, or e-waste. On International E-Waste Day, let’s take stock of where Uganda stands — the facts, the risks, what’s already being done, and the real opportunities we’re sitting on if