Linking interdisciplinarity to utilitarianism: How different knowledge production cultures can embellish peace and constitutionalism in Africa
The late Prof Akiiki Mujaju was the scholar chosen to write an alternative disciplinary policy, to underscore the superiority of disciplinary scholarship. The two policies clashed at policy level in the university council. When the council made its policy on interdisciplinarity, it made interdisciplinary scholarship optional and useless to career development of staff. The Akiiki Mujaju report sparked sharp criticism from the Makerere University Academic Staff Association who described it as a violation of their human rights.
Urbanising in poverty: Kenyan startup city shines light on what Africa has to do in readiness for 900 million urban residents
Situated on 5,000 acres, Tatu City aspires to be what its name suggests: a city, privately owned, that its designers hope will eventually have a population of 250,000. It is already home to 88 businesses employing 15,000 people. They include CCI Global, which operates a 5,000-seat call center, and Zhende Medical, a Chinese medical supply manufacturer.
When bullets begin to flower: Militarised justice is Uganda’s bane daredevils like lawyer Aeron Kizza pay the price for
All of us must – leaders and the led – must resolve to keep Uganda among the civilised nations of the world. It is the gift we can leave behind for our children and children’s children. If we don’t we shall have wasted time and energy leading and governing Uganda because ultimately we shall have led it to nowhere. Future generations will condemn us perpetually.
Kenya’s marathon queen Obiri seeks Boston Marathon third win, Ethiopia’s Lemma to defend men’s title
The 35-year-old Hellen Obiri has been dominant in the distance event since making her marathon debut in 2022, winning New York in 2023 in addition to her pair of Boston titles, picking up the bronze in Paris Olympics last year.
Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas 13 days after Catholics and Protestants’
The patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Mathias, in his televised Christmas Eve message called for reconciliation and peace in a nation where conflict has been often fuelled by ethnic strife.
Bureau of statistics says Kenya’s third quarter GDP growth slowed due to sweak construction, mining sectors
The World Bank has downgraded Kenya’s economic growth estimate for 2024 to 4.7 per cent, from an initial 5.0 per cent, citing the impact of floods, anti-government protests and faltering fiscal consolidation efforts.
US Africa Command says it killed a senior al-Shabaab leader in targeted Somali airstrike
In January 6 post on its website Africom said that on December 24 “in coordination with the federal government of Somalia, US Africa Command conducted a precision airstrike approximately 10km southwest of Quyno Barrow that resulted in the death of senior al-Shabaab leader, Mohamed Mire and another al-Shabaab militant.”
Purchasing Managers’ Index shows Kenya private sector activity expanded marginally in December
The economy is estimated to have grown 5.2 per cent in 2024 and projected to expand 5.4 per centin 2025, the finance ministry says. The economy grew 5.6 per cent in 2023.
Uganda’s military chief, who’s also President Museveni’s son, wants to behead opposition leader
Bobi Wine, whose legal name is Robert Kyagulanyi and who finished second to Museveni in the 2021 presidential election, responded on X that he did not take the threat lightly, saying there had been several previous attempts on his life.
How Kenya police hide extrajudicial killings: During demos undercover officers identify ringleaders, get their phone numbers, then hunt them down
Thousands of young Kenyans took to the streets in nationwide protests against tax hikes and political corruption, starting in late June. Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said 42 people were killed during a police response that rights groups say involved firing live rounds.
