Why critical thinking and alternative analysis pursued by Ugandan academics are key to questioning existing orthodoxies in East Africa
At the end 2017 the staff of the CSGMC delivered a critical paper on Transboundary Water Governance for Inclusive Development and Environmental Sustainability in the Nile Basin at the first Nile Basin Discourse (NBD) Summit. The summit, organised by the NBD, was held Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda on November 29-30, 2017.
Religion in Uganda: When indigenous African God died, Ugandans hurriedly installed White and Arab Gods who they can’t access
Indigenous African spiritual beliefs are not bound by a written text, like Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Indigenous African religion is primarily an oral tradition and has never been fully codified; thus, it allows itself to more easily be amended and influenced by other religious ideas, religious wisdom, and by modern development.
Spiritual colonialism, neocolonialism, conquests: How globalisation turned Ugandans into marionettes and they embraced it gleefully
In Uganda these different colonialisms have been revamped under NRM rule, thereby reversing the independence and development of the country and enhancing the country’s entrenchment in the global debt trap, with the ruling now unable to tick without borrowing from the local and global money markets or attaching the country wealth and natural assets to the creditor countries.
Kakamega county in western Kenya leads the East African in combating ‘forgotten’ tropical diseases that puts 25m at risk
Through End Fund, Amref is financing the war against the deadly tropical diseases by making available preventive drugs for the elimination of the diseases. Part of the campaign involves treatment of water, hygiene and sanitation at all levels.
Terrorist racism: Why terror group fails to set up shop, launch deadly attacks in Ethiopia
The Somali regional state is a natural stepping stone for al-Shabaab attempts at infiltrating Ethiopia, mainly because of its ethnic affinity to Somalia. However, the unfriendly relationship between the Ogden and al-Shabaab limits this potential.
With 100 women killed, 7,107 injured in gender-based violence, Kenya declares femicide a security threat
Since September 2023, a staggering 7,107 cases of sexual and gender-based violence have been reported in Kenya, said Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, adding that the police inspector-general has formed a specialised unit to combat femicides – the killing of girls or women because of their gender.
Kenyan terrorism suspect detained at Guantanamo Bay for 17 years, three others released by US without charge
The transfers and the repatriation on Tuesday of a Kenyan man who’d been held at Guantanamo for 17 years without charge, come as rights groups and others push the Biden administration to end the detention of more than a dozen other men held there without charge, and amid uncertainty over the incoming Trump administration’s plans for Guantanamo.
Power supply restored after major outage hits Kenya, affects internet access
The blackout has significantly reduced internet connectivity across the country, said Netblocks, a global observatory that monitors internet access.
Kenyan man sentenced to 50 years in jail for killing LGBTQ activist who police say was his lover
Homosexuality is taboo in Kenya and gay sex is punishable by 14 years in prison, although that law is rarely enforced.
Political hereditary: Uganda is on the cusp of ‘megdel syndrome’ mirrored by inherited political deafness and blurred vision
Hereditary political leadership leads to nepotism and corruption as those in power may use their positions to favour family members, friends and allies rather than making decisions based on the greater good. This can erode trust in institutions and undermine the rule of law. We have seen this take centre-stage in Uganda even recently when the president of Uganda did not hesitate to write that the military courts will continues to try civilians in military courts.
