Why there’s need for Uganda to accept centrality of environment in economic growth, governance

Why there’s need for Uganda to accept centrality of environment in economic growth, governance

There is need to rethink Uganda and its development, leadership and governance and recognise the centrality of environment and environmental literacy to any meaningful change, transformation and progress in the 21st century. A word to the wise is enough.

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Initially ‘tribe’ was used to classify wildlife, then British applied it to denigrate Ugandans and Museveni seized it as a tyranny toolkit

Initially ‘tribe’ was used to classify wildlife, then British applied it to denigrate Ugandans and Museveni seized it as a tyranny toolkit

The colonialists, therefore, introduced centralised governance, not to benefit Ugandans as such, but themselves. When they introduced domestic economic production of sugarcane, coffee and cotton, and integrated it in the global markets and a domestic education system, which later got integrated in the global education and communications system, it was not in the interest of the peoples they colonised.

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Disputed presidential poll outcome cast dark shadow on Congo as Tshisekedi retains top seat

Disputed presidential poll outcome cast dark shadow on Congo as Tshisekedi retains top seat

Critics, however, said Tshisekedi had fallen short and accused him of stifling dissent, as his predecessors had done. A group of nine rival presidential candidates, including Fayulu and opposition frontrunner Moise Katumbi, asked supporters on Sunday to take to the streets to protest what they called a “sham election”.

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While Uganda borrows heavily to build atomic energy and prepare for imaginary wars, its civil servants go hungry

While Uganda borrows heavily to build atomic energy and prepare for imaginary wars, its civil servants go hungry

The national budget has become just a ritual, indicating upward allocations of money, but in reality, increasingly financial discipline is not reflected in performance and achievement of what it is allocated to do. The cost of government business is supersonically rising while the gains by the country are plummeting supersonically

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Trouble with Uganda: It’s riddled with unprincipled politics, mind poverty, stupidity and foolish leadership

Trouble with Uganda: It’s riddled with unprincipled politics, mind poverty, stupidity and foolish leadership

You cannot expect a healthy population if you are not investing adequately in health services and health human resources. You cannot expect peace and security in the long-term if you have invested in military hardware and violence at the expense of social development. Social security and peace should be paramount.

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Burundi’s president tells citizens to stone gay people to cleanse the country of a ‘curse’

Burundi’s president tells citizens to stone gay people to cleanse the country of a ‘curse’

The United States has imposed a range of sanctions including travel restrictions and removing Uganda from a tariff-free trade deal. The World Bank also suspended all future loans to the East African country in protest.

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Reintegrating knowledge and truth: Science, religion and politics are not diametrically opposed

Reintegrating knowledge and truth: Science, religion and politics are not diametrically opposed

All these ideas and practices penetrate each other, are interdependent and interconnected with God at their centre. We are acting the ignorant when we deliberately, persistently, consistently, continually and perennially extricate God from them.

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Uganda’s roads sector: It’s a classical case of ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ and ‘Holy Grail’

Uganda’s roads sector: It’s a classical case of ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ and ‘Holy Grail’

With regard to the roads sector in Uganda, the resources are basically the trillions of shillings invested in it by both government and external donors. To many people, the trillions have not resulted in the improvement of roads in Uganda. The trillions of shillings seem to be sinking into a bottomless pit. With very low levels of accountability and transparency in the allocation of contracts and use of the funds, the tragedy of the Commons in Uganda is a spirally evolving phenomenon in the 21st century.

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American arrested in Kenya charged in US court for attempt to aid al Shabaab after Israel attack

American arrested in Kenya charged in US court for attempt to aid al Shabaab after Israel attack

Nasr travelled from Egypt to Kenya “bent on joining and training with al Shabaab,” prosecutors said.

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Governance by deception: Does grubby Museveni have to cling to discredited top-down economic model to rule Uganda?

Governance by deception: Does grubby Museveni have to cling to discredited top-down economic model to rule Uganda?

Everything is deception. The sale of public assets by the NRM/A was deception. It was stated the aim was to enhance efficiency but instead they ended up in the hands of government functionaries and their fronts, usually Indians.

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