Uganda urgently needs pragmatic economics as Museveni’s idea of wealth creation is a fleeting daydream
Unfortunately, this is turning Uganda into a potentially and actually security and peace poor or deficient country well into the future. One consequence, yet to rear its head, will be destruction of what we now call islands of development, transformation and progress.
Academia, academics are in a flux at African universities as mediocrity outpaces meritocracy
Hierarchical teaching and learning become a thing of the past and all become teachers and learners when they interact, not in classrooms or lecture theatres, but in teams. That way universities start to produce graduates who are more of independent thinkers who can see alternative views as sources of new ideas rather than opposition.
Betting intellectual power for academic capital: A walk in shadows of Uganda’s lost generation under Museveni
Ultimately, employment of the education enterprise is based on technical know-how, not professionalism. People who are employed on the basis of technical knowhow are constrained by lack of necessary skills. They have no capacity to implement anything professionally.
African Union troops exit from Somalia continues with handover of Qorilow base to national army
This was the fifth military facility handed over as part of the second phase of the ATMIS troop drawdown.
Piracy off Somali coast is on the on the rebound, but a full scale return is unlikely, experts say
Following previous threats, local authorities, experts and organisations tracking piracy globally warned that Somali pirates retained the capacity to launch attacks. This is also the current assessment of the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre, which acts to suppress piracy and armed robbery at sea.
Questions raised over Del Monte pineapple farm as Kenya Police probe murder of 4 villagers
Del Monte said at the time it had initiated investigations, supported by an independent review by a specialist human rights consultancy.
Stamping out corruption is Museveni’s pet topic, but it remains Uganda’s epitome as long as he’s in power
There is every indication that President Tibuhaburwa Museveni will make corruption a pet topic as long as he remains president. He will promise heaven on earth in stumping it out. However, increasingly many Ugandans are convinced that corruption is integral to NRA/M and its government.
Bond: Ethiopia becomes Africa’s latest sovereign default
According to two sources familiar with the situation, bondholders had not been paid the coupon as of the end of Friday December 22, the last international banking working day before the grace period expires.
Stolen right to land: Why are young Ugandan graduates joining risky slave labour in Middle East?
What we are seeing is a volcano waiting to explode. The grabbed land belongs to Ugandans, not the grabbers. Tomorrow Ugandans will grab it back to themselves from those pretending to be the owners of the land. The graduate slaves, will one day come to the realisation that their generation has been cheated, exploited and wasted. It will be like the slaves of USA who struggled to free themselves.
Why Uganda needs ‘Most Notorious Failures Museum’: The good and bad of 38-year presidency
Unfortunately, politicisation and militarisation of everything possible has become the norm rather than the exception in Uganda. In many cases, hypothesis testing and exploratory testing are eliminated and what is desired is implemented, often at very high cost in terms of energy, time, money, justice and development.
