Modern knowledge: Unions, conventional wisdom and bureaucracy doomed in Uganda
Although we live in a world environment in which 95 per cent of the time is wasted (e.g, Peters, 1992) and resistance to change is a known vice, subserved by all sorts of conventional wisdom, it is no longer guaranteed that one can go on wasting time or resisting change using popular conventional wisdom like in the past.
Why allegations that Rwanda President Paul Kagame took part in bank robberies in Uganda have never been investigated
It is true that the small ethnic group that the rulers of Rwanda and Uganda belong to has continued to dominate employment opportunities in every sector of the economy. They also dominate business, the army, police, prisons and different paramilitary groups, intelligence and even administrative jobs such as those of resident district commissioners (RDCs) and permanent secretaries.
Lies that bind: Uganda’s anti-gay law turns refugee camps into prisons for fake gay asylum seekers
Engaging in homosexual acts can now result in a life sentence and attempting to have same-sex relations can earn a 10-year prison term. There is even the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, which includes same-sex relationships with HIV-positive people, and up to 14 years in prison for “attempted aggravated homosexuality”.
Corrupting Pan-Africanism and nationalism for ethnic supremacy: Case of Uganda in Great Lakes Region
Pan-Africanism was the attempt to create a sense of brotherhood and collaboration among all people of African descent whether they lived inside or outside of Africa. It held the idea that peoples of African descent have common interests and should be unified. However, although Kwameh Nkrumah wanted to take advantage of it to realise his dream of one Africa with one government, it did not originate in Africa or with him.
Christians should be alert to environmental risks posed by exotic trees in same way foreign religions eroded positives in African faiths
Eucalyptus is efficient at draining water away by its deep-seated roots. Cypress is efficient in doing the same via its small leaves. Therefore, instead of helping us to fight environmental degradation, climate change and desertification, they accelerate the wicked problems of our time.
It’s not just the economy, stupid! What was off-key about the Africa Climate Summit in Kenya
The fact that Africa suffers disproportionately from the crisis – 17 of the 20 worst-hit countries are located on the continent even though it accounts for less than 4 per cent of global emissions – was prominently repeated at the conference.
Public intellectualism in Uganda is in steep recession due to overemphasis of academicism, scholasticism and politics
Although some intellectuals and public intellectuals kept afloat, it became clear that their role would be limited as Uganda manifested more and more as a closed state with one strong party in power and opposition parties kept in abeyance, unable to operate as alternative sources of ideas freely. And even if they gave ideas, it was unlikely that ideas bred from outside the NRM mainstream would be given much attention.
Fountain of reason: Revisiting Uganda’s Age of Enlightenment when it was revered as the Pearl of Africa
Public intellectuals have long used and engaged with the arts to communicate ideas about power, identity and society. Public intellectuals have long used and engaged with the arts to communicate ideas about power, identity and society.
Why ecological science should be a priority for Africans and their policy makers in 21st century
When I say leaders, I don’t mean political leaders, although what they do and say while blaming the people at the periphery of society, is the main reason why nature has deteriorated. Decayed and collapsed nature is now violating our very existence and survival everywhere on the globe.
Still-born-democracy: Is meaningful opposition in Uganda now reduced to Bobi Wine and NUP?
We don’t know how FDC will emerge out of its internal conflicts. Most likely it may survive but not as strong as it was before. It may even collapse and give way to the formation of a new party. Time will tell.
