After Uganda doused its education with politics, it rendered knowledge industry sterile to steer the country
Educational reforms in Uganda since 1986, that culminated in the introduction of Universal Primary Education (UPE) in 1996, attempted to reestablish centralised control of education and, by implication, reverse the trend toward the unregulated involvement in education of both of parents and non-state institutions (Nansozi Muwanga, 2000).
Hard truth: In America journalism is now the least trusted profession, hence The Washington Post is not endorsing a candidate
You can see my wealth and business interests as a bulwark against intimidation, or you can see them as a web of conflicting interests. Only my own principles can tip the balance from one to the other. I assure you that my views here are, in fact, principled, and I believe my track record as owner of The Post since 2013 backs this up. You are of course free to make your own determination, but I challenge you to find one instance in those 11 years where I have prevailed upon anyone at The Post in favour of my own interests. It hasn’t happened.
When bombs began raining in Lebanon: In Beirut, my father is a man who belongs to a house, garden…a place; now he’s homeless
These days, we spend our nights on my sister’s balcony, checking WhatsApp. My siblings and I do our best to keep the mood light for our parents, encouraging them to stay active and talk with us. But it’s tough. They live independent lives in the south, but here, everything is new and strange. Watching them struggle from afar was unbearable. Now I carry a new kind of burden, of watching their silence and sadness.
John Kelly’s comparison of Trump to Hitler exposes conspiracy of silence between US mainstream media and political class
John Kelly, a retired Marine general and Trump’s longest serving chief of staff, told the New York Times and The Atlantic in interviews published this week that when he was president, Trump made it clear that he admired Hitler and yearned for his authoritarian power.
Ugandans are losing sense of belonging, it’s now incumbent upon Museveni and henchmen to formulate policies that restore self-esteem
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni. We have recently seen dysconnectivity when people are displaced and dispossessed by people from elsewhere of by government in grand land grabbing schemes in Uganda.
Smell the coffee: Corrupt Museveni killed the goose that lays the golden egg, now Uganda is struggling to export its crop
There was renewed attempt to revamp the coffee industry during Milton Obote II but rebel activities of mainly the National Resistance Army of the then Yoweri Museveni (now Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni) sabotaged the industry, ransacking and robbing coffee factories and associated cooperative unions and associations of coffee stock and money to fund its insurgency. Some combatants became very rich while still in the bush between 1981-1986.
Fear is an integral segment of Ugandan politics, which Museveni recharges to hold onto power
Politics of fear is rooted in political fear as distinct from other human and societal fears. Political fear is here used to imply apprehension about political threats to one’s political power, political pursuits, and political advantages, which is then generalised to include larger groups and/or publics. It is the worry that afflicts individuals and groups who are involved in power struggles, that is, politicians (viz election candidates, rebels, incumbents) and political structures (say cabinets and executives, politburos, militaries, or political parties).
Changing Somalia calls for a rethink of the humanitarian system to tap into merging opportunities
The humanitarian-development-peace nexus – the aid sector’s framework to join short-term emergency aid with longer-term support – garners widespread attention. But true integrated practice has been slow to evolve in Somalia. Civil society actors – both international and national – often adopt the language of conflict sensitivity and “do no harm”, yet more critical structural dynamics remain ill-addressed.
Why Ugandans must address how Museveni and fellow refugees grabbed power and are now grabbing all land
In Uganda of the 21st century, everything has been reduced to politics: politics of education, politics of health, politics of seeds or food, politics of exclusion, politics of conquest and politics of occupation. The list is long… Politics of conquest and occupation are frequently associated with cross-border refugees or former...
A fool’s mission: Trying to track the impact of European Union migration funding in Senegal
Back in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, I chose two EUTF projects focusing on agriculture to look into. One was managed by ANIDA in partnership with the Italian and Spanish Development Cooperation Agencies and had received 20 million euros from the EUTF. The other was run by the Belgian Development Agency, Enabel, and had a budget of 18 million euros from the EUTF.
