Museveni’s science of self-preservation: How fear is driving Uganda president to stifle humanities in university curriculum
The so-called scientists (those in the natural sciences and related disciplines and fields of knowledge and practice) do not traditionally challenge governments but pay more attention to their work in the laboratories and the field, presumably discovering, creating and innovating.
How electoral authoritarianism uses democratic institutions to violate liberal democratic norms, human rights in Uganda
At most university campuses the conspiracy of silence reigns, reflecting the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM’s) success story in separating academicism or scholasticism from intellectualism on university campuses.
While environmental ignorance is worst form of ignorance it is is now pursued in East Africa as if it is a virtue and of value
Because environment is almost universally seen in physical terms only all our laws and policies for conservation and management of the environment have been skewed towards physical considerations only, which is wrong, immoral and unethical.
Listen, President Museveni: Governance without ecological, ecosystem and sustainability mindset is crime against Uganda
Since 2009 I have committed time and energy to develop the collective public ecological, ecosystem and sustainability mindset of Uganda, East Africa, the Nile Basin, the Great Lakes Region, Africa and the world.
Why Kenya police brutality is a colonial relic: Time and time, whenever a native was released by an Indian policeman, they’d always say, ‘Oh, I gave him something’
Kenya’s National Police Service is the direct descendant of the colonial police force, created not to serve or protect the population but to control and exploit it. From inception, the police has been the sharp edge of an extractive and violent state.
Museveni’s recognition of Banyarwanda refugees as an indigenous group is a potential cultural, political powder keg
One roadblock to resolution of the myriads of questions, crises or disputes in our environment is that there is no national consensus that they exist. What is happening is to postpone to the future. The constitutional recognition of Banyarwanda by the Uganda Constitution 1995 as one of the indigenous groups of Uganda is not only despising Ugandan indigenous groups but also a recipe for future conflicts, chaos and violence in our environment.
US health secretary’s ‘alternative medicine’ push inspired quest to ‘live forever’ via snake venom, urine therapy
Biohacking is a big tent, combining Silicon Valley technology, Burning Man spirituality and health libertarianism. If anything unites this crowd, it is a distrust of the medical status quo – particularly the pharmaceutical industry – and an appetite for tech-heavy alternatives.
Kenya’s Generation Z won’t fooled by President Ruto’s antics, the genie is not going back inside the bottle
Today, the intricacies of the budgeting cycle are regularly debated in the mainstream press and it has become fashionable for knowledgeable professionals to organise discussions on X to educate fellow Kenyans on matters of macro-finance.
Environmental noise pollution: A scourge ravaging Uganda in the name of development
Farming was by the hoe. The popular mode of transport was walking but later the bicycle was introduced by the British colonialists. The popular bicycle was called Raleigh. The British had also introduced a very big, heavy motorcycle known as BSA, which was noisy before and during movement. However, the Bicycle and the motorcycle were beyond the reach of most people in my village.
Sudanese army has freed Khartoum from RSF rebels’ grip but extrajudicial killings of ‘co-operators’ persist
In some places, cholera has broken out and even in areas now held by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their allies, residents have had to grapple with the fear of RSF drone strikes or of the paramilitary group returning to the city.