Dear Justice Byamukama, what your ‘independent’ commission needs now is end of militarisation, monetisation of elections in Uganda
Unfortunately, the militarisation and monetisation of elections start with the president and end with the President. His politics and political goals in Uganda are sub-served by the two electoral vices, which have mushroomed because he desires that they be at the centre of governance, leadership and elections. To get such a law, therefore, a drastic change in the political mind-set of the president, which is almost next to impossible.
How lofty hopes of palm oil boom fuelled abject poverty, environmental hell in eastern Uganda
Because palm fruits can be harvested throughout the year (compared to one or two seasonal harvests of other crops) and have high yields, palm farming has become a viable alternative for the residents (Taylor, 2024), the temptation to make money quickly to conquer poverty is the main drive for people embracing the growing of oil palm.
Uganda’s Tragedy of the Commons: How President Museveni destroys environment as citizenry look on helplessly
The projects the president has personally initiated as public innovations include Bujagali dam, Bonna Bagaggawale, Myooga, Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) and Parish Development Model (PDM). Virtually all of them are predicated on the environment in the fashion of “Destroy and then Build”.
When bullets begin to flower: Time Museveni realises gun-inflicted trauma compromises mental wellbeing of Ugandans
During epidemics such as Covid-19 five years ago, people can develop mental problems. Studies conducted in Uganda reported high levels of psychological distress, depression and anxiety among various groups during the Covid-19 epidemic.
Why environmental studies in Africa should be recognised as multifaceted, diverse pursuit
Environmental learning by exclusion cannot be environmentally – conscious or environmentally – sensitive. It is the main reason why despite so much investment of time, energy, money and human capital the environment continues to supersonically hopelessly degrade before our own eyes.
If ever there were threats to peace and good governance in East Africa, look no further than Uganda’s Museveni and Rwanda Paul Kagame
In East Africa, weak states indeed tend to preoccupy themselves with militarism, overspending on militarisation and exporting violence to neighbouring countries. Apparently, Uganda and Rwanda are the most often cited violent states in the Great Lakes Region. The rulers of the two countries waged a five-year rebellion in the Luwero Triangle in Buganda, where they perfected violence as a political tool for capturing power in Uganda and Rwanda.
Across the bridge: From academic writing to public writing, then public action publishing
Public writing is definitely necessary for retired academics and intellectuals to keep their minds productive beyond the Ivory Tower. Many academics are never heard of again once they leave the ivory tower because they only know academic writing, which is unnecessary beyond the Ivory Tower. To remain productive outside the Ivory Tower, they should engage in public writing.
Publish or perish: Why internet publishing is new storehouse of knowledge for deprived African scholars
In Africa South of the Sahara, South Africa and Nigeria have progressed fastest in the adoption and use social media in academic libraries. However, it is true to say that in most African universities there is still a lot of hesitation to use academic production in social media such as Researchgate.net and Academia.edu to measure academic success and reward those who publish in these media, however qualitative their work is. This is probably true in most universities of the world.
Why Uganda is Pearl of Africa: It’s the only country on Earth where serving soldiers are reserved seats in parliament, martial courts try civilians
Army representation in parliament continues to this day. Uganda is the only country on the globe with a parliamentary system where serving soldiers are in parliament. Army representation in Uganda’s parliament began in 1994. As things stand now, 10 seats are set aside for ‘serving officers’ of the Uganda People’s Defence Force. The 10 are chosen by the Army Council, chaired by President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni, and they tend to vote with the ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM),
While Uganda is generating and exporting violence to Congo, its adherence to universal human rights needs serious questioning
The list below is all Universal Declaration of Human Rights given to humanity by the United Nations General Assembly. All universal human rights below are commonly known as 30 basic human rights that must be respected and protected by the law. When the UN said thse human rights must be...