How ‘gun and violence democracy’ flourished in Uganda, suffocated popular forms of governance
Some leaders combine demagoguery with force, as did happen in 2017 and 2024 in Ugandan parliament when President Tibuhaburwa Museveni wanted Age Limit Bill and Coffee Bill respectively passed. Indeed, in the visons of Socrates and Plato, demagoguery constitutes a grave danger to the security and prosperity of a democratic society (Stefan, 2023).
To some Kenyans, Raila has already lost AUC chairmanship before a vote is cast but numbers tell a different story
Early indications are Raila is going to have roller-coaster. I would not be surprised if the Djiboutian pulled out of the race and supported Raila. The odds are against him and he is aware of the sheer force of numbers the Kenyan candidate commands.
Is Uganda a failed state? President Museveni, its high priest of interest politics thinks so, blames it on allegiance on ethnonationalism
In the recent past, we heard of some workers of State House forging the president’s signature, defrauding the country and even appointing and disappointing people using the forged president’s signature. seem people think this an indication of state failure. To be useful institutions must work and succeed each other sustainably. Let me say something about the ecology of institutions.
Museveni’s neoliberalism fantasy simply means transactionalism that explains how Uganda is a structured society of slaves and masters
In Uganda, investment in education, health and agriculture – the social areas – has plummeted over the decades, thanks to transactional leadership and transactional politics. There is nothing transformational about these multi-pronged phenomena.
With East Africa more vulnerable to climate swings, governments should now give priority environmental security
If the right to the 10 types of justice they mentioned exist, the right to natural justice, climate justice, environmental justice, environmental cooperation, environmental peace and environmental diplomacy also exists.
US used taxpayer dollars to hunt down lawyers, journalists, scientists and UN staff opposed to use of harmful pesticides in East Africa
Why develop elaborate attacks on journalists and scientists raising serious concerns about your products? It’s simple: When you don’t have science on your side, you have to rely on slime.
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.
