Obote to Oboteism, Amin to Aminism, Museveni to Musevenism: Sabotaging constitutionalism in Uganda

Obote to Oboteism, Amin to Aminism, Museveni to Musevenism: Sabotaging constitutionalism in Uganda

Resistance to President Milton Obote’s second reign almost immediately meant that he had no time to reintroduce the Common Man’s Charter nor revitalize his social programme. There were many human rights violations, but most of these could have been by his armed opponents trying to convince the people that Obote’s regime had no capacity to assure their security.

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France’s bloodhound Napoleon Bonaparte and Uganda’s Museveni may have lived in different epochs, but are every inch similar

France’s bloodhound Napoleon Bonaparte and Uganda’s Museveni may have lived in different epochs, but are every inch similar

Napoleon Bonaparte and Tibuhaburwa Museveni have both been referred to as militaristic dictators who relied more on the gun to rule and extend their military adventures in neighbouring countries, but were such adroit rulers that they couched their dictatorships in democratic cover to conceal their excesses in the exercise of power and authority in the countries they ruled.

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Busoga in eastern Uganda is known to be richer with gold than Congo, but why is it poor?

Busoga in eastern Uganda is known to be richer with gold than Congo, but why is it poor?

Our education system is a success story in producing a selfish elite that is so individualistic that expecting it to be holistic in thought and action would be overstretching it, or expecting too much from it.

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By harping on ‘modernity’ and ‘modernisation’ President Museveni has found nebulous reason to rule Uganda

By harping on ‘modernity’ and ‘modernisation’ President Museveni has found nebulous reason to rule Uganda

As part of the strategy of globalisation and modernisation, President Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government, like many other governments, did with their countries, integrated Uganda in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

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Uganda’s politically burdened judiciary is a slave of the executive and incapable of serving justice

Uganda’s politically burdened judiciary is a slave of the executive and incapable of serving justice

Indeed political interference in judicial processes has been the rule rather than the exception. By the Constitution assigning the power of appointment and approval to the president of Uganda, it created a straight avenue for the Executive to interfere in the workings of the judiciary.

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Transdisciplinarity: Integrating certified and non-certified experts, stakeholders and practitioners in one spectrum of thinking and action

Transdisciplinarity: Integrating certified and non-certified experts, stakeholders and practitioners in one spectrum of thinking and action

Specifically, to be certified is to be officially recognised as possessing certain qualifications or meeting certain standards. The standards met might be for a diploma, a first degree, a second degree or a third degree in any disciplinary, crossdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary or extradisciplinary undertaking in education.

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God and Big Bang: Homosexuals don’t subscribe to Creation Theory because they don’t believe God exists

God and Big Bang: Homosexuals don’t subscribe to Creation Theory because they don’t believe God exists

The farthest galaxies were moving faster than the ones close to us. This means if some things were moving away, then long ago everything was close to every other thing, and most likely interconnected. This means that everything we can see in our universe today – stars, planets, comets, asteroids were not there at the beginning. The question is where did they come from? According to Lamaitre, a super long time was involved. Scientists have calculated that the universe is 13,800,000,000 (13.8 billion) years old, which is a very long time.  

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While Kenyans and Tanzanians never allow refugees to fiddle in politics, Ugandans are  enduring oppressive alien authority

While Kenyans and Tanzanians never allow refugees to fiddle in politics, Ugandans are  enduring oppressive alien authority

I was in Tanzania for 10 years and in Kenya for 10 years. In Tanzania I was originally a student of zoology, botany with development studies at the University of Dar-es-Salaam in the very early 1970s. I just missed interacting with President Tibuhaburwa Museveni. He had left the university in...

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Imagining Africa in 2123: In parts of Africa concealed genocide by foreigners is decimating nations

Imagining Africa in 2123: In parts of Africa concealed genocide by foreigners is decimating nations

The consequences of colonialism have been many, diverse and well-documented. One consequence is continued deceptive ownership of Africa by the orthodox colonisers in terms of economics, politics, sociality and futurity. This is most expressed by the deceptive robbery of Africa through foreign aid. In reality money flows out of Africa far more than comes in from the so-called foreign aid-giving countries.

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Companies that committed to phase out fossil fuels at COP28 need government support

Companies that committed to phase out fossil fuels at COP28 need government support

Ultimately, no company or sector can deliver full decarbonisation alone. That’s why we joined more than 200 other companies in signing the We Mean Business Coalition’s Fossil to Clean Campaign in the leadup to COP.

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