More wineskin than wine: ‘Western values’ is a framework for legitimating and justifying actions by ‘moral police’
Today, the response to Israel’s murderous campaign in Gaza has laid bare the hollowness of Western moral posturing. Governments that once lectured the world on human rights now justify mass killing and ethnic cleansing. Institutions that claimed to stand for international law now scramble to shield allies from accountability.
Why Museveni defies Uganda’s constitution: ‘A mere piece of paper cannot remove me from power’
The phrase ‘tortuous peace and security’ suggests a complex and difficult path towards achieving stability and safety, often involving challenges, setbacks and a lack of easy solutions. It implies that the journey towards peace and security is not straightforward, but rather fraught with obstacles and requiring sustained effort. Many times, the state itself undermines whatever little peace and security have been built.
Why Ugandans dread ruling National Resistance Movement is a mafia gang and President Museveni its lord
No one took the owners MRM to court for remaining a rebel group and participating in elections in Uganda and determine the future of Uganda while still a bush war organisation. Indeed, in every aspect of human life and endeavour NRM has continued to operate and resist anything that makes sense to Ugandans in favour of its own interests.
Uganda’s military vs generational populism: How Museveni’s and opposition Bobi Wine’s scramble for power robs voters of democracy
As we have seen, over time, social services have been devalued and more most of the money is being spent on central administration, politics, the military, the president, the State House, regional wars and controlling the movements and actions of civilians and political parties.
Why Uganda is likely to be ungovernable when President Museveni hands power to…most likely, his son
With so many war lords and the contradictory political messages of the Gang of Four and especially the propaganda of the NRM/A combined with the multiple fire powers, Uganda proved to be a very ungovernable country.
How Museveni’s white elephants ushered in economic hell Ugandans live in today since 1986
In Uganda, several banks have faced closure or significant issues, including Teefe Bank, International Credit Bank, Greenland Bank, the Co-operative Bank, National Bank of Commerce, Global Trust Bank and Crane Bank. It is significant to note that Uganda Commercial Bank was sold off under mysterious circumstances and there was a lot of financial bleeding before, during and after the sale
Days after Uganda deployed army to South Sudan allegations of ‘Museveni thieves’ annihilating civilians with chemicals, stealing minerals emerge
The EASF secretariat feels insufficiently consulted by the African Union, and some members of the EASF secretariat have also lamented the lack of investment and strategic thinking on behalf of the EASF member-states. While the AU confirms that the EASF is part and parcel of the African Standby Force, it has not sufficiently taken its 13 responsibilities to truly achieve the necessary cooperation.
Museveni’s military populism and Bobi Wine’s generational populism in robs Uganda of democracy
Uganda, community loyalty and ideological loyalty are being built through ideas such Saccos and programmes such as Bonna Baggagawale, Myooga, Operation Wealth Creation and Parish Development Model and also the so-called National Ideological School at Kyankwanzi.
Museveni’s militarism created indigenous culture vacuum in Uganda that’s deprived the Pearl of Africa a national character
Tibuhaburwa Museveni abolished the Ministry of Culture and Community Development and systematically devalued culture’s role in development. Although by policy his government valued conservation, the various biocultural landscapes of Uganda became degraded, especially by environmentally and ecologically empty development and invasive nomadic pastoralists, who only saw grass for their cattle and not the cultural value of the biocultural landscapes.
Uganda’s gun-mediated security: How Museveni’s militarised police feeds state terrorism in Great Lakes Region
In Uganda, it is more common to find military commanders commanding the police at different levels of the institution. When the commander-in-chief sources personnel for regional military policing, he is free to get them from the military and the police because the difference between military and police is blurred. It is also common to see ordinary policemen who are military men and women in police uniform.
