Stamping out corruption is Museveni’s pet topic, but it remains Uganda’s epitome as long as he’s in power  

Stamping out corruption is Museveni’s pet topic, but it remains Uganda’s epitome as long as he’s in power  

There is every indication that President Tibuhaburwa Museveni will make corruption a pet topic as long as he remains president. He will promise heaven on earth in stumping it out. However, increasingly many Ugandans are convinced that corruption is integral to NRA/M and its government.

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Why Uganda needs ‘Most Notorious Failures Museum’: The good and bad of 38-year presidency

Why Uganda needs ‘Most Notorious Failures Museum’: The good and bad of 38-year presidency

Unfortunately, politicisation and militarisation of everything possible has become the norm rather than the exception in Uganda. In many cases, hypothesis testing and exploratory testing are eliminated and what is desired is implemented, often at very high cost in terms of energy, time, money, justice and development.

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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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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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After 155 years of dormancy, clause in US Constitution on insurrection threatens Trump’s campaign

After 155 years of dormancy, clause in US Constitution on insurrection threatens Trump’s campaign

So far, very little in the real world. Aware that the case was very likely going to the US Supreme Court, the 4-3 Colorado Supreme Court majority stayed their own order until January 4 – the day before the state’s primary ballots are due at the printer – or until the Supreme Court rules.

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Historic: Trump first presidential candidate ruled out of White House race for ‘insurrection’

Historic: Trump first presidential candidate ruled out of White House race for ‘insurrection’

The Colorado court concluded that the US Constitution bars Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in 2024, from appearing on the ballot because of his role instigating violence at the Capitol as lawmakers met to certify the results of the 2020 election. The court’s majority acknowledged the decision was “uncharted territory.”

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Ordinary Americans granted more say in new US refugee funding programme lined up by Biden

Ordinary Americans granted more say in new US refugee funding programme lined up by Biden

The Biden administration aims to bring in 10,000 refugees through sponsorships as part of an overall goal of 125,000 refugee admissions in fiscal year 2024.

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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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