State legitimacy crisis in Uganda: A hotchpotch of deep state, military state and police state that represses or suppresses alternative opinion

State legitimacy crisis in Uganda: A hotchpotch of deep state, military state and police state that represses or suppresses alternative opinion

We see erosion of peace and security in both rural and urban areas at a rate unimaginable after 2000. Ogega Otunnu (2017) has indicated that the crisis of state legitimacy and political violence in Uganda continues. He has looked at the crisis of state legitimacy under the Uganda National Liberation Movement/Army (UNLF/A) from 1979-1980, Uganda People’s Congress during Obote II from 1981/1985, Tito Okello military junta from 1985-1986 and National Resistance Movement under Tibuhaburwa Museveni from 1986-2016 (SpringerLink Search, 2020).

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For disrupting and democratising traditional banking services, Equity Bank has no equal n East Africa

For disrupting and democratising traditional banking services, Equity Bank has no equal n East Africa

Omar declared, “Thomas Sankara once said, ‘The ones who feed you, rule you.’ In today’s context, we might say, ‘The ones who finance you, empower you’,” insisting that strong African-owned banks are critical to scaling development and banks like Equity Bank are at the forefront of that mission.

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How digital democratisation of intellectualism makes it easier for Ugandan thought leaders to ventilate in face of repression and subjugation

How digital democratisation of intellectualism makes it easier for Ugandan thought leaders to ventilate in face of repression and subjugation

Winick has recently explained the difference between a thought leaders and Philosophers. Philosophers think deep thoughts about ideas. Thought leaders lead in converting an idea into reality. The ability to take your ideas, create content and shape products that help others solve their toughest problems is at the heart of thought leadership – and so is market viability.

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Sign contracts that you understand and are based on Kenyan labour law, athletes counselled

Sign contracts that you understand and are based on Kenyan labour law, athletes counselled

Lawyer Samwel Momanyi said there were many clauses that the athletes may not understand without the help of a lawyer especially after it emerged that, since most of the managers were from foreign countries, the athletes signed contracts written in foreign languages and under foreign labour laws.

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Four in five child deaths in Africa are avoidable and caused by infections during hospital visits, study finds

Four in five child deaths in Africa are avoidable and caused by infections during hospital visits, study finds

Dr Isaac Kihurani, a paediatric specialist at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, said that dealing with preventable child deaths takes an emotional toll on healthcare workers.

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There’s no such thing as a free lunch: Listening billionaires’ stories it’s obvious they are sick of human species, whom they see as inferior beings around them

There’s no such thing as a free lunch: Listening billionaires’ stories it’s obvious they are sick of human species, whom they see as inferior beings around them

In order to roll back the labour victories of the postwar era (which had become harder to justify in the wake of falling profits), American elites both empowered finance capital (leading to a series of bubbles) and embraced deindustrialization, with many industries shifting to the Global South (notably China).

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Listen, President Museveni: Governance without ecological, ecosystem and sustainability mindset is crime against Uganda

Listen, President Museveni: Governance without ecological, ecosystem and sustainability mindset is crime against Uganda

Since 2009 I have committed time and energy to develop the collective public ecological, ecosystem and sustainability mindset of Uganda, East Africa, the Nile Basin, the Great Lakes Region, Africa and the world.

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Song and dance that shut out pangs of hunger in Kenyan refugee camp as Trump’s aid freeze takes heavy toll on youth in exile

Song and dance that shut out pangs of hunger in Kenyan refugee camp as Trump’s aid freeze takes heavy toll on youth in exile

The happiness of these children isn’t guaranteed now as funding cuts have affected operations here. Fewer resources and staff are available to engage the children and ensure their safety. One of the dancers, Gladis Amwony, has lived in Kakuma for eight years now. In recent years, she has started taking part in the Acholi traditional dances to keep her Ugandan roots alive.

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Alternative medicine: Why after FDA finding that snake venom in approved drugs treats stroke convinces biohackers humans can live forever

Alternative medicine: Why after FDA finding that snake venom in approved drugs treats stroke convinces biohackers humans can live forever

For the biohackers, decentralisation is a feature, not a bug. It’s a safeguard against corruption. “The biohacking community,” Fabrizio “Fab” Mancini, a chiropractor and frequent flier of the daytime TV medical circuit, tells me, “is not owned by any one entity. It’s actual individuals.” In a community for whom deregulation is entirely the point, though, how do you screen for bullshit?

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US health secretary’s ‘alternative medicine’ push inspired quest to ‘live forever’ via snake venom, urine therapy

US health secretary’s ‘alternative medicine’ push inspired quest to ‘live forever’ via snake venom, urine therapy

Biohacking is a big tent, combining Silicon Valley technology, Burning Man spirituality and health libertarianism. If anything unites this crowd, it is a distrust of the medical status quo – particularly the pharmaceutical industry – and an appetite for tech-heavy alternatives.

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