Way Museveni’s abstract policies rendered indigenous Maragoli and other communities stateless in Uganda, nativised refugees
More fundamentally, the very presence of this parallel system enables the government to neglect its obligations to indigenous children, knowing that international sympathy will ensure refugee children are not entirely abandoned.
Museveni’s architecture of erasure: How Uganda president has disempowered indigenous people since coming to power in 1986
For four decades, a singular political project has defined the history of the territory once known as the British Uganda Protectorate. It is not a project of liberation, development or unity as its proponents claim. It is a project of erasure.
Tehran vows strong retaliation if Trump makes good threats of sweeping strikes on Iran’s power infrastructure
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday said that energy and oil infrastructure across the region could face “irreversible” destruction if the United States targets Iran’s power plants.
Post-Raila Luo Nyanza: Who for president in 2027? A simple dilemma for the Luo Nation as pervasive corruptive trends emerge
Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga and Suna East Junet Mohammed instead of expressing that Baba had left them in a broad-based government and that they would continue if their conditions were satisfied, echoed that they would remain where Baba left them unconditionally.
Same forest, different monkeys: Understanding Uganda’s stalled independence from colonialism
These fifteen nations – Buganda, Bunyoro, Toro, Ankole, Busoga, Bukedi, Bugisu, Teso, Lango, Acholi, Alur, West Nile (containing multiple ethnicities), Karamoja, Kigezi and Sebei – each possessed sophisticated systems of governance, distinct cultural identities and established mechanisms for maintaining peace and security among their peoples. The British did not come to develop these nations; they came to conquer, control and exploit them.
Post-Raila Luo: Coming to grips with the vulgarity, ethnicity and mediocrity that define roots of Luo pride and arrogance
The senior civil servants from the Luo community are just as inadequate as their political leaders. Health Principal Secretary Oluga, had the audacity to post on his Facebook, “Tutam is a reality,” simply because Ruto visited his home, while never mentioning the failing SHA and the dismal health system
Israeli strikes hit Tehran on Persian New Year as Iranian drones target Gulf energy sites
Iran hit a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea, set Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze and caused minor damage to an oil refinery in Israel. The strikes, in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas field, sent fuel prices soaring. Brent...
Trump faces growing political trilemma at home and abroad three weeks into Iran war
Reviewing Trump’s recent statements on the prospects of the war with Iran, his rhetoric has veered between ending the war and pressing on. On Sunday, he said that the United States had “essentially defeated Iran,” yet denied being ready to declare victory. On Monday, he stated that the war will not end this week, “but it’ll be soon.”
Bare knuckles: Woman MP accuses Kakamega governor of surrendering his mandate to wife
Muhanda has declared interest to in dethroning Barasa in slugfest that has attracted Prof Sylvester Anami of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and sitting Kakamega Senator Bonni Khalwale.
Electric motorbike company associated with President Ruto accused of killing businesses in western Kenya through rent non-payment
A storm is brewing in western Kenya as landlords who leased premises to electric mobility company Spiro (Africa Smart Mobility Solutions Kenya Limited) accuse the firm of breaching lease agreements barely months after its high-profile launch by President William Ruto. The landlords, who provided space for Spiro’s electric bike battery...
