Uganda invests in large-scale mining in Busia district after discovery of gold valued at $12 trillion

Uganda invests in large-scale mining in Busia district after discovery of gold valued at $12 trillion

The discovery of gold valued at approximately $12 trillion, positions Uganda as a potential major player in the global gold market. The deposits are primarily located in the Karamoja region, which has historically been underdeveloped.

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Veteran opposition leader Besigye denied bail by Ugandan court in treason case

Veteran opposition leader Besigye denied bail by Ugandan court in treason case

Kizza Besigye, who denies any wrongdoing, was forcefully returned to Uganda from neighbouring Kenya in November last year, and initially charged in a military tribunal, before his case was transferred to a civilian court.

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Is General Muhoozi Kainerugaba the lodestar of anti-corruption leadership in Uganda?

Is General Muhoozi Kainerugaba the lodestar of anti-corruption leadership in Uganda?

There is now no doubt that General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has been a fast-rising star in the military and in Uganda’s politico-military status quo. As I stated above, his rise in the army was fast-tracked by the President.

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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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How Museveni became Uganda’s Enemy No.1 in knowledge industry for rewarding natural sciences far better than humanities

How Museveni became Uganda’s Enemy No.1 in knowledge industry for rewarding natural sciences far better than humanities

Many people have wondered why President Museveni is emphasising natural sciences and related disciplines and fields and advocating against arts, humanities and social sciences when his background is in those fields, and when almost 99.9 per cent of the members of his government also have backgrounds in those broad fields of knowledge.

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Museveni beware: Public distrust in authority has led to significant rise of charlatans as ‘thought leaders’ in Uganda

Museveni beware: Public distrust in authority has led to significant rise of charlatans as ‘thought leaders’ in Uganda

The marketplace of ideas model remains faithfully wedded to a neoclassical view that depends on a perfectly costless and efficient exchange of ideas, but also remains vulnerable. Blocher, by addressing the “economic” objections to the marketplace metaphor, attempted to better describe, explain God and rehabilitate the marketplace of ideas.

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Remanded Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye’s new party People’s Front for Freedom launched

Remanded Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye’s new party People’s Front for Freedom launched

Besigye, a physician who retired from Uganda’s military at the rank of colonel, is a former president of the Forum for Democratic Change party, for many years Uganda’s most formidable opposition group. He has long been a fierce critic of Museveni, for whom he once served as a military assistant and personal doctor.

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