Unceasing fishing war: Kenyan fishermen on Migingo Island question continued harassment by Ugandan police
President Yoweri Museveni later alluded to this when he made his remarks sometimes back when he spoke about Migingo, an argument that was however dismissed by the Kenyan leaders in the National Assembly.
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.
Academic ageism, intellectual death and decline of public intellectualism: The making of Uganda intellectual cemetery
Professors, as they expand the age range, point to positive aspects of ageism, which reflects that increasing age is not associated with negative aspects in the work environment. The aging professor is positively positioned as he is inserted in more postgraduate programmes.
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.
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.
Museveni’s science of self-preservation: How fear is driving Uganda president to stifle humanities in university curriculum
The so-called scientists (those in the natural sciences and related disciplines and fields of knowledge and practice) do not traditionally challenge governments but pay more attention to their work in the laboratories and the field, presumably discovering, creating and innovating.
Uganda presidential election: Museveni gunning for five decades – not five years – in power to fight official corruption he’s part of
The opposition says hundreds of their supporters disappeared or were killed during the last presidential election in 2021 when musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine presented the biggest threat yet to Museveni’s reign.
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.
Museveni’s recognition of Banyarwanda refugees as an indigenous group is a potential cultural, political powder keg
One roadblock to resolution of the myriads of questions, crises or disputes in our environment is that there is no national consensus that they exist. What is happening is to postpone to the future. The constitutional recognition of Banyarwanda by the Uganda Constitution 1995 as one of the indigenous groups of Uganda is not only despising Ugandan indigenous groups but also a recipe for future conflicts, chaos and violence in our environment.
Death toll in Kampala dumpsite collapse rises to 24 as hopes of rescuing survivors diminish
It was not clear how many people were unaccounted for. The Kiteezi landfill is a vast rubbish dumpsite in an impoverished hillside area that receives hundreds of garbage trucks daily. The city authority has been planning to decommission it since declaring it full years ago.
