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Kyambogo Rubgy vs URU, CURA & Victoria Sharks. A Test of Integrity for Ugandan Rugby
By Musanjufu Benjamin Kavubu Kampala, Uganda – January 8th, 2025 Reflecting on the events of the 2024 Central League, a year now past, I am still grappling with the profound […] More
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Why I have always despised disciplining knowledge.
Disciplining knowledge oversimplifies the world by destroying its complexity and creating new problems for which we may never get answers. Besides: 1. It destroys natural interconnections and interdependencies and casts […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Education and Academia, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and Government, Public Relations & Press Releases
Gender-Neutral Polygamy in Uganda: A Ruling That Raises More Questions Than Answers
On July 10th, 2025, the Constitutional Court of Uganda made a ruling that has left many of us confused, amused, and deeply concerned. In the case of Women’s Probono Initiative […] More
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Decolonization of Kampala Names – The Controversial Name Change of Northcote hall to Nsibirwa hall at Makerere University
In the discussion about the change of names of Kampala streets, someone mentioned the change of the name of Northcote hall to Nsibirwa hall at Makerere University. Another wondered why […] More
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Close Look at AFRICOM and its Role in the Geopolitical Space
2024 saw the United States African Command (AFRICOM) make headlines after it was expelled from Niger on the 15th of September 2024. The unit operates under the United States Department […] More
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Part II of Uganda’s constitutional development
The Constitutional Development of Uganda from 1967 to Present Uganda is a country that has experienced various political and constitutional changes since its independence from Britain in 1962. The first […] More
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letter to my former classmate
Letter to my former classmate /schoolmates Dear classmate/ schoolmates i humbly write to you this letter informing you that when we left the school we thought everyone will be employed […] More
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If Scores Were Horses
If scores were horses, students would ride: if this is what the Nigerian education sector has evolved into, then horses too must be imported quickly from alien spaces and faraway […] More
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in Career and Employment, Community & Opinion, Education and Academia, Family, Friends and RelationshipsWhy Some Graduates Don't Deserve to be Asking 'What's Next?'
So on Monday, I saw my cousin Brian on the streets carrying a placard of “What’s Next”? I immediately called him up and told him to stop being a fool […] More
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Beyond dependency & state: Case for knowledge decolonization – Part I
This modern world today is entangled in a serious historical crisis manifesting itself through problems that mutate to threaten the survival of the human species. These problems include climate change, […] More
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GHETTO KIDS v. ‘PLANNED’ KIDS: MY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE AS A ‘PLANNED’ KID
This week, a screenshot of a WhatsApp message has been the subject of intense debate and commentary on various social platforms. In it, a parent is complaining about the decision […] More
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Rest in Peace and Glory, Hon. Imat Cecilia Ogwal, MP!
Hon Imat Cecilia Ogwal was one of the most forthright, plain-speaking, articulate, and eloquent Ugandan/African political leaders I have had the blessing to know. She was the master of political […] More
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BUT KAGAYI, WHY DO THESE YOUNG POETS PERFORM LIKE YOU?
The first time I was confronted by the reality that a good number of young poets were ‘sounding and moving like me’ while performing poetry, I was still a literature […] More
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A teacher should not be a feared know-it-all
On January 24, 2018, Uganda Martyrs University held its Annual Research Conference. Prof John Opuda-Asibo, the executive director of the National Council for Higher Education, was the guest speaker. He […] More
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The story of my love-hate relationship with the law
12/06/2009, In the S.1 C class at St Henry’s College Kitovu, after one of our Friday debates, Madam Lwanga Kasozi – my English teacher – calls me after the class […] More
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ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC LEARNING IN UGANDA
You may or may not have heard of the idea of environmental public learning. More commonly we talk of environmental learning as if it is an individualist undertaking aimed at […] More
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Part III of Uganda Constitutional development
The 1986 Constitution and its Amendments: A Brief Overview The 1986 Constitution was the seventh constitution of Uganda, which took effect on January 29, 1986. It was promulgated by Yoweri […] More
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WHEN I ALMOST LOST MY UNIVERSITY TUITION TO CONMEN IN 2001
News has been about a young man from Arua who successfully lost his tuition to betting and then abducted himself. He is not alone, I almost lost mine in 2001. […] More
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