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THE BOBI WINE DECEPTION.
I remember the jubilations when it was announced that Robert Kyagulanyi (AKA Bobi Wine) had won the Kyadondo seat in parliament. Bars played his music all night, days on end. […] More
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THE GREEDY BARBARIAN by Kakwenza Rukirabashaija – Review
Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, a humble, humorous and ever smart author of The Greedy Barbarian, went missing on Tuesday from his home in Iganga. He is said to have been picked up […] More
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Evolution of Uganda’s constitution
The Evolution of Uganda’s Constitution from Colonialism to the Present Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa that has a rich and diverse history. The country has experienced various […] More
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What is Joseph Kabuleta exactly saying?
I have always loved Joseph Kabuleta’s writing. He earned my respect as a humane being when I learnt that he boycotts Shell products because the company is stained with the […] More
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What The 2019 Revival of Uganda Airlines Reveals About Government's Working in Silos
On 20 February 2015, an Ethiopian Airlines plane, a turboprop Q400 landed on the short 1,372 metre runway at Nyakisharara, an airstrip on the edges of Mbarara City, along the […] More
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2026: WHAT SHALL BE THE TITLE OF THE BOOK AFTER 40 YEARS?
Even though, Lee Kuan Yew’s book, From Third World To First: The Singapore Story 1965-2000, covers a period stretching 35 years, he actually, effectively ruled that country for only 25 […] More
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POLITICS: HOW OPPOSITION HELPED TIBUHABURWA MUSEVENI TO BUILD DYNASTIC RULE IN UGANDA
In politics, where rulers claim that they are actors in democracy building or democratisation, the Opposition comprises one or more political parties or other organized groups that are opposed, primarily […] More
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Things to do when Mr Museveni leaves (Part 5)
From last week, I was to return to education and how we are to handle those behind crimes committed over the three decades and so. One would wonder why, with […] More
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EACOP: The 78 Day Trade-Off
At the height of the Cold War, Nyerere, desperate for financing of the TAZARA, dispatches a British politician, Humphry Berkeley, to tell Prime Minister Harold Wilson that the “Chinese were […] More
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In 1966, a ghost was born in the High Court of Uganda.
This wicked creature has haunted the hallways, chambers, and registries of the country’s Judiciary for nearly sixty years. Many lawyers, judges, activists, government officials, journalists, scholars, politicians, royals, and presidents […] More
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My 100-dollar-bet on who will succeed Governor Mutebile
Since his indisposition became public knowledge a few years ago, the frontlines of succession were drawn. The jostling and clamouring began. Contenders bootlicked, prayed, fasted, visited shrines, backstabbed each other, […] More
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WHY YOU SHOULD INVEST IN WEST NILE
1. THE LOCATION FACTOR – West Nile is strategically located in the North-Western part of Uganda bordered by South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. – The region lies […] More
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THE RELIGIOPOLITICS OF THE UNIVERSAL APOSTLES FELLOWSHIP CHURCH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (OF NABBI DAUDI ISINGA).
Religion in politics covers various topics related to the effects of religion on politics. Religion has been claimed to be “the source of some of the most remarkable political mobilisations […] More
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Who votes for who? Are Uganda’s elites useless?
Opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye has argued that elites in Uganda are the most useless group in the country. Let us test this thesis and seek to prove what it […] More
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The Curtains are going down on Freedom; A run for the money.
How does a 26-year-old regulate a 66-year-old? Is the older individual in the wrong? Do they require constant reminders, or have they simply succumbed to the effects of time, perhaps […] More
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The picture and situation of your average – especially – young Ugandan…
No offence intended, but my focus in this picture is on the young man wearing ill-fitting, drab clothes, dusty old shoes, and an emaciated disposition (brown hair, forlorn eyes, and […] More
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Will Uganda achieve 100% Renewable Energy Future Target by 2050
The energy sector plays a key role as one of the major sectors in Uganda’s economy with various energy resources including; biomass, geothermal, biomass-based cogeneration, small hydro wind, and biogas. […] More
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Blueprint for rigging elections
How to Rig an Election is the title of a fascinating and provocative book by two political scientists, Prof Nic Cheeseman and Prof Brian Klaas, published in 2018. The book […] More
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