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LEGAL AID IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Which Way for Public Interest Advocacy?
Nothing rankles more in the human heart than the feeling of injustice[1]. I. INTRODUCTION More people than ever need legal aid services. But the corona pandemic […] More
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CURTAILING DISSENT: Can government Of Uganda create room for dissent?
Since the early 1990s, Uganda has been aspiring to develop a country premised on a backbone of democracy and rule of law. The making and adoption of the 1995 constitution […] More
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Why Can’t We Take Selfies In Front Of Parliament?
So this happened. I was taking a phone photo of the independence day engraving on the wall of parliament with my phone, which is excellent and expensive and takes great […] More
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in Education and Academia, Family, Friends and Relationships, Parenting & Childcare, Politics and GovernmentNothing will work until we address children upbringing
In a speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1992, Bill Clinton said: “Frankly, I am fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. […] More
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INDEPENDENCE RANT: #UgandaAt57
When white people came and grabbed our land and self-appointed themselves our leaders of this “Protectorate,” it was a nightmare. And that the Union Jack came down for a Ugandan’s […] More
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Is Sabalwaanyi Museveni a Hostage of Sex, Money and Power?
“My son Andrew, he wants power while the vultures around him want money,” was the response from my former lecturer to a text message I sent inquiring about her take […] More
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Environmental Militarism
Environmental militarism, describes the use of military approaches and resources in conservation efforts. Also known as “green militarism,” environmental militarism refers to the use of military approaches, personnel, and equipment […] More
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Veteran Ugandan Leader Passes On.
By our reporter KAMPALA – November 10, 203_ Uganda’s longest-serving leader, Yoweri Museveni has died. News reaching our East Africa bureau indicates that the 91-year-old former guerrilla passed on peacefully […] More
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in Finance, Markets and Economics, Manufacturing and Industry, Mining and Minerals, Politics and GovernmentHow Museveni built and killed Uganda’s oil industry
Uganda’s upstream oil industry is dead. Ok, let me admit this is a bit of an exaggeration. It is more appropriate to say it is in a coma and will […] More
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An imaginary interview with modern patriots
There are those moments when you sit and imagine what goes on in some people’s heads as they defend certain otherwise obviously dastardly things. Of course Napoleon Bonarparte told us […] More
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UHURU DAM AND THE REALITY WE MUST FACE ABOUT LUNCH TIME
A few months ago, I read a post by Mr. Amos Wekesa about the need for us to engage government beyond Facebook rants in order to get them to back […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Finance, Markets and Economics, Manufacturing and Industry, Politics and GovernmentAfter CoViD-19, GDP should also die!
It has been said that war is the midwife of an old society, pregnant with a new one. This is the lens through which I suggest we view the runaway […] More
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I AM NOT YOUR MUZZUKULU!
General Museveni: Your career in bloodletting, organised crime and corruption cannot allow you to successfully claim that title over an entire country—maybe to your blood relatives who have no choice […] More
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Building a frame of reference for the next phase of political struggle in Kenya.
Let me begin by acknowledging that on one hand there is the way we have been doing things (the reality), and on the other hand there is how we should […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Environment & Climate, Family, Friends and Relationships, Identity & Culture, Journalism and Media, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and Government, Writing and LiteratureShadows of Hope: Rebuilding Lives in Karamoja’s Drought-Stricken Plains
The sun blazed mercilessly over Karamoja’s arid plains near Moroto, its heat baking the cracked earth where Atim sat with her younger brother, Lokong, under a scraggly acacia. At 21, […] More
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MY MESSAGE ON THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
When I was doing post-graduate studies at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, at the beginning of the 1980s, in The Biology of Conservation, I never imagined I would be alive […] More
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General O the Stallion with Fangs
The night did not release Okello easily. By then he had walked through it long enough for darkness to recognize him. The battalion still called him Night Walker, not as […] More
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40 YEARS OF NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT (NRM) RULE IN UGANDA
On January 26, 2026, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) marks 40 years of being in power uninterrupted. The main event to celebrate the NRA LIBERATION DAY is scheduled to take […] More
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