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Life in Exile: Act One; The Breaking of a Man
CHAPTER TWO: THE HEADLINE THAT WEEK That week did not unfold. It collided—unreasonably. Not in a single moment that could be pointed at and named,but in overlapping fragments. Things that […] More
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MY VOICE ON THE KNOWLEDGE WORKERS – UGANDA GOVERNMENT INCONGRUENCE
By incongruence I mean mismatch between two contending parties with regard to perception, understanding, concern, action, interests, perspectives, interpretation, needs, goals, etc. In the case of the knowledge workers of […] More
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in Comedy and Satire, Events, Fiction, Journalism and Media, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and Government, War and ConflictBorderline Banter: Kenyans Storm Tanzanian Gates for a Slice of the Protest Pie!
It started with a bill—and ended with a border-wide burst of satire. As Tanzanians took to the streets in protest of their government’s proposed finance bill, a curious wave of […] More
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RECLAIMING THE FUTURE OF UGANDA: THE PRAXIS OF INTELLECTUAL LIBERATION
A Manifesto for a New Liberation in the 21st Century and Beyond Introduction: The Giant Prison and the Occupied Mind Uganda is not merely in a political crisis. It […] More
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WHY I DON’T HAVE A STRONG AFFINITY TOWARDS CONSTITUTIONALLY CREATED CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN UGANDA.
Article Marking My Birthday – 27 July 2025 WHY I DON’T HAVE A STRONG AFFINITY TOWARDS CONSTITUTIONALLY CREATED CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN UGANDA By Oweyegha-Afunaduula Conservation Biologist, Center for Critical Thinking […] More
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General O: The Trap Yard
As dawn approached, Watmon had thought of a way to earn quick money, he had been there once, Goli border post in the west nile district of Paida. If he […] More
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Details of the looting happening at Uganda Airlines are dumbfounding.
Details of the looting happening at Uganda Airlines are dumbfounding. The airline, for example, pays 20,000 Uganda Shillings (~$7) to the catering service provider for each bun (a small, round […] More
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in Education and Academia, Identity & Culture, Innovation, Science and Technology, Music and Dance, Politics and Government, Visual Art, Writing and LiteratureWhy Uganda Needs the Arts and Social Sciences Towards the 22nd Century: Reclaiming Integrated Knowledge
Introduction A dangerous and short-sighted intellectual apartheid is being engineered in Uganda today. The NRM regime, with President Tibuhaburwa Museveni as its most vocal proponent, has openly declared an unprincipled […] More
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DYSFUNCTION AS A PREFERRED GOVERNANCE TOOL IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF UGANDA
Dysfunction is the opposite of function. Systems dysfunction or function. Dysfunctioning means not operating or performing normally. It is used to refer to technical or biological systems that have failed […] More
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IS UGANDA TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF TANZANIA AND CAMEROON?
What is happening in Cameroon and Tanzania, or what happened in Libya, suggests that peace and stability, constructing buildings or providing amenities may not be enough to satisfy humanity. Humanity […] More
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Life in Exile: Act Two – The Bridge of Silence
Chapter Nine: Untamed Judgment Untamed judgment is a dangerous thing. Once it escapes the boundaries of reason, it hunts every shadow as though it were the truth. It no longer […] More
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in Finance, Markets and Economics, Identity & Culture, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and GovernmentWhen human rights are not trendy
Once upon a time, human rights were the bare minimum that every human being would expect. Universality. Inalienability. Indivisibility. When, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set down […] More
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UGANDA: PREPARING AND ASSESSING LEARNERS AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION FOR THE PAST, NOT THE FUTURE.
Introduction In an era defined by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where the Internet, Social Media, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are reshaping every facet of human existence, the fundamental purpose of […] More
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General O:The Question of Power
The vigil was held under bright lights, watched quietly by television cameras. Politicians stood beside generals. Journalists whispered to businessmen. Condolence messages filled the hall while the language of grief […] More
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General O: The weight of Truth
Collision at Bugolobi Silver Springs Hotel It was somewhere along Nakawa–Luzira Road, inside Silver Springs Hotel in Bugolobi, where I had invited the storyteller of the General O series to […] More
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in Career and Employment, Community & Opinion, Finance, Markets and Economics, Politics and GovernmentGANGATA IS NOT ALONE
Muona ngati Gangata ndi munthu wolakwa? You are wrong. All of you are wrong. Inu ndi Gangata zikusiyana pati? Inu ndi cousin wanga mukusiyana pati? My cousin says I am […] More
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“THE PROBLEM OF AFRICA” AND OTHER DELUSIONS
There are many people-some Black Africans- that would have us believe that the institutional and nation-building failures we face across the continent are uniquely African. That there is something particularly […] More
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The Silent Gavel: Anita Among’s Covert Pilgrimage to Rome (Part One)
Anita Among’s knees were red and swollen from over half-an-hour of kneeling before the Sistine Chapel’s painting of The Last Judgment. Her face was puffy from crying, eyes bloodshot. Smudges […] More
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