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M7, MUNTU, BESIGYE, MAO, KYAGULANYI & COVID-19: WINNERS AND LOSERS!
As a political scientist, I have keenly been following Kizza Besigye, Bobi Wine, Mugisha Muntu, Nobert Mao and M7 during this COVID-19 pandemic. Some, in many ways, have scored political […] More
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How to ‘eat’ the president’s money today
Back in our childhood, our younger brothers used to get many favours from our parents. Our dad would always return from work with some special eats for them, and this […] More
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Is Hon. Norbert Mao Becoming Unwanted Guest?
Recently, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and President of the Democratic Party (DP) Hon. Norbert Mao triggered a debate on who is a Guest and what are the […] More
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In Uganda, drama is everywhere and free
Some time ago, I wrote suggesting that, given our trying circumstances in Uganda, we need more alcohol and jokes to keep us going. It is difficult to be both sober […] More
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Inside Bobi Wine’s crass opportunism in Ziggy Wine’s death
Last week, it became apparent that the initial news that a one Michael [K]alinda aka Ziggy Wine had been kidnapped, eye yanked out, fingers chopped off and face burnt using […] More
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Politics in Uganda
Here is a short poem I wrote about politics in Uganda: Politics in Uganda A land of beauty and diversity But also of struggle and adversity Where the people yearn […] More
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A Brief Argument for Federating Uganda
Buganda Kingdom realized a surplus budget this year—a feat that has eluded successive central governments for many reasons that my word-limit won’t let me expound. This revelation got me thinking […] More
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Museveni: there is no way Permanent Secretaries can escape accounting for shoddy work under their jurisdiction
There is no way permanent secretaries can “escape accounting for shoddy work” under their jurisdiction, President Yoweri Museveni has insisted. President Museveni who was on Friday reacting to an intriguing […] 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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Obugabe bwa Nkore (The Freedom of Nkore)
I am not a Munyankore. Let me start with that. Although my clan, Ba Mugara, abasyaba, abazira burunga is multinational and exists among the Banyarwanda, Bakiga, Bahororo, Banyankore, et cetera, […] 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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MUSEVENI’S WOMEN: USED, MISUSED AND ABUSED!
He knocks their heads against each other, sets them up to tear each other down, uses them to cheer the indefensible, and stokes the flames that compel them to insult […] More
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Mr President, you are right on Bobi Wine
Your Excellency, once again I thank you for the humility and democratic spirit that allows you to respond to people like Bobi Wine (Robert Kyagulanyi) that you would ignore without […] More
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Why did Dr. Aceng break her pot?
There are about thirty-six master’s degrees, two dozen PhD holders and over a dozen postdoctoral academics in Gen. Yoweri Museveni’s successive cabinets. These scholars span the fields of sociology, medicine, […] More
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How Museveni and his opponents need each other
In their misguided (even though, perhaps, well-intentioned) war against President Yoweri Museveni, many pro-democracy (but mostly pseudo-democracy) “activists” bring three fundamentally erroneous assumptions. First, that Museveni’s government has mismanaged Uganda […] More
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UGANDA: THE NEW POLITICS OF COFFEE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
The coffee crop was first introduced around 1901 and was enthusiastically taken on by Ugandans in the Southern part of the country. Robusta has been the main coffee export of […] 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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Gay or not Gay, Activist or not Activist: There is Nothing “In-between”.
As a young Ugandan storyteller, I have always thought, though naively, that there would never come a time when I have to address a sect of activists who do not […] More
