Opinion
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Military politics, democratic deception and democratic disguise in Uganda
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula On 11 February 2022, The Daily Monitor published my article “Disappearance of Police in Uganda Police: The Dangers”…
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Challenges of becoming non-academic outside the university
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula Academic is the Opposite of real. The academic world is different from the real world. The real world…
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Why Uganda must take cultural development seriously
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula Humanity has been made to think and believe that the only development that matters in any country is…
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Is Haiti’s papa doc-baby doc phenomenon re-surfacing in Uganda?
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula When President Tibuhaburwa Museveni captured the instruments of power in Uganda in 1986, backed by a rebel army…
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How militarised personalist parties undermine democratisation: Uganda’s National Resistance Movement in perspective
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula Politics is becoming increasingly personalized. Even in democracies leaders are taking on outsized influence relative to the parties…
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Do Uganda’s politicians ever value truth?
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula One writer said, “No one has ever doubted that truth and politics are on rather bad terms with…
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Understanding security in regional-national military policing in the great lakes region – Uganda in perspective
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula In many my previous writings I have decried the fact that all security is reduced to military security.…
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OLIVE ATUHAIRE: Why is the earth heating up? Let’s fix the root problem
Editor, the Paris agreement aims at holding an increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre…
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Dr. SIMON WALUSIMBI: Addressing the burden of Lung Diseases through research and training
Lung diseases are the second leading cause of life-years lost due to disability or premature death. In Uganda, 30% of…
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JUSTINE EJIKU: Dr. Kizza Besigye; the man who defeated the NRM junta without ever ruling Uganda
Uganda has had only one president for the last four decades or so the story goes. But there exists another…
