Category: Social Commentary
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Nationality, ethnicity, religion #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022
One would be right to surmise that issues other than the technicality of the sport have been in the limelight more than ever before during the on-going FIFA World Cup in Qatar. For us in Africa, in particular, the two teams of Morocco and of France have been a subject of heated debate about where…
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Ladies, stop woman-on-woman cyber bullying as well
I have seen on a social media profile of a slay queen (I presume) a picture of the wedded wife of Kakwenza Rukirabashaija carrying her baby boy, both mother and child looking visibly distraught. I assume that the picture was taken at one of the times when her husband was tortured and in detention. She…
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What is needed to defeat gender-based violence
I wrote this before I became a victim of sibling-on-sibling gender-based violence; albeit now, I am a determined survivor who is legally fighting back with all she has got. Meanwhile, each word that I prior wrote has taken on enhanced meaning for me. I wrote: “A common misunderstanding or distortion of gender in Uganda is…
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Fact Check – “Is Uganda breeding poor quality population?”
“Uganda breeding poor quality population. The rate at which Ugandan women produce children has a direct impact on the country’s socio-economic development, experts have warned.” The New Vision This assertion, reminded me of the analysis that I did as part of my studies for a Masters in Science in Development Management Degree from the Open…
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Rev. Esakan & Rev. Okunya religious leaders who failed to lead by good example
What must we think of organised religion when we read: “The Rt. Rev. Michael Okwii Esakan has raised 19 complaints against the Rt. Rev. Charles Oode Okunya of the Reformed Anglican Church.” Among the 19 complaints raised are “illegal and forceful conversion of church land; denying access to church property – like places of worship;…
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