Tag: Coronavirus
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Coronavirus reminded us of politics in access to healthcare services
Let me start by sharing my experience yesterday in search of a health facility which still had dozes of AstraZeneca in stock. Our journey started at the Uganda Virus Research Institute Clinic in Entebbe, where we were told the dozes were over. They are just waiting for new stock. When it will arrive, they did…
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Magufuli’s Legacy – cost of authoritarian rule by decree
“Thomas Sankara ruled by decree for most of his three years reign and was killed. Patrice Lumumba ended the same way. They were killed by the system they served, because they did not take into consideration building consensus among the people that they led. Now, I truly understand the mistakes they made, even though they…
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COVID-19 Outs Presidents’ Leadership Styles
“Whereas it is indeed problematic to ‘worship’ leaders and allow them to grow strong wings to enable them fly against the will of the people, the current Magufuli wave does not support the exact point you are making. It has been hijacked and ‘forced’ onto the thesis you want to make.“ Bwesigye Mwesigire, 2015 Mweigire…
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COVID19 Pandemic Lesson 1: What Many Call Home
What many who live in the urban centres of Uganda call home is a one or two roomed house that is located in a congested “affordable area”; essentially slum-like conditions. The rooms, generally, being about five meters by five meters in size. It should be note that the average population size of a household in…
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