Tag: European Union
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EU Parliament on EACOP and Museveni’s reign
It is fascinating how the popular discourse on Uganda that followed the European Union Parliament’s decision on the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) focused on human rights issues under President Museveni’s reign. Yes, environment issues were among the basis for the decision, but the popular discourse in Uganda focused on human rights issues. To…
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Uganda failed matooke economics symptoms of powerless African Union
They say we cannot export fresh matooke to the US. Why, because they are blocking markets for importers of bananas from Latin America. And so, they label our bananas as problematic – as likely to bring in unwanted pests, blah, blah. Really, how problematic are our bananas? Anyway, that is how we end up with…
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Elections and Museveni’s Neo-Colonialism Card
The European Union (EU) election monitors who monitored Uganda’s 2016 Elections take some credit for President Museveni’s outburst, “ICC (International Criminal Court) is a bunch of useless people,” during his 2016 swearing in ceremony. EU election monitors’ reports and statements to the press on matters regarding the 2016 elections in Uganda often came out unnecessarily skewed and…
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