Tag: President Museveni
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Advisory on President Museveni’s garbage skip directive and waste management
Ordinarily, I would welcome President Museveni’s order, as I read it in Monitor, on the return to more garbage skips in urban centres. The order in which he directs that urban centres should have garbage skips located every 200 metres and emptied every three days or more frequently depending on the volume of the garbage.…
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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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‘Outsiders’ as Minsters for Karamoja Affairs, why?
Hon. Agnes Nanduttu has updated her Facebook wall where she posted the photo above, with the following caption: “Today I have been given the mandate to serve Ugandans as state minister for Karamoja. Now it is time to work. Thank you Uganda.” Hon. Agnes Nanduttu, Woman Member of Parliament for Bududa District and now Minister…
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Use ICT and get lost in Uganda
“It’s very challenging to use those technologies, especially in areas where even there are no mobile networks for making phone calls, and yet Google maps that are used in smartphones need fast internet of at least 3G. Google maps survives on data fed into it by humans. Now, that person in Europe managing Google maps,…
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Women of Karamoja to be marginalized no more!
In December 2019, as the keynote speaker at the first ever Karamoja Women’s Conference, I asked women of Karamoja thus: “Through a qualitative lens, are you, the women of Karamoja, convinced that the two Karimojong men in Cabinet are able and are fully equipped to represent the Karimojong women’s voice during policy initiation and discussion…
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