The Myth Of the ‘rich, entitled’ Munyankole

NUP Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, campaigns in Kisoro district during the 2021 presidential race ED note: Originally written on July 25, 2020 and published on my facebook page, in reaction to the arrest of a comedy group on allegations of tribalism (originally titled 'ON 'BIZONTO' AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT.' See it on my Facebook …

Big Boys Don’t Cry: Africa’s Emotionally neglected men

"The only time I heard about love Was when mommy and daddy told me they loved me" ~ Lucky Dube, in Big Boys Don't Cry, 1995 *** He was about 6ft 2 I could tell, even though he didn’t stand up the whole time I was there. He wore a khaki overcoat above his light …

Museveni finally Sees the light on bloated government. Sort of.

Museveni's directive is set to rattle many of his bureaucrats : AP picture President Museveni should be credited for his circular to some of his ministers in which he complains about multiple Agencies and Authorities that are being used as cash cows for their administrators in form of ridiculous salaries and not doing any significant …

Can’t Get a Hot Gal? You Can Blame Museveni

Now I know how ridiculous lots of you think this proposition is, but please stay with me. This is going to be a long slog. ************ The science is finally out. Women with Big Bums have smarter kids than those with small bums. You can look it up, ICYMI. According to University of Pittsburgh scientists …

Uganda’s ‘Generous’ Refugee Policy: Museveni’s other Con Job on The West

[ South Sudan refugees fleeing to Uganda (AP photo) Mr. Museveni is a cunning politician. In a ridiculously effective way. He has little legitimacy at home as he has done little for his impoverished people. So where does he look to improve it? To the West and its global elite, because unlike his helpless, impoverished …

Rwanda: A Pleasant Surprise

The scene moments before was the definition of mundane. Then all of a sudden, pandemonium!  A group of previously peacefully (if mischievously) assembled young men and women around the main taxi park scattered in different directions. I thought it was a thief as is commonly the case in my home town of Kampala when such …

“Look After Me”

One of the pick up trucks that formed part of my convoy throughout the constituency during the campaign. It carried a Public Address System, and campaign posters to distribute.  This document is an account of what I saw when I contested for Parliament in Kisoro District in South Western Uganda in 2011. I simply described every event in …

The Folly of Kalyegiralism

Journalist Timothy Kalyegira. Photo via Twitter The country of Uganda, in the world celebrated writer and journalist Timothy Kalyegira lives in, is one hell of a place. It is a backward, Stone Age basket case whose people are so ignorant of basic manners; are devoid of any trace of intellectualism that they make Al Hajj …

A short History of Uganda’s ICT Revolution and the Law of Unintended Consequences

The history of ICTs in Uganda is a short but intense one. Uganda started embracing ICTs as part of its economic development strategy when the first mobile phone service came onto the Ugandan scene in December 1994. The telecom company Celtel, using the GSM 900 technology mainly targeted high end users like business people and …

An ethnographic Study of a Makerere Guild Presidential Race

A Makerere University Guild Presidential Candidate is carried shoulder high by supporters during a rally on campus . Internet Photo In May 2011, I took the trouble to do an in-depth ethnographic study of a Makerere University Guild Presidential race, and wrote a 49-page report out of it! (Someone had told me then that my …