If we only knew how lucky we were to have comrade Dr Busingye Kabumba as member of the MUK community. People like him –– by far, very few of them –– give Makerere the identity of a university.

Otherwise.

IN SOLIDARITY WITH Dr Busingye Kabumba Makerere Law School

30 Years of rabbits and bananas

I write: observer.ug/index.php/view…

History is being made. Thank you Ireland, Norway and Spain for recognising our inalienable right to self-determination and our distinct national identity. This will move us closer to justice and a sustainable peace. We urge the few remaining countries in the world, especially the

The first extracts from the land. Unlike oil, these are unwanted.

Wallayi!

Congo doesn't have 'a huge population'

Congo is 99m people & is six times the size of Germany. Germany is 83 million people –– clearly overpopulated. How many times is 'huge' used to describe GER population?

Also, DRC is way, way richer than GER. (I know).

According to the BBC, this 'independent businessman' promised a young Laurent Kabila access to arms as part of the deal. He actually delivered on his promise.

The line between state & businessperson disappears. How do we understand this capitalism?

bbc.com/news/world-afr…

From Leopold II to King Gertler

Colonialism is alive & well on the continent –– more corrosive, more brutal –– but with many fancy names.

theelephant.info/analysis/2022/…

Hot off the grill:

I had the pleasure of coauthoring this piece with the intellectual powerhouse Not Yet Uhuru.

Title:
Floods and Demolitions in Kenya: A Method to the Madness

mwamko.org/floods-and-dem…

Mary Serumaga Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 Kalundi Serumaga Silences in NGOs Discourses Issa Shivji

Arguably one of the most articulate, Marxist public intellectuals of our time.

Son of dramatist, poet, and activist Robert Serumaga, Kalundi is a student of Prof. Dani Nabudere.

(L-R) Kalundi, Sir Edward Mutesa II, & David Rubadiri. Inside LR4 dept of Literature, MUK.

I called it a pointless self-immolation

(Bse as Kalundi Serumaga would succinctly explain, 'parliament is the bribe')

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'Govt can make money without over taxation'

The The Observer is saying, govt is supposed to be run as a business – not just a begging, borrowing & tax collection entity. Exploit country & generate revenue, not just auction for a commission.

full story: observer.ug/index.php/news…

Do they genuinely blame it on imperialism?

No, they don't. Because they – like many Africans – have NO idea how (new) imperialism operates (smoothly, sleekly, quietly, legally, & violently). Ours is understood as god-given poverty, & only prayer can end this condition.

Legend.

Speaker Anita Among’s failure to understand that a witch does not eat meat in public does not make her the enemy... In fact, she didn’t choose to join, the system chose her – for her talents.

(But sure, workers form part of the problem)

I explain: observer.ug/index.php/view…

Finally, Ethiopia has fallen.

Prime Minister Meles must be turning in his grave.

Why does this man look like Mike Mukula's relative?

TWO High Court decisions disqualify 77% of Media Council Uganda.

No 1: 30% of its membership is nullified by Editors' Guild Uganda v AG (2021)—where Court held that “without a functioning [NIJU] the Media Council would be acting outside its mandate”.

globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/editors-…