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    Voices & Stories

    Fear as a Tool of Management

    Arthur Blick

    Leave The Football: Why young Ugandans should shun their government and elective politics  

    Beyoreka Junior

    From Derogable to Functionally Non-Derogable

    Isaac Christopher Lubogo

    Uganda Media Week 2025, Opens Amid Concerns Over Press Freedom Ahead of Elections

    Akampurira Agapito

    Minerals of War is a Weak Organisation

    When treaties bind the weak and shield the powerful, global peace becomes a marketplace where minerals matter more than human lives.

    Arthur Blick

    The Tale of Two Voices

    In Uganda, power speaks loudly while dissent is forced into whispers, turning democracy into a contest of volume rather than justice.

    Turyagumanawe Promise

    All of us must vie to become members of parliament

    Uganda’s constitutional framework transforms parliamentary authority into money, pensions, and protection, while citizens get ritual elections.

    Isaac Christopher Lubogo

    The Mirage of Sovereignty: Reflecting on Uganda’s 2026 General Elections

    Ballots were cast in Uganda’s 2026 election, but power remained fenced off—guarded by soldiers, silence, and a hollow constitution.

    MBOIZI JESSY

    Features & Analysis

    What Kills Uganda Under Museveni

    Abdullatif Khalid Eberhard

    Ugandans Who Cried ´WOLF´

    Asiimwe Esther Peace

    Obote Has Ruled Us So Badly

    Godwin Muwanguzi

    Democracy on an Aeroplane

    Abdullatif Khalid Eberhard

    GUILTY AS CHARGED

    A courtroom monologue where love pleads guilty, loyalty is questioned, and truth bends under ritual judgment.

    Arthur Blick

    EDUCATED FOOLS

    A lament and a charge: how educated men uphold violence, erase the dead, and call submission peace.

    Arthur Blick

    WE ARE IN HELL

    We dismissed hell as superstition, only to discover it reborn in ourselves, in silence, loss, and the ruins we inhabit.

    Arthur Blick

    Fear as a Tool of Management

    We are told the law makes us equal—yet power now belongs to those who believe they are beyond morality, consequence, and humanity.

    Arthur Blick

    Sources & Activism

    The Tale of Two Voices

    Turyagumanawe Promise

    Why Repression Only Expands Kyagulanyi’s Influence

    Akampurira Agapito

    The Hair, the Faith, And the Law: When Dreadlocks Become Evidence of Devotion

    Arinaitwe Reagan

    Press Freedoms in Uganda on Trial

    Akampurira Agapito

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    All of us must vie to become members of parliament

    Isaac Christopher Lubogo

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    The Tale of Two Voices

    Turyagumanawe Promise

    3

    From Derogable to Functionally Non-Derogable

    Isaac Christopher Lubogo

    4

    The Mirage of Sovereignty: Reflecting on Uganda’s 2026 General Elections

    MBOIZI JESSY

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    Leave The Football: Why young Ugandans should shun their government and elective politics  

    Beyoreka Junior

    6

    Museveni’s Electoral Legacy Performance: A Comprehensive Historical Analysis and Ranking

    Isaac Christopher Lubogo

    7

    First, They Blessed It; Then, They Vanished: A National Miracle Explained.

    Abdullatif Khalid Eberhard

    8

    Why Religion Is a Threat to Us All

    Abdullatif Khalid Eberhard

    9

    Do literacy gains explain—or contradict—Uganda’s electoral outcomes?

    Arinaitwe Reagan

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    Uganda after the election: Victory declared, opposition persecuted, people disappeared

    Konrad Hirsch

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    What Kills Uganda Under Museveni

    Uganda dies politely—through ritual elections, obedient silence, and injustice carefully renamed stability.

    Abdullatif Khalid Eberhard

    Feb 01

    Ugandans Who Cried ´WOLF´

    From ballot lines to New Year greetings, Uganda perfects the art of endurance—where wolves rule and “I’m fine” means nothing is.

    Asiimwe Esther Peace

    Feb 01

    Obote Has Ruled Us So Badly

    Power in Uganda no longer persuades; it abducts, intimidates, and demands loyalty—while democracy is reduced to ceremony.

    Godwin Muwanguzi

    Jan 26

    The U.S. Withdrawal from the World Health Organisation and its Implications for Uganda's Public Health System

    How the U.S. exit from WHO fractures global health governance and threatens Uganda’s ability to realise the right to health.

    MUTARYEBWA EDGAR

    Jan 25

    Nobody Talks About This: When Hope Hurts More Than It Helps

    Why telling people to “keep hope alive” can be cruel—and why confronting reality is often the more humane act.

    MUNUNUZI TIMOTHY KISAKYE

    Jan 24

    Democracy on an Aeroplane

    How to win an election in Uganda: unplug the country, starve the economy, announce results, then restore the internet.

    Abdullatif Khalid Eberhard

    Jan 24

    Unilateral Economic Sanctions, Trade Law, and Institutional Constraint in the Trump Era

    The resurgence of unilateral sanctions reveals a shift from law-based cooperation to power-based economic coercion.

    MUTARYEBWA EDGAR

    Jan 24

    GUILTY AS CHARGED

    A courtroom monologue where love pleads guilty, loyalty is questioned, and truth bends under ritual judgment.

    Arthur Blick

    Jan 24

    EDUCATED FOOLS

    A lament and a charge: how educated men uphold violence, erase the dead, and call submission peace.

    Arthur Blick

    Jan 24

    WE ARE IN HELL

    We dismissed hell as superstition, only to discover it reborn in ourselves, in silence, loss, and the ruins we inhabit.

    Arthur Blick

    Jan 24

    Fear as a Tool of Management

    We are told the law makes us equal—yet power now belongs to those who believe they are beyond morality, consequence, and humanity.

    Arthur Blick

    Jan 24

    Minerals of War is a Weak Organisation

    When treaties bind the weak and shield the powerful, global peace becomes a marketplace where minerals matter more than human lives.

    Arthur Blick

    Jan 24

    Global Watch

    The U.S. Withdrawal from the World Health Organisation and its Implications for Uganda's Public Health System

    MUTARYEBWA EDGAR

    Unilateral Economic Sanctions, Trade Law, and Institutional Constraint in the Trump Era

    MUTARYEBWA EDGAR

    Minerals of War is a Weak Organisation

    Arthur Blick

    Uganda after the election: Victory declared, opposition persecuted, people disappeared

    Konrad Hirsch

    Culture & Critique

    The African Voter

    Godwin Muwanguzi

    “Enugu”—The Bitter Choir That Claps When You Fail

    Isaac Christopher Lubogo

    Selvi

    Shrutha Lokanath

    Gay or not Gay, Activist or not Activist: There is Nothing “In-between”.

    Godwin Muwanguzi

    Ugandans Who Cried ´WOLF´

    Asiimwe Esther Peace

    Obote Has Ruled Us So Badly

    Godwin Muwanguzi

    What Kills Uganda Under Museveni

    Uganda dies politely—through ritual elections, obedient silence, and injustice carefully renamed stability.

    Abdullatif Khalid Eberhard

    The U.S. Withdrawal from the World Health Organisation and its Implications for Uganda's Public Health System

    MUTARYEBWA EDGAR

    Nobody Talks About This: When Hope Hurts More Than It Helps

    MUNUNUZI TIMOTHY KISAKYE

    Democracy on an Aeroplane

    Abdullatif Khalid Eberhard

    Unilateral Economic Sanctions, Trade Law, and Institutional Constraint in the Trump Era

    MUTARYEBWA EDGAR