Social Justice
Whose Flag Is It Anyway? Patriotism, Power, and Repression in Uganda
Uganda is currently experiencing a political struggle over flags, not just party symbols but the national flag itself. What should be a neutral symbol of unity has become a flashpoint in the 2026 election campaigns, revealing deeper issues surroundin
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When Fear Replaces Facts: Disinformation in Uganda’s Elections
The just concluded Presidential and Parliamentary elections revealed a stark truth: fear has become the organizing principle of politics. Celebration belongs largely to those for whom the system worked, and to those who built that system. Disinformat
The Myth of a “Peaceful Election”: Violence Hidden in Plain Sight
Uganda’s elections are routinely described by state authorities as “peaceful,” a claim repeated with such regularity that it has come to function less as a factual assessment than as a narrative shield. Violence, in this telling, is either denied out
“Protecting the Gains”: How Uganda’s Elections Are Being Won Without Voting
For the forthcoming general elections, the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) adopted the campaign slogan “Protecting the Gains.”
For many Ugandans, however, the gains to be protected are not developmental achievements, nor democratic mileston
Abateketeke disposed: What Uganda’s Parliament Really Needs
Uganda has recently been caught in a noisy, emotional, and at times bitter debate about Members of Parliament and the kind of Parliament the country deserves. The spark was the National Unity Platform primaries process, where several long-serving, we
In Defence of the “Lumpen”: Why Uganda’s Politics Cannot Exclude Its Wounded Majority.
This article was born out of unease. Unease triggered by a statement from my friend Samwyri, popularly known as “Chaos Theory”, a veteran activist whose efforts I respect, but whose recent reflection on X left me troubled. He said, and I quote, ‘the
God, Guns, and the Ugandan Struggle: Rethinking Faith in Our Fight for Change
Earlier this week, I had a refreshing conversation with Maria Nattabi Ledochowska, the National Unity Platform candidate for Butembe County. Amidst the prevalent practices of survival handouts, voter buying, and populism among young politicians, Mari
Poor fishing communities targeted and discriminated against on L.Victoria
A year after his arrest by the Fish Protection Unit of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Moses Musitwa was still paying off debts he…
How Makerere erased our freedoms
It is 7:00pm July 14, 2022. Despite the onset of darkness, hundreds of students are moving on all university roads, chanting their candidates’ names. On…