Political crime

Are you SLACKTIVIST? Facebook’s spaces of political participation in Uganda. As a student of Social media psychology let me share with my readers some of the predominant traits and characteristics of Facebook spaces use in Uganda for political participation. The choice the of subject of politics and Facebook social media platform for mediation are motivated by the fact that the most central topic on Facebook tend to be political. Facebook is by far a platform with the capacity to mould public discourse in simple terms Facebook is a platform for political deliberation and democratic decision-making. In order to help you identify the specific characteristics of people who use Facebook spaces of participation, I will introduce these three terms and later explain it with our local Ugandan context. 1. Slacktivism 2. Flaming wars 3. Deliberation Everyone who participates on Facebook belongs to one or more of the mentioned characteristics, the starting point is a post or an a...

FDC makes Uganda proud again!. Hon. Engineer Winnie Byanyima  Following the footsteps of UPC,FDC ensures that Uganda is represented globally by creme da la creme of its personalities and that are of a very high integrity. Uganda deserves to be respected for the qualities of leaders it has in the country. Whereas FDC and other parties have strived to make Uganda proud by recommending men and women of unparalleled records to global positions. In the contrary the NRM has acted in contempt of the tenants of integrity by recommending felons like Hon Kutesa Sam and Former VP Dr. Wandera Kazibwe to high global positions. Idealy as Ugandans it shouldn't have mattered which party sleeves the individuals wear , whether it is FDC, NRM, DP ,UPC or ANT we should all be proud of any achievement any of Ugandan being appointed to a high profile position globally. But ,however in NRM its disdain for our country was proved indeed when Kutesa the person they chose to represent Uganda in...

Senior policy analyst Godber Tumushabe reaction to Junta leader Museveni long repetitive missive about the status of the country's social economic situation. I personally don't feel obliged to read any of Museveni 34 years of lies. However I think this response from Godber is warranted. MR. PRESIDENT, CASH HANDOUTS IS GOOD POLITICS BUT BAD ECONOMIC POLICY FOR A NATION Dear President Museveni, I send you greetings and best wishes for good health. I haven't written on these pages for a while. Have been quite busy as well making my small contributions  on how to make our country better. Because I assume that no matter our policy differences , making Uganda better should be the collective aspiration of each one of us who call Uganda home. Mr. President, I was smoked out of my current hustles by your letter dated August 6, 2019 which was published on the State House website on August 11, 2019. First of all, I wish to congratulate you for a well written letter. I found...

When you don't have vision you're doomed to fail. Dr. Kizza-Besigye  One of the remarkable quotes of president Wrn Kizza-Besigye in 2019 is " The reason we go to school is to learn from the experience of others". Let me put this into the perspective ,in a struggle of any kind  of recognition be it, dignity, human rights, political freedom and identity. Its not ironical that in history every front of human liberation struggle began as a united movement but as the struggle grinds on, ideological cracks begin to emerge within the movement. Why? Because we are human, we agree, we disagree we want to dominate, we are competitive animals etc. In this frontier of liberation only one thing stands out which separates the chickens from the eagles and that thing is VISION. That is why I have precisely started with the message the theme of vision . In the bible there is a verse which says " without vision people perish" . Just like any struggle anywhere ag...

MALICE SIGHTED IN THE WRONGFUL ARREST AND DETENTION OF KYOMYA WILLIAM AND OMONDI MICHEAL. The story of Kyomya & Omondi exposes the routine ruthlessness of Ugandan security operatives , they are the leading agents of injustices against the citizens and it's even exacerbated by the connivance of some rogue elements in the judiciary. A story published on The Sunday Vision newspaper that appeared on 11thJune, 2017, Page 6 by Farooq Kasule and Micheal Odeng titled; UGANDANS FACE TERRORISM CHARGES OVER KENYA ELECTIONS. The Sunday Vision newspaper alleged that both William  Kyomya Atwooki and Micheal Omondi had been charged with terrorism for allegedly fabricating information stating that the Ugandan Government was planning to sneak Ugandans with dual citizenship into Kenya to vote in the now just concluded 8thAugust 2017 Kenya Presidential elections. While in detention, they were Ruthlessly tortured at the notorious Nalufenya Detention Centre in Jinja for 2 months...

Inside the UPDF. Museveni is planning to demobilise the army and replace them with his trusted new recruits.  The secret memos sent to all commanders is to  list all UPDF soldiers who have served for over 10 years. Museveni understands that he is fast losing support and control of the army , because there is abnormally high rates of desertion due to battle weariness and corruption tendencies of their superiors. Therefore CDF Lt Gen David Muhoozi has orders to target old soldiers mostly of lower ranks from private to Capt who are aged over 40 years,their assessment is that these soldiers will pollute the new recruits with indicipline and thus infect his young soldiers with bad manners which will put him in  logger head with his commanders. They have made considerable progress in compiling this list and 90% names of those proposed soldiers to retire forcefully has been completed , the first phase of implementation is set to begin in February 2018. This is part...