Developing Ugandan Political Thought
Dear Kyagulanyi, A man in chains stands tall and strong, pushing a child up, towards the sky, as symbol of freedom. The man is a concrete monument that stands in the middle of Kampala city;... Read more
We, Young Revolution, wish to congratulations to the new FDC party President, Patrick Oboi Amuriat on a transparent victory. Forum for democratic change has lived up-to its name – demo... Read more
Uganda’s “Working Class” – is some of the most submissive people on the planet. A history of brutal presidents has taught the populations to always run into hiding, a... Read more
As young Ugandans we anticipated that politics would be the field where ideas find their true market, and Uganda’s best minds would give rise to values and systems. We expected Parliam... Read more
In-spite of prohibiting the political organisation of other parties for more than 30 years, the NRM has greatly lost both political ground to those same parties, such as FDC, and the moral a... Read more
The NRM regime is obsessed with “giving youth” money, instead of a high quality education and high quality jobs. Why they choose to do this, instead of real development of the yo... Read more
It is not the youth lacking ideology, but NRM ideology is flawed, here are the arguments The problems facing Uganda are not “gaps”. Let us just call them that – the problems facing Uganda. T... Read more
This is not a mere election. The nation is already looking at piles of the dead, the wounded and the languishing in prison for having a mind that opposes a wrong status-quo. The president... Read more
Even though the ruling group in Rwanda (RPF) is almost entirely borne out of the Uganda’s NRA ranks, and the guns they shot into Rwanda with came from Uganda’s armories, Paul Kagame does not... Read more
Are you a political, economics, military or have an interest in governance of your country? Now you can publish your well researched, well written analysis on social-political issues, and yo... Read more
History shows that from the day Museveni first stood for public office (was MP of Nyabushozi, he as always lost. Even in the so called 1980 stolen election, even if it had not been stolen, M... Read more
The electorate of Uganda keep saying one thing, the NRM government headed by its chairman and president, keep hearing another thing. The people have been singing ‘we want democracy, we... Read more
It is factors that cause change; revolutionary minds simply observe & exploit those factors. In 1981, it was not the might of an invade force that made the prospect of change seem real;... Read more
Development without freedom lacks an ideological framework and does not stick. That what history has taught Uganda many folds several times. Government continues to merely politicise develop... Read more
Part 3: The ideological deception of NRM The danger posed by the NRA military revolution of 1986 on the country today goes beyond the counterfeiting of the political system & running gov... Read more
Part 2: The political universe created by the NRM revolution since 1986. For 29 years now, the NRM military revolution and its subsequent quasi-military government has dominated the... Read more
Part 1: Background As a people born approximately around the time of the NRM military revolution of 1980-1986 or raised in its subsequent government of 1986-present, it is imperative (requir... Read more
Statement on Homosexuality Law – Right on morality campus, wrong on political campus When I was a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child, I talked like a child. When I became... Read more
After a quarter century of individual rule, only a fool could second-guess the tactics used by the Ugandan dictator for the last 28 years to hoodwink Ugandans into forking out time to him. O... Read more
For the Ugandan young generation, it is hard to find a time in history, when the country was stable – the people united, the economy strong, the politics safe, the future clear. All th... Read more