Tag Archives: Makerere University

Uganda @50: Going beyond the decay

October 21, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Independence in 1962 found me in P4 at Kizinga Primary School in present day Ntungamo district in western Uganda. Kizinga hill in general was undergoing rapid development with school and church buildings being built and/or modernised. The headmaster, Erick Rwakasore … read more »

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Is Uganda @ 50 a failed state?

October 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Prof. Jjuuko of Makerere University thinks it is but others differ Makerere University professor Frederick Jjuko recently stirred up debate when in a keynote address he said Uganda is a “failed state”. He said the government’s failure to provide social … read more »

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Can Uganda’s opposition upset the president’s plans for succession?

February 11, 2011 by benim

Yoweri Museveni is allegedly grooming his son to follow him, but first he needs to defeat challengers in Uganda’s presidential elections this month. It is not a good omen for a rising politician of Uganda’s National Resistance Movement to be … read more »

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