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“Bakuhe Kazire”: Patenting Traditional Medicine.

“Bakuhe Kazire”: Patenting Traditional Medicine.

There is, apparently, a notable increment in an interest in alternative medicines and in the same breath, another increment in the criticism of modern medical researchers who use knowledge of…

May 12, 2017May 12, 2017
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A case against Museveni’s Investors

A case against Museveni’s Investors

A Little History Yoweri Kaguta Museveni became president of the Republic of Ugandan on January 26, 1986 after leading a successful five-year guerrilla struggle against the regimes of Milton Obote…

May 5, 2017May 7, 2017
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Stella Nyanzi: The Classic Faux Pas.

Stella Nyanzi: The Classic Faux Pas.

Here’s to the crazy ones! The misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of the rules,…

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017
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Citizen Participation in the budget making process: A case of Mombasa County.

Citizen Participation in the budget making process: A case of Mombasa County.

The budget making process is one interesting topic. Numerous publications have been done on it since Kenya came under the new constitutional dispensation in 2010. The constitution, by creating 47…

April 20, 2017April 21, 2017
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The government alone cannot educate our children

The government alone cannot educate our children

Change, the adage goes, is a fact of life. As such, a handful of experts, members of the Cabinet, and the top two officers at the helm of our leadership…

January 11, 2017January 11, 2017
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The reality of modern day democratic theory.

The reality of modern day democratic theory.

Democracy’s distinctive agendas Broadly, we can take democracy to entail self-rule; we can take it to entail certain individual freedoms; we can take it to mean constitutionalism creating constitutional democracy…

January 3, 2017
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Yahya Jammeh, and the other bitter fruits of African independence.

Yahya Jammeh, and the other bitter fruits of African independence.

In politics, there is nothing new under the sun; what is happening today has happened before, and will happen again in the future. In Uganda, and, indeed, in Africa as…

December 22, 2016December 22, 2016
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Of failing Institutions in East Africa

Of failing Institutions in East Africa

Honourable Raila Odinga, a renowned Kenyan politician is said to have once said that what Africa needs to develop are three things; “infrastructure, infrastructure, and infrastructure.” Infrastructure may be interpreted…

November 28, 2016
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Women in Politics: The elusive glass Ceiling

Women in Politics: The elusive glass Ceiling

Tuesday, November 11, 2016 was a day that bore bounds of promise for many, especially women world over. After decades of demonstrations of their worth, value, dignity, and potential, in…

November 14, 2016November 14, 2016
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The Legend of Lubwama: The Joke is On Us

The Legend of Lubwama: The Joke is On Us

On February 18, 2016, the good people of Rubaga (a suburb of Kampala, Uganda) went completely haywire, bonkers even, when they, during the Presidential and Parliamentary elections held then, chose…

November 7, 2016
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Asylum seeker, refugee, and immigrant

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The right not to be subjected to medical experimentation

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Can the African Union travel advisories in reciprocity?

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Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery

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CRB TO LIST DIRECTORS AND KEY SHAREHOLDERS

The names of directors and key shareholders of companies whose loans are non perfoming will now be listed with Credit Reference Bureaus. This is according to the new proposed CRB…

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What is Immunity?

Wikipedia defines immunity as ‘…a doctrine of international law that allows an accused to avoid prosecution for criminal offences.’ It goes ahead and divides immunity into two types, i.e.: functional…

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Why You Need to Lodge a Caveat on Your Land

"The land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it’s the only thing that lasts". The above quotation reflects the…

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Right to Privacy is Fundamental

The right to privacy, I believe, protects the dignity of a person. “the right of people to make personal decisions regarding intimate matters; under the Common Law, the right of…

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