Category Archives: Uganda

Gay Ugandans: Loud and Proud

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

By Val Kalende About 10 years ago, when I first came out to my guardian and, later, to my closest colleagues at the Daily Monitor newspaper in Uganda, I was nothing short of terrified of losing both family and friends. As I had anticipated, declaring my love for fellow women got me my own share of homelessness, verbal abuse, and alienation even from people I trusted the most. Abandoned as a teenager and forced into maturity at a tender age, I always believed in the transformative power of truth, because the truth, as they say, sets us free. My “coming out” story as a Pentecostal-raised Ugandan lesbian woman is no different … Continue reading →

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Kony 2012:
Why the ‘Let’s get the bad guy’ script is a problem not a solution

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

By Alex de Waal Millions of young Americans are being told about a bizarre and murderous African cult. They are also being told that for 25 years Africa has been waiting for America to solve this problem, which can be done by capturing Africa’s crazed evildoer and handing him over to international justice. And they are led to believe that what has stopped this from happening is that American leaders don’t care enough. The apologists for Invisible Children call this “raising awareness.” I call it peddling dangerous and patronizing falsehoods. Put yourself in Joseph Kony’s shoes: imagine you are a fugitive leader of a rebel band in the forests of … Continue reading →

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Revealed: How the Museveni family owns Uganda

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

  By Oryema Johnson Karibuni mwaka mupya (welcome to the New Year) and the best of the coming 12 months ahead. After joining New Yorkers in Time Square to welcome 2012 yesterday , this morning, without any hangovers, I sat at the table to have my first coffee of the new year and on the table with my laptop open, I reviewed this article below written in 2009 about Museveni’s family governance of Uganda. The article focuses on how many businesses in Uganda are owned and run by the Museveni family and friends. My attention will not be on the negative aspect of this family empire, but on the positive … Continue reading →

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