Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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“The army in development, Private -Public-Partnerships, land giveaways and other issues”
Recently all of the above topics have made headlines. PPP’s are now a buzzword and are the new “privatisation” mantra but should be approached with caution in a corrupt environment! Below are my opinions from an inbox discussion with friends in 2011. Cutting corners Nyenje said they are missing out on the real issues…
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First they came for the Bayindi ….!
Drew Ddembe After the war on mini skirts, ‘sodomists’ people who put their tongues in the ‘wrong’ places, one wonders who is next! According to the one and only visionary in the country, to “lick the bowl” or to “suck the lollipop” to apply the local colloquials are unnatural and “una african” whatever that means!!…
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Letter to Nina – Of Lukwago when the state exercises primitive power!
My dearest Nina Mbabazi, Today i watched a little jumped up tin pot dictator exercise his power in an expression of brute force. It reminded me of yours and my courtship at the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011. those days you my dear were full of fire. You were the yellow…
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Were Museveni’s 2011 elections rigged?
In 2011 all President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni run in a presidential election for the 5th time. He has previously stood in 1980 where he got 4.1% of the vote in an election widely believed to have been rigged. He subsequently fought a very destructive 5 year war in which tens to hundreds of thousands of…
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Letter to Nina; Please give me a reason to return to Uganda!
Nina my dear, Obwedda bambi ndi wano nga nkulowoozako! You see these days I get really worried about you! Anti the streets are heaving and panting with anger! And one of these days, something is going to give! As they say in luganda, ‘ekizimba kinateera okwabikka’! I do not know if you people are…
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Parliament’s approving General Aronda as minister is an abuse of the 1995 constitution!
A few years ago, Noble Mayombo, a serving army officer was appointed to chair the New Vision board and later was appointed a permanent secretary. I thought that that was strange and was a contradiction of the spirit in which the constitution of Uganda mandated the exclusion of serving army officers in politics. A few…
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The Museveni of 1986 thinks Museveni has no business being in politics today!
The Museveni of 1986 thinks Museveni has no business being in politics today! “Politics is about the provision of roads, water, drugs in hospitals, and schools for children. Take the road from here, Parliament Buildings to Republic house. This road is so bad that if a pregnant woman travels on it, I am sure she…
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# Introduction * This is my book! * Chapter one is over. * Chapter two has just begun. # Chapter One * Chapter one is over. * This is my book! * Chapter two has just begun. # Chapter Two * Chapter two has just begun. * This is my book! * Chapter one is…
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What does Bahati know about Ms Nebanda’s death?
@christine says… @christine says “Considering the fact that the late Nebanda was a rebel MP I am more than sure that if she was on drugs that fact would have been exploited and used to destroy her long before her tragic demise. ..lAbout the use of the words ‘idiots’ it is very unbecoming for any…
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