New update✉️: Please read our book review by Dr Gerald Bareebe of the book ~Arbitrary states: social control and modern authoritarianism in Museveni’s Uganda by Rosena Tapscott 🚔 ♿ published by Oxford University Press #authoritarian #state #Uganda Link➡️bit.ly/3KAjM17

The architecture looks amazing. Congratulations Kin Kariisa🇺🇬

There is no doubt that lack of road discipline is a major cause of road accidents in Uganda. Government should introduce serious standardized knowledge test for everyone who wants a driver's licence. This is appalling!

Big claim! The video quality doesn't tell us much. Perhaps the DRC's rainforests affected the video quality.

Kari Lake is pushing stolen election rhetoric. She falsely claims rival Katie Dobbs has never been in the lead in Arizona race, DESPITE losing by over 34,000 votes currently, with 88% of the votes counted. Enjoy Cecily Strong’s impression of election denier Kari Lake.

We are looking for highly qualified candidates to apply for a professorial stream tenure-track appointment in Black Politics at the Assistant Professor level. apply.laps.yorku.ca/prog/departmen…

Two tenure-track positions. Black Politics AND Black Politics in Canada. Both Assistant Professor rank. Completed applications deadline: February 10th, 2023. Black Politics: webapps.yorku.ca/academichiring…; Black Politics in Canada: webapps.yorku.ca/academichiring… Contact: [email protected]

My latest article with @moseskhisa explaining how elites’ attitudes and perceptions shape interstate relations (case study of Uganda-Rwanda relations) is published in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics Commonwealth and Comparative Politics tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/10…

Fresh on the Ugandan media market is The Wagenda Review, a journal of culture, art & ideas. It’s founded and edited by Rodney Muhumuza. Uganda’s rich culture finally has a voice. Nice to read articles by Uganda’s finest writers. Please find a copy from your nearest bookstore.

This is President Yoweri Museveni during the International Youth Celebrations in Kabale, a Ugandan town closer to the border with Rwanda. There must be an explanation for this heightened level of counter-sniper measures.

Article alert📩: Please read our article 'Rwanda-Uganda relations: elites’ attitudes and perceptions in interstate relations' by Dr Gerald Bareebe and @moseskhisa #Rwanda #Uganda #relationship Link➡️bit.ly/3SnJlrX

My article explaining how President Museveni’s regime stifled Bobi Wine youth-led movement through controlling consent, containing dissent and planting misinformation is published in the Canadian Journal of African Studies. Access Taylor & Francis shorturl.at/ikPQS

This astonishing issue of TWR will be published in Jan. In any event, The Weganda Review No. 3 isn't one to be missed. Cover art is by Ronex Ahimbisibwe. Charles Onyango-Obbo, Barbara Barungi, B.P. Tabaire, Kwezi Tabaro, Snr. Cde. Robert Kabushenga, Don Wanyama, Odoki Jimmy Acellam, Dr Gerald Bareebe, bookishray, Jackee Batanda

Happy new reading! A couple of articles that came out while we were on hiatus: First, Dr Gerald Bareebe examines the #Museveni regime's efforts to suppress #BobiWine's youth movement in #Uganda tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Read my article in the latest issue of The Weganda Review . It explains why the ‘institutionalization’ of President Yoweri Museveni is a betrayal of hope and goodwill, and a return to authoritarianism. thewegandareview.org/political-rema…

I've a new book chapter explaining the role of the UPDF in the duration of the NRM regime in a volume edited by Prof. @moseskhisa and published by Bloomsbury Books UK bloomsbury.com/us/autocratiza…

Today, we are launching the Elite Africa Online Database, a curated collection of resources for researchers interested in African elites. Search our extensive bibliography by power domain, find professional contacts, and locate organizations across Africa. eliteafricaproject.org/database

Look out for the awesome fourth issue of The Weganda Review when it's published in April. Cover art is an oil painting by George W. Kyeyune, a professor at MUK who's arguably Uganda's greatest living artist. Charles Onyango-Obbo Carol Alyek Beyanga Godwin Bonge Muhwezi Kwezi Tabaro Dr Gerald Bareebe Claire Umutoni Mugabe

ICYMI: Since gaining independence in 1962, Uganda has not had a professional and permanent army. In the second installment of the serialization of an anthology that looks at the processes behind the autocratic deepening in Uganda, titled Autocratisation in Contemporary Uganda: