Monthly archives: February, 2016
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To regulate or not regulate social media – case in point : #UgandaDecides0
- Africa, Democracy, Media, Social Media, Uganda
- 29.02.2016.
On 25th February at the Lagos Social Media Week, BBC Africa Debate held a conversation that was asking: Should Social Media be regulated? Now, that caught me unawares –but I also thought to myself – how timely. Here is why: 18 February 2016 saw Uganda go to the polls for the general election. On Election
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Zambia’s Gender Based Violence cases shoot to alarming levels0
Cases of gender based violence (GBV) have reached alarming levels in Zambia to an extent where school-going girls are now being taught not to allow their older brothers or fathers to touch them. GBV is so common that the media in the country has now made it one of the stories being given prominence in
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Never Expect Politicians to Promote Freedom of Information0
- Governance, Malawi, Media, Politics
- 26.02.2016.
Hungarian-born American publisher Joseph Pulitzer noticed that “there is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle which does not live by secrecy.” He further observed: “get these things out in the open, describe them, attack them, ridicule them in the press, and sooner or
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The Predictable Nature Of Corruption in Kenya1
Corruption scandals have become a “fact of life” for many Kenyans, who have come to regard them as just another facet of Kenyan life, alongside high taxes, poor service delivery, our “cult of personality” approach to politics and religion, and the misfortunes occasioned to us by terrorism. These burdens seem to be ours for the
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Meryl Streep gets sucked into Twitter’s echo chamber0
- culture, Politics, Uncategorized
- 24.02.2016.
You’ve no doubt heard of Meryl Streep’s response when asked what her views were on the all-white judging panel at the Berlin Film Festival. She was reported to have said “we’re all Africans, really”. The quote was first reported by Associated Press on February 11, but then became the pretext of a number of think-pieces
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Caregiving for Ghosts0
- Human Rights, Kenya, Social
- 23.02.2016.
My memory is again in the way of your history. Agha Shahid Ali, Farewell. I’ve been wondering about the role of apathy. We read about it and talk about it often. Even as we try and figure out how to best present a story we ask ourselves “why should I care?” This question has been
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Why Kenyans are keenly following the Uganda elections0
- Africa, Democracy, East Africa, Elections, Kenya, Politics, Social Media
- 15.02.2016.
On Thursday Uganda will go to the polls to decide whether incumbent president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who has been in power for three decades, gets another five-year term or hands over power to the opposition. No doubt that this is a defining moment for Uganda whichever way ‘the dice rolls.’ These elections are however not just
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Uganda: Marking 30 years of liberation with threats0
- Elections
- 12.02.2016.
Uganda’s most controversial election was held on December 10 and 11, 1980. While Dr. Apollo Milton Obote’s Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) was declared winner, Dr. Paul K. Ssemogerere’s Democratic Party (DP) disputed the result, claiming victory. A third political party, Yoweri Museveni’s Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM), decided to take the contest to the bush and started a guerrilla war in
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What Would Populist Tanzanians Do?0
- Governance, Politics, Tanzania
- 11.02.2016.
“I’m not a mad man or a dictator” – President Magufuli By now, after 100 days in office as the President of Tanzania, we can safely say we have an idea of ‘what would Magufuli do (next)?‘ The question, then, is do we know what would Tanzanians do? Or more precisely, what would the populist
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Outrage as Zambia Hikes Presidential Nomination Fees By 750%0
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has announced an increment of nomination fee for presidential candidates for the country’s 2016 presidential election by 750%, triggering complaints from opposition parties, aspiring candidates and the civil society. ECZ Chairperson Justice Esau Chulu said the increase of the presidential nomination fee from K10,000 (US$1,000) to K75,000 (US$7,500) was
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