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Elections and domestic peace in Africa: assessing peace opportunities in Uganda’s 2021 presidential election
(Springer International Publishing, 2022-11)
Substantial narratives have in recent years been woven around the role of electoral democracy, widely welcoming it as a symbol of Africa’s advancement towards nonviolent power transfer and political stability. Yet, such ...
Characterising the archaeological assemblage of Kaiso Village in the Ugandan Albertine Rift
(SpringerLink, 2022-12)
This paper presents results from archaeological surveys and excavations conducted in 2012 around Kaiso Village located within the Albertine Graben part of the Western arm of the Great East African Rift Valley. This area ...
The 1995 Constitution as a Tool for Dictatorship in Uganda: An African Dilemma of Constitutionalism
(SpringerLink, 2022-11)
This chapter examines the interplay between the 1995 Constitution and the growing tendency of dictatorship in Uganda. The main argument is that whereas the drafting of the 1995 Constitution was seen by many as an attempt ...
History of Kiryandongo refugee settlement, Kiryandongo district, western Uganda 1954-2018
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2022-08)
The purpose of this study was to examine the history of Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement,
Kiryandongo district from 1954-2018. It analysed the geography of the place, how the name
Kiryandongo came about, and described the ...
Polygamy as a dominant pattern of sexual pairing among the Acholi of Uganda
(Springer Link: Sexuality and Culture., 2019-09-30)
Polygamy has of recent been a focus of attention of scholars, traditionalists, human rights activists and feminists. Whereas human rights activists and feminists regard polygamy as oppressive, discriminative and barbaric, ...
The Arab springs and the “walk to work” movement in Uganda: contest for political space and freedom
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2016-01)
This paper presents an overview of how the Arab Springs influenced events in the Walk-to Work Protests
in Uganda during the period after the 2011 election. It builds on the previous analysis of the nexus between
the Arab ...
On the waters: economic and political drivers of maritime conflicts between Uganda and its neighbors
(African Studies Quarterly, 2021-10)
The Great Lakes region has, in the recent past, been awash with numerous border
conflicts/or threats to conflict among the member states. Whereas various studies have
endeavored to explain the emergence of such conflicts, ...
The political economy of globalization and employment returns to youth in Uganda
(Springer International Publishing, 2020-06)
The political economy of globalization, with its main features such as market-driven technology, trade, and capital flows, continues to alter the structure of labour markets in developing countries, adversely affecting ...
The land question in socio-political conflicts in Bukedi and Bugisu in eastern Uganda: 1900- 2007
(Dar es salaam University (unpublished work), 2017-10)
This study investigated the land question in socio-political conflicts in Bukedi and
Bugisu in eastern Uganda. It specifically examines the origin of the land question in
Bukedi and Bugisu and how it evolved over time; ...
Sugarcane plantations and the alienation of land from smallholder farmers through out-grower schemes in Busoga Sub-Region in Eastern Uganda
(Journal of African Studies, 2023)
Despite wide research on land grabbing in Africa, much of the existing
literature restricts the practice mainly to a situation where land is leased
or sold to outside investors for the production of food and biofuel ...