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Police have consistently served as instruments of political order rather than neutral guardians of public security NEWS ANALYSIS |  JUDE KAGORO | Uganda’s police have long faced criticism for politically charged interventions. These include episodes in which lethal force has been used in ways that observers describe as excessive or indiscriminate. …

A micro-sociological personal perspective of the country Kampala, Uganda | JUDE KAGORO |  Rwanda is a country that is both understudied and misunderstood. Some people go to Rwanda sing praises of what they have seen and perhaps forget. Others, using euro-centric and Afro-pessimist lens, criticise uncritically. Some rely on age-old cliché to …

By Jude Kagoro Militarisation of crime and violence against police officers in Uganda On July 17, Eric Garner, a giant 43-year old black man died during an arrest by the New York Police Department (NYPD). Garner’s crime was selling untaxed loose cigarettes on the streets. Thanks to an amateur video, …

By Jude Kagoro Why homosexuality and alternative sexuality will be tolerated in Uganda in the near future In the course of my recent working visit to Uganda I, on countless occasions, found myself holding discussions on the Anti-homosexuality Bill (now law). This was not surprising because the discourse surrounding the …

By Jude Kagoro A modern police force and justice system can only be founded on well-structured and functioning social institutions The trinity doctrine that is central to the Christian faith defines God the father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as co-eternal and one of the same essence—the three are …

By Dr. Jude Kagoro Demonstrations versus socio-political order in Kampala Renowned French philosopher, Gustave Le Bon once proposed that crowds are far less intelligent than the individuals that comprise them. When individuals come together in a crowd, there is a strong likelihood that their individual conscious personality and intelligence temporarily …

By Jude Kagoro Re-interpreting the Uganda Police Force In the course of a six-month pre-field work preparation phase for research on the police practices in Uganda, I sat in my office at Bremen University in Germany reviewing articles on the force in the major Ugandan newspapers. In sum, the newspapers …

By Jude Kagoro Journalists are doing their country a disservice by knowingly or unknowingly marketing the militarization of politics Oftentimes, political commentators in Uganda make a claim that there is militarization in the country. To the commentators, the nuances intended to be captured in the usage of the concept largely …

By Jude Kagoro Why music industry is replete with brand-names related to military ranks, weapons, and jargon For any system or practice to survive there must be enough deep-rooted mass support for it. Democracy can only survive in a society that has enough democrats. Equally true is that for tyranny …