Month: October 2016

On September 25, 2016, a message went public – well, amongst some circles. It was to the effect that there was an ongoing traffic operation in Wandegeya. The operation was intending to curb drivers with worn out tyres, without driving licences, and, also, without motor third party insurance. Without any of the mentioned, victims would… Continue reading Kawunyemu Alert: Community Policing the Police

“You are being watched. The government has a secret system, a machine that spies on you every hour of every day…” This is the opening line in the popular TV series, Person of Interest. Whereas the series is interesting to watch, one can’t help but notice gross violations of the right to privacy throughout the… Continue reading You Are Being Watched: Defending the Right to Privacy

This article is in continuation of the article The Law and Natural Disasters, which is about Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Disaster Risk Management (DRM), under our #IStandWithHaiti series. It is the 2nd in the series. Checklist points 1 and 2 Point 1 Do you have a dedicated law for disaster risk management that prioritizes… Continue reading 10 point checklist on law and DRR (2)

Calvin Mbane Alfayo alias Mohamed Alfayo the man who boasted on Facebook, displaying photos of himself and an underage girl with whom he claimed to have had sex was arraigned in a Sotik court on October 5, 2016 and will return to court to take plea on October 11. True, the gravity of a sexual… Continue reading Stop Child Abuse: No Plea Bargain

Today, October 11th is the International day of the Girl. Today, we celebrate the girl child. There are approximately 1.1 billion girls in the world. These girls are part of the future world; they are the people who will take on our world.

Are disasters caused by nature preventable? Can our professionals in meteorology determine when a hurricane will strike, when a tsunami will arrive or when the winds or the sun will be harsh? If they can tell, is there a way, the government, through the law, can ensure that the inhabitants of these commonly affected areas… Continue reading The law and natural disasters

“A travel advisory” appeared in a Kenyan newspaper this week warning Africans who intend to visit the United States to be aware of continued instability and civil unrest in places like Charlotte, North Carolina, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where protests have erupted in the last few months over police killings of black people. On a closer… Continue reading Can the African Union travel advisories in reciprocity?

Inclusion – of all members – and their engagement with, especially, local and foreign sister societies, is at the core of all law societies. Well, at least the ones in the East African region. National societies have diversified well enough in order to appeal to, acknowledge and celebrate the diversities of their members who include… Continue reading Law Societies: Transitions in inclusion & engagement

I’m sitting here, as I type this article, thinking about Uganda and its people, and how there are so many things that are good about this country which we never acknowledge. I’m a big critic of our government and of the very construct of this thing called Uganda, which is a capitalist construct in the… Continue reading Talking Politics: Way forward for Uganda

There has been a lot of chatter about the issue of representation in Parliament especially when a constituent’s representative is incarcerated or is unable to perform his/her duties. Days after the Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Hon. Rebecca Kadaga announced the one month vacation for parliamentarians; some discontent has arisen among the residents of Nakawa Municipality.… Continue reading The Fate of Kabaziguruka’s Constituents