Daily Monitor
Monday February 15 2021
Chaplains are of profound significance in most national institutions. Some institutions refer to chaplains as faith-advisers, inter/multi-faith advisers, belief contacts, contacts among many titles as Austin et.al.(2020) writes.
Many national institutions in Uganda may comfortably achieve their goals however, with the assistance of chaplains, the human resource character may be moulded better for the benefit of these institutions and nation at large.
Chaplaincy policies should be embraced by all national institutions since policies are a set of rules or guidelines for an organisation to achieve compliance.
In the medieval times, chaplains were clerics charged with guarding the cape (chape) or cloak of St. Martin of Tours. Martin of Tours (c. 317–397) was a Roman soldier who later converted to Christianity.
Exploring media viability after Covid-19
Monday February 08 2021
Uganda Broadcasting Service (UBS) was the first radio station to be established in Uganda in 1954 by the British government to accelerate colonial administration in the country.
The television branch of UBS was established the following decade in 1963. The two branches monopolised airwaves for about four decades.
Over these years, the subject of media viability was never a serious issue, since the only two broadcasting houses were state-owned.
However, the broadcasting industry dramatically changed after the liberalisation of the airwaves in 1993. This new development saw private entrepreneurs establish commercial radio and television stations.
Currently, Uganda has about 250 licenced radio stations and more than 40 television stations.
2021-02-05 07:35:48 GMT2021-02-05 15:35:48(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KAMPALA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) Victims of a two-decade long rebellion in northern Uganda said that justice has been done after a former Lord s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander was convicted on Thursday of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Judges at the Hague-based ICC on Thursday found Dominic Ongwen guilty of 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in northern Uganda in a 20-year war raging until 2006.
Ongwen, a former child soldier who rose through the rank and file of the LRA, was among the five top commanders of the outfit who were indicted by the ICC. The other three are said to have died apart from rebel leader Joseph Kony who is still in hiding.
PhD graduates not developing Uganda - Mak report
Friday January 29 2021
Makerere University Chancellor Prof Ezra Suruma confers a PhD upon a male Graduand during the 69th Graduation Ceremony. A report by Makerere indicates that PhD graduates are not developing Uganda. Photo | Mak
Summary
Among the institutions that informed the research were both the private and public universities such as Makerere University, Mbarara University of Science Technology (MUST), Uganda Christian University, Kampala International University (KIU) and the Uganda Management Institute (UMI).
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Researchers from Makerere University College of Education and External Studies have revealed in a report that Uganda’s Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) graduates do not provide significant contribution towards the development of Uganda’s economy.
Social media s seizing of the Uganda election narrative was good for democracy
This article was first published on The Conversation.
For months, Ugandans have witnessed a vicious presidential election campaign without precedent. While the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, has enjoyed free rein on the campaign trail, his youthful main opponent Robert Kyagulanyi and his supporters have faced numerous obstacles – and physical assault. The result is a pervasive sense of political crisis in the run-up to the January 14 vote.
But in this crisis is the potential for release. Ordinary Ugandans are pouring their social and political grievances onto social media platforms, spawning debates around accountability and governance. They have taken to recording events they find newsworthy and posting them directly to ordinary people’s WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter accounts. In the process, they are sidestepping traditional channels – mainly radio, television and newspapers – along with their b