By Bob Kasango While most of the public have been mostly interested in the sensational non-legal elements of the story, the deepening rift between the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Police should be a matter of grave public concern. Whichever way it is resolved, it has far-reaching legal …
Read More »Who after Pope Benedict XI?
By Bob Kasango The Catholic Church has had three African popes. Is 2013, the year of Africa? On Feb. 28, Benedict XVI will become the first pope to resign in almost 600 years. That is not just tradition; it is dogma. In the past 1000 years, only four other popes …
Read More »The rise of women
By Bob Kasango Their `century’ shouldn’t be perceived as the end of men On Sept. 21 Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff became the first woman ever to give the opening speech at UN General Assembly session. She called this ‘the century of women’. Barely a fortnight later, three women won the …
Read More »Rubaga vote recount dents Judiciary
By Bob Kasango Deployment of security forces at Mengo court contributed to the disregard of the High Court order and assaulted independence of our judiciary. The saga involving the vote recount in Rubaga Division in Kampala is bringing to the fore again the clash between the judiciary and the executive. …
Read More »Public accountability lessons from Toyota
By Bob Kasango When to espouse the virtues of humility, mutual respect and integrity Akio Toyoda, the 54 year old grandson of the company’s founder is the president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation. Toyota Motor Corporation is the world’s largest automobile maker by sales. Its total revenue for the …
Read More »Is the Church protecting sinners or criminals?
By Bob Kasango The troubling history of the Catholic Church and abuse of children has Pope Benedict embroiled in yet another pedophile scandal. This time it started with Pope Benedict himself when as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and his handling of the case of a priest accused of pedophilia. Cardinal Joseph …
Read More »Terreblanche death threatens South Africa’s racial stability
By Bob Kasango Eugene Terreblanche, the 69-year-old White South African supremacist, was attacked on Saturday evening at his home on his farm near the town of Ventersdorp, North West province in South Africa. South Africa’s history is littered with killings and so the killing of a White farmer far away …
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