BY RICHARD SSEWAKIRYANGA This article by Richard Ssewakiryanga, Senior Research Fellow, CBR, engages a sharp and timely debate on moral responsibility, intellectual labour, and elite silence in Uganda’s political life. Responding to Shemi Esquire’s critique of Mahmood Mamdani’s Book – Slow Poison, it argues for a more careful reading of what memoir, scholarship, and historical reflection...Read More

Policy Think Piece AI & Social Research: Moving from Hype to Value Artificial Intelligence (AI) is taking social research “by storm.” Across Uganda,Africa, and the wider world, researchers, students, and practitioners are adopting generative AI tools to draft reports, code interviews, and even write academic papers. This excitement has triggered a wave of shallow prompting,...Read More

PUTTING INTO PERSPECTIVE THE OPM ‘MABATI’ MISAPPROPRIATION AND KARAMOJA IMPROVED GOATS’ SAGA Summary: This think Piece aims to put in a broader perspective the current debates surrounding the controversial handling by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), and the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs (MKAs) of relief items intended for different categories of vulnerable persons in...Read More