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Big Men, Little People

Ever read Alec Russell’s novel with the above title? It is a must read for anybody who wants to to get a glimpse of how Africa operates. Since independence Africans have been terribly betrayed by the Europeans, the superpowers, and…

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What We Got Wrong on Privatization

Through out the eighties and nineties, the buzzword in economic management was liberalization. Arising out of the ‘Washington Consensus’, and the reforms of Margaret Thatcher in the UK, we in the third world were convinced that the only way to…

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What they don’t teach you at Makerere

We all fondly remember the great teachers in our journey through life. That is assuming you were privileged to have teachers. They never leave your mind, because they have such a large impact on your psyche. Over the last forty…

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