East Africa: Is Uganda at 50 a Failed State?

Prof. Jjuuko of Makerere University thinks it is but others differ

Makerere University professor Frederick Jjuko recently stirred up debate when in a keynote address he said Uganda is a "failed state". He said the government's failure to provide social services, the militarisation of everyday life, failure of democracy, suppression of individual rights and freedom, and general economic failure are indicators of Uganda as a failed state.

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