Jimmy Spire Ssentongo

Biographic Data

ID107170
NAMEJimmy Spire Ssentongo
GIVEN NAMESJimmy Spire
FAMILY NAMESsentongo
SIGNATURESSENTONGO J S
AFFILIATIONSMakerere University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS28
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • “It just feels morally not right to Sell the data”

    Open AccessDeborah Ekusai‐Sebatta, David Kyaddondo et al.ARTICLEResearch Ethics2026

    While genomic data sharing enhances transparency and research efficiency, it also raises significant ethical and social challenges. This study explored stakeholders’ perspectives on these issues, particularly around privacy, confidentiality, and equity in collaborative research. A phenomenological qualitative study was conducted between August and December 2023 at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, other research-intensive institutio…

  • Who is an African? Rethinking the Identity in View of Changing Realities

    Open AccessJimmy Spire Ssentongo, Jimmy SsentongoARTICLEMawazo2024

    For many ‘Africans’ and those that use the identifier in reference to a category of people, it might seem almost self-evident what it means. Yet, on basic conceptual inspection, it becomes apparent how behind the seemingly innocent label lie contradictions with difficult implications to reconcile with both demographic and political changes in Africa over time. Through constructivist identity theory, this paper traces the dialectical process in th…

  • The Concept of Moral Integrity in Politics and its Contestations

    Open AccessSamuel Okok, Archangel Byaruhanga Rukooko et al.ARTICLEThought and Practice2023

    For a long time, the concept of moral integrity in politics has been highly controversial. While many look at it from a moralist perspective demanding absolute observance of moral values and principles, some scholars, chiefly Niccolò Machiavelli and his many followers, believe that politics is typically devoid of moral considerations. Others, such as Demetris Tillyris, consider politics to be a distinct way of life with a moral yardstick distinct…

  • Citizenship moods in the late Museveni era

    Open AccessJimmy Spire Ssentongo, Henni AlavaARTICLEJournal of Eastern African Studies2023Cited by: 5References: 43

    This article develops the concept of citizenship moods to analyse citizens’ emotional (dis)engagements with the state in Uganda. Through a reflexive analysis of ethnographic and media material from 2019–2021, we claim that around the time of the 2021 elections, after 35 years of rule by Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Movement, the most prevalent moods among Ugandans were fear, contentment, cynicism, anger, hope, and despondency. Prior to t…

  • Which journal is that?’ Politics of academic promotion in Uganda and the predicament of African publication outlets

    Jimmy Spire SsentongoARTICLECritical African Studies2020Cited by: 8References: 8

    Research and publication are some of the practices that define university work and therefore are part and parcel of the key considerations for promoting university-based academics. Whereas this promotion standard is widely appreciated in view of the importance of knowledge production, it raises several questions about the subtexts of its practice and their implications for publication in Africa. Through an empirical qualitative study of two Ugand…

  • Religious (de)politicisation in Uganda's 2016 elections

    Open AccessHenni Alava, Jimmy Spire SsentongoARTICLEJournal of Eastern African Studies2016Cited by: 15References: 19

    Religion has influenced Ugandan politics ever since colonial times. While the interrelations of religion and politics have altered since the coming to power of president Museveni’s National Resistance Movement (NRM), religion continues to influence Ugandan public culture and formal politics in important ways. Building on ethnographic fieldwork in Kampala and Acholi, as well as analysis of media reporting and discussions in social media, this arti…