Sabiti Makara
Biographic Data
| ID | 4176998 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sabiti Makara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sabiti |
| FAMILY NAME | Makara |
| SIGNATURE | MAKARA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Makerere University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social media regulation in Uganda
The proliferation of social media use has resulted in the quest for standards and norms relating to internet governance. Uganda has gradually instituted laws, occasionally shut down the internet and levied taxes to regulate social media use. Initially, the norms and standards resulted from negative consequences of social media use, such as hate speech, incitement, and misinformation. However, the regime has used this pretext to curtail collective…
Social Media Use and Student Politics in Ugandan Universities
Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp are essential in university students' daily politics. In Uganda, where the university administration and the Ugandan regime limit party politics, students have turned to social media to share political messages, acquire political knowledge, create public opinion, and mobilize peers. Some university administrations have prohibited partisan politics, and the regime has used legal frameworks…
U ganda
Uganda's political landscape has been tumultuous from the period of colonial rule to the present time. British colonial rulers (1894–1962) promoted “indirect rule” based on ethnic divisions and group antagonism. Though anticolonial struggles rallied the Ugandan population against the colonial masters motivated by nationalistic sentiments, most of the country's postcolonial history has been plagued by incessant conflicts based on ethnicity. This e…
Deepening Democracy through Multipartyism
The 2011 elections will be one of the several elections (and the second-ever multiparty election) organized by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) since it captured power in 1986. Despite the regular elections since the 1990s, the quality and outcomes of these elections have remained subjects of debate. Democracy has remained elusive in Uganda despite the re-introduction of multiparty politics. Incumbency advantages, manipulation and unconstit…
Turnaround
This article addresses the process behind the decision of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) to reintroduce multiparty politics in Uganda. Restrictions on party activity were introduced when the NRM assumed power in 1986 and were upheld in a referendum in 2000. In March 2003 the NRM u-turned on the issue and agreed a return to multiparty politics in Uganda. The article seeks to explain why the NRM leadership sanctioned a transition to multipa…
Turnaround
This article addresses the process behind the decision of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) to reintroduce multiparty politics in Uganda. Restrictions on party activity were introduced when the NRM assumed power in 1986 and were upheld in a referendum in 2000. In March 2003 the NRM u-turned on the issue and agreed a return to multiparty politics in Uganda. The article seeks to explain why the NRM leadership sanctioned a transition to multipa…
Deepening Democracy through Multipartyism
The 2011 elections will be one of the several elections (and the second-ever multiparty election) organized by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) since it captured power in 1986. Despite the regular elections since the 1990s, the quality and outcomes of these elections have remained subjects of debate. Democracy has remained elusive in Uganda despite the re-introduction of multiparty politics. Incumbency advantages, manipulation and unconstit…
Social media regulation in Uganda
The proliferation of social media use has resulted in the quest for standards and norms relating to internet governance. Uganda has gradually instituted laws, occasionally shut down the internet and levied taxes to regulate social media use. Initially, the norms and standards resulted from negative consequences of social media use, such as hate speech, incitement, and misinformation. However, the regime has used this pretext to curtail collective…
Turnaround
This article addresses the process behind the decision of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) to reintroduce multiparty politics in Uganda. Restrictions on party activity were introduced when the NRM assumed power in 1986 and were upheld in a referendum in 2000. In March 2003 the NRM u-turned on the issue and agreed a return to multiparty politics in Uganda. The article seeks to explain why the NRM leadership sanctioned a transition to multipa…
Deepening Democracy through Multipartyism
The 2011 elections will be one of the several elections (and the second-ever multiparty election) organized by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) since it captured power in 1986. Despite the regular elections since the 1990s, the quality and outcomes of these elections have remained subjects of debate. Democracy has remained elusive in Uganda despite the re-introduction of multiparty politics. Incumbency advantages, manipulation and unconstit…
U ganda
Uganda's political landscape has been tumultuous from the period of colonial rule to the present time. British colonial rulers (1894–1962) promoted “indirect rule” based on ethnic divisions and group antagonism. Though anticolonial struggles rallied the Ugandan population against the colonial masters motivated by nationalistic sentiments, most of the country's postcolonial history has been plagued by incessant conflicts based on ethnicity. This e…
Social Media Use and Student Politics in Ugandan Universities
Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp are essential in university students' daily politics. In Uganda, where the university administration and the Ugandan regime limit party politics, students have turned to social media to share political messages, acquire political knowledge, create public opinion, and mobilize peers. Some university administrations have prohibited partisan politics, and the regime has used legal frameworks…
Social media regulation in Uganda
The proliferation of social media use has resulted in the quest for standards and norms relating to internet governance. Uganda has gradually instituted laws, occasionally shut down the internet and levied taxes to regulate social media use. Initially, the norms and standards resulted from negative consequences of social media use, such as hate speech, incitement, and misinformation. However, the regime has used this pretext to curtail collective…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)