Nsibambi Advocates Research
Jan 22, 2004
THE Prime Minister, Prof. Apollo Nsibambi, has urged Ugandans to develop a culture of doing research and publishing findings.
By Asuman Bisiika
THE Prime Minister, Prof. Apollo Nsibambi, has urged Ugandans to develop a culture of doing research and publishing findings.
Nsibambi made the appeal during the launch of a book entitled Tribe: The Hidden History of the Mountains of the Moon at the Nile Hotel on Monday.
“In Political Science, we describe the problem he (Stacy) defines in terms of establishing central authority over subordinate units or territorial integration.
“This problem appears in many parts of Africa. Uganda, Somalia, Ethiopia, Nigeria and other countries are using different methods to solve the problem, such as allocating scarce resources equitably and safeguarding cultural identity at a tribal level,†Nsibambi said.
However, Nsibambi said national interests should transcend over tribal and cultural aspirations.
“It is important to remember that as we promote our cultures, we must do so in a considerate manner. Indeed, the interest of the nation must prevail over the tribe’s,†he said.
The book, written by Englishman Tom Stacy, who has known the Bakonzo since 1954, chronicles their struggle for ethnic and cultural identity during the Rwenzururu rebellion against the Toro Kingdom.
In an emotional speech, Stacy recounted his life with the Bakonzo in the 1960s.
He made an anthropological case for the importance of ‘race and place’ as defining factors of human identity.
“The people’s identity is defined by their sense of belonging and identifying with a definite place they call a homeland,†he said.
Stacy was a confidant of the late Isaya Mukirania, who led the Bankozo under the Rwenzururu Freedom Movement.
In the book, Stacy recounts how the Bakonzo resisted a deliberate policy of marginalising them as an ethnic entity.
Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumusime-Mutebile, deputy speaker Rebecca Kadaga, local government minister Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere, presidential advisor media and public relations John Nagenda, attended.
Others were British envoy Lynda St. Cook and the chief of the Irish Embassy Martin O'Fainan.
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THE Prime Minister, Prof. Apollo Nsibambi, has urged Ugandans to develop a culture of doing research and publishing findings.
Nsibambi made the appeal during the launch of a book entitled Tribe: The Hidden History of the Mountains of the Moon at the Nile Hotel on Monday.
“In Political Science, we describe the problem he (Stacy) defines in terms of establishing central authority over subordinate units or territorial integration.
“This problem appears in many parts of Africa. Uganda, Somalia, Ethiopia, Nigeria and other countries are using different methods to solve the problem, such as allocating scarce resources equitably and safeguarding cultural identity at a tribal level,†Nsibambi said.
However, Nsibambi said national interests should transcend over tribal and cultural aspirations.
“It is important to remember that as we promote our cultures, we must do so in a considerate manner. Indeed, the interest of the nation must prevail over the tribe’s,†he said.
The book, written by Englishman Tom Stacy, who has known the Bakonzo since 1954, chronicles their struggle for ethnic and cultural identity during the Rwenzururu rebellion against the Toro Kingdom.
In an emotional speech, Stacy recounted his life with the Bakonzo in the 1960s.
He made an anthropological case for the importance of ‘race and place’ as defining factors of human identity.
“The people’s identity is defined by their sense of belonging and identifying with a definite place they call a homeland,†he said.
Stacy was a confidant of the late Isaya Mukirania, who led the Bankozo under the Rwenzururu Freedom Movement.
In the book, Stacy recounts how the Bakonzo resisted a deliberate policy of marginalising them as an ethnic entity.
Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumusime-Mutebile, deputy speaker Rebecca Kadaga, local government minister Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere, presidential advisor media and public relations John Nagenda, attended.
Others were British envoy Lynda St. Cook and the chief of the Irish Embassy Martin O'Fainan.
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