Uncomfortable laughter: Satirist Spire speaks truth to power
Jimmy Spire Ssentongo is a senior lecturer and Associate Dean in charge of Research and Publication at the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research at Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda. PHOTO | POOL
Grand corruption and greed, the decaying health system, abuse of power and impunity, political violence, broken promises by politicians, nepotism, and undemocratic practices afflict the Ugandan society, but few comment about them better than the artist and activist Jimmy Spire Ssentongo.
And social media has provided the columnist and editorial cartoonist at The Observer newspaper in Kampala a new, wider platform for his protest caricature and activism against the poor delivery of public services, poor leadership and corruption.
