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Dr. Spire: Blending politics and humour

Dealing: Prof. Spire (R) says humour is one of the ways Ugandans are coping with the evils in the country.
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Back in action: The intersection between politics and humour has been discussed for years, with politics taken as a serious matter and humour, well as humour, as Derrick Kiyonga writes.

On a Friday, earlier this year, Dr Jimmy Spire Ssentongo was among the guests invited on NBS TV to give his insights into several topical issues, including happenings in Uganda’s Parliament. Some on social media were not impressed by the idea that a ‘cartoonist’ had been invited to discuss what they termed as “serious” issues.

He could be an academic lecturer both at Makerere University and Uganda Martyrs University – outing a number of publications over the years- but to the common man, Prof. Ssentongo cannot be detached from cartoons that he has been drawing for the last decade or so.

“They think cartoonists are not serious people since all we do is make people laugh. People take humour as unserious, not at the level an academic is supposed to be,” Dr Ssentongo says.

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