Sixteen penises occupy all the leadership positions of the executive committee of MUASA i.e. Makerere University Academic Staff Association. Not a single vagina made it onto the organogram chart for MUASA. Not one vagina! And people say that I am crazy when I puncture holes in blind praise about Museveni empowering women and girls in Uganda.
How is it possible that in this day and age, the oldest university in Uganda has no vagina elected onto the executive of its academic staff association? What patriarchy is this? What phallocentricism allows MUASA to be a leadership organ occupied by only penises? Sixteen penises and not a single vagina, not even a half-vagina on the executive of MUASA? What role(s) do vaginas play at Makerere University apart from sex and reproduction?
Verily, Makerere University worships the phallus. A quick look between the legs of those at the apex of all power structures at this ivory tower confirms this. The Chancellor is a penis. The Vice Chancellor is a penis. The Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Academic Affairs is a penis. The Deputy Vice Chancellor in charger of Finance and Administrations is a penis.
The Academic Registrar is a penis! With this background, no wonder MUASA’s executive comprises sixteen penises! We cannot argue about the rule of penises at Makerere University, we can only debate whether they are big or small, bold or cowardly, straight or bent, veiny or smooth, cut or uncut.
The writer is a research fellow at Makerere Institute of Social Research.
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