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Zohran Mamdani: “Corporal punishment was still active [in Uganda].”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Published January 7, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:29

And you had to be really bad to get the chaos. Then I went to school Kafala. I remember the day when I figured out that Corporal punishment was still active [in Uganda]. Okay. I was like, what? Oh. I was like, that is not a check minus. That is not a check. That's worse. That is much worse than. That is worse. (03:29–03:33)

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Asserts that corporal punishment was still practiced in Uganda during his childhood.

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