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They Shot the Sheriff, the Sheikh, the Deputy, and Many Citizens Too!

They Shot the Sheriff, the Sheikh, the Deputy, and Many Citizens Too!

Another Muslim cleric was shot dead in Kampala early this week. By one count, that brings to 12 the number of clerics shot dead around the country, often in the same manner: a motorcycle draws up, shots are fired, and the assassins zoom off into the dark. It is the same modus operandi used in […]

lliot Abangira fom uganda invents a bicycle phone charger for the poor

lliot Abangira fom uganda invents a bicycle phone charger for the poor

They say everything happens for a reason. For 25-year-old Elliot Mwebaze Abangira, missing a mark-up test forced him to become an innovator. His product could make a huge difference for communities without electricity. It all started in 2013, when he went for his sister’s traditional marriage introduction ceremony in Kanyanga, Butinde village in Rukungiri district. […]

45% Of Ugandan Men Have Children With Different Mothers

45% Of Ugandan Men Have Children With Different Mothers

Ugandan men are ranked among the highest in the world in fathering children with more than one woman, according to a new report. The State of the World’s Fathers report indicates that 45% of Ugandan men have children with multiple women. This means out of every two men, one has a child with more than […]

Uganda’s Eddy Kenzo wins BET ‘Best New International Artist’ award

Uganda’s Eddy Kenzo wins BET ‘Best New International Artist’ award

Uganda’s dancehall artist Edrisa Musuuza, known professionally by his stage name as Eddy Kenzo clinched the ‘Viewer’s Choice Best New International Artist’ gong at the 2015 BET Awards held at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. Kenzo became the first Ugandan artiste to ever win a Black Entertainment Television (BET) Award on Sunday evening. The […]

South Sudanese Girls Reject Sanitary Pads

South Sudanese Girls Reject Sanitary Pads

Although sanitary pads are designed to enhance a woman’s hygiene during menstruation periods, South Sudanese adolescent girls in refugee camps in Adjumani district have rejected them. As Clara Dradrimo, a senior woman teacher at Alere refugee settlement primary school, explained, many refugee school girls continue to dodge school during menstruation periods. “[Initially] We thought their […]

To Cram or Not to Cram for Exams?

To Cram or Not to Cram for Exams?

For several years, students, largely urged by their teachers, have elected to learn by rote – locally known as cramming. In this way, students attempted to cram entire chapters of material onto scraps of paper that they could memorise for use, later during examinations. Because the scraps of paper were pocket-friendly, it was an easy […]

ICC Calls for Ugandan Witnesses Against Dominic Ongwen

ICC Calls for Ugandan Witnesses Against Dominic Ongwen

In a public appeal, the International Criminal Court has urged people in northern Uganda to come out in big numbers and testify against Dominic Ongwen, a former Lord’s Resistance Army commander. Ongwen is currently before the ICC awaiting his trial for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Phakiso Mochochoko, the ICC Head of Jurisdiction, Complementarity, […]

World Bank Group – Project Critics Threatened, Harassed, Jailed

World Bank Group – Project Critics Threatened, Harassed, Jailed

The World Bank Group has done little to prevent or dissuade governments from intimidating critics of the projects it funds, or monitor for reprisals, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 144-page report, “At Your Own Risk: Reprisals against Critics of World Bank Group Projects,” details how governments and powerful companies have […]

Kayihura to Mbabazi – Your Presidential Aspirations Are Illegal

Kayihura to Mbabazi – Your Presidential Aspirations Are Illegal

Letter of Gen Kale Kayihura to Amama Mbabazi on national-wide consultations Notice of Intention to hold public meeting by Hon. Amama Mbabazi I refer to your letter on the above subject, dated 16 June 2015, giving notice of proposed public meetings under section 5 of the Public Order Management Act, 2013 in which you provide […]

Amama Mbabazi Lawyers Hit Back At EC, NRM

Amama Mbabazi Lawyers Hit Back At EC, NRM

Former prime minister, Amama Mbabazi’s lawyers have hit back at the Electoral Commission (EC) and police over their directive barring him from consultations as an aspiring presidential candidate. Mbabazi’s legal team in a letter to the EC chairman dated June 24 says there is no legal requirement for their client as a presidential aspirant to […]

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