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By Rukia Makuma On November 3, 2009, government announced a plan that will criminalise Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a cultural practice among the Sabiny of Kapchorwa and Bukwo districts, and a few communities in Moroto and Nakapiripirit districts. FGM involves partial or total removal of a womans external genitalia without …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati At the age of 11, Nina Nahabwe underwent open heart surgery in the USA in 2003. Her parents could not have afforded the cost without the help of Kampala Rotary Club and Gift of Life International, a humanitarian body allied to overseas rotary groups that help …

By Jocelyn Edwards As she sits in the shade on a bench outside the police post in south Kampala that she works at, Vastine Kiconco touches one of the three and half inch long scars that mark her head.  Its been almost a month and a half since the police …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati In todays world with improved technology that enables breeding of improved and drought resistant seed varieties, there is no reason for anyone to go hungry. Yet more than 1.6 billion people worldwide are hunger stricken. And some 8 million Ugandans are at the verge of hunger. …

By Solomon Akugizibwe Richard Magezi spent a year in Iraq as a security Guard, he saw it all and did it all.  This is the second part as told to Solomon Akugizibwe. The first part was published in our last post here. We did not get a chance of going …

By Solomon Akugizibwe RICHARD MAGEZI spent a year in Iraq as a security Guard, he saw it all and  did it all. He tells his story to Solomon Akugizibwe, which we are publishing in two parts. Initially, I had a job with Kasese Cobalt Company (KCCL) as a security officer …

By Gaaki Kigambo & Kayvan Farzaneh When Father Lazarus Luyinda went to Italy in August 2005, he was surprised to see how interested his Italian acquaintances were in the stories he told of Misindye, his village of birth near Seeta, Mukono district. But as friendly conversations go, he was soon …

By Jocelyn Edwards When Leya Chedde, of Pallisa, scratched out her name for the first time in an adult literacy class, she took on authorship of her familys future prosperity.  For the rural woman, getting an education proved a path to establishing food security for her family and contributing to …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati In a bid to promote responsible consumption of alcohol in the country, Nile Breweries Limited has launched a Live a 3D Life campaign which emphasizes the dont drink and drive rule. Many of the accidents on Uganda’s roads are attributed to drink-driving. Aware of the risks …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati But is it change from home-made to industrial production that has led to recent 20 deaths? On September 4, Minister of Health Stephen Mallinga and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) announced a ban on the sell of alcohol packed in sachets following the death of …