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By Flavia Nassaka Uganda approved to be EAC’s center of Oncology,but will it manage the numbers? As happens with every unit at the congested Mulago Hospital, every ward on the six-storied Uganda Cancer Institute is very busy—the first and clearest sign that cancer is no longer a small problem. The …

By Joan Akello  Last night, Senior Principal State Attorney Joan Kagezi was shot dead. Twice. In the neck and head. But some reports say twice in the neck. According to Kampala Metropolitan Spokesperson Patrick Onyango, she was killed by assailants who trailed the car Number plates were in using a …

By Flavia Nassaka Despite all government interventions into averting HIV/AIDS in the country, Uganda is still rated among the top three countries in Africa with the highest prevalence whereby on a daily basis, close to 380 acquire the disease. According to Dr. Christine Ondoa the Director General of the Uganda …

By Agather Atuhaire Barely 10 months to the 2016 elections, opposition activists, NGOs, and civil society organisations pushing for electoral reforms are getting desperate. Time is running out. There are about 45 issues raised in the proposals submitted to the executive and they require amending five laws which include the …

By Joseph Were How President’s political rivals can give him a serious contest instead of a consecration in 2016 It is a pity the FDC President Mugisha Muntu could attract only a handful of wanainchi to his launch of the party’s Policy Agenda; a 48-page pamphlet in party colours bound …

By Patrick Kagenda Far from resolving the impasse over the party operations, out-going UPC President Olara Otunnu’s March 4 announcement that he will not be seeking re-election has created a new deadlock. Despite Otunnu’s announcement, however, UPC party activities remain in the balance as mistrust between the opposing camps persists.  …

By Joan Akello Ingrid Turinawe, chairperson of the Women’s League Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) talked to Joan Akello about activism We should not kill each other over politics Ingrid Turinawe, chairperson of the Women’s League Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) talked to Joan Akello about activism Things we don’t …

By Ronald Musoke So why don’t Ugandans care? The latest poll conducted in Uganda in December 2014 by the International Republican Institute (IRI) – the American non-profit that advances democracy worldwide, two-thirds of the respondents (69%) say the country is headed in the right direction. And 80% of the respondents …

By Ian Katusiime An army of apron-wearing girls continues delivering lunches to loyal customers even as 3000 cases are confirmed Nasser Road in Kampala city; the hub of Uganda’s printing business is a thriving hive of activity. Inside crowded new buildings that spring up almost every other month along this …

By Joseph Were How President’s political rivals can give him a serious contest instead of a consecration in 2016 It is a pity the FDC President Mugisha Muntu could attract only a handful of wanainchi to his launch of the party’s Policy Agenda; a 48-page pamphlet in party colours bound …