Dauda Kavuma’s Ghetto Kids and the golden buzzer COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | In 2009, while working as a primary school teacher on a Shs60,000 (Approx. US$16) monthly salary, Dauda Kavuma says he took in three children aged about 10 years who were from deprived backgrounds. He was 30 years …
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Why homophobic Ugandans are not evil people to hate but ignorant people to pity THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Sometime in 2014, I went with my son, Michael, then a lad of 19 years, to Serena Hotel in Kampala for lunch. I was in Constitutional Court challenging the Anti-Homosexuality Act …
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King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday in a ceremony that promises to be brimming with royal splendour and rituals that date back more than 1,000 years. Camilla Parker Bowles, Charles’s wife, is set to receive the title of queen consort and will also …
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Even if they manage to convince their creditors to restructure their debts, commodity-exporting debtor countries are still vulnerable to sudden price fluctuations COMMENT | Jeffrey Frankel | The world is in the midst of a debt crisis. A recent report estimates that 61 emerging-market and developing economies nearly one-third of the International …
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COMMENT | Michael Sekadde | Uganda has one of the youngest populations in the world, with 78 per cent of its citizens under the age of 30. Such a high number is an opportunity for the country’s growth but only when it is equipped with the right skills to realise its full …
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Africa is not in position to sustain the development of the public health sector while it’s held in a pricing vise by Western pharmaceutical companies COMMENT | Penninah Iutung | This is seemingly the same script but a different cast; the profiteering and greed of big pharma know no boundaries. We have …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MultiChoice Uganda launched POPI comedy series at the National Theatre in Kampala. POPI is a fictional comedy series set in Lampaka town in Zuganda, that depicts the lives and challenges of five major characters who are members of the Lampaka Police Force and how they …
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Forward-looking vaccine research is key to fighting cholera and other life-threatening diseases. Kampala, Uganda | Charlie Weller | Despite numerous successful immunisation campaigns, global vaccine coverage has plateaued over the last decade. The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions to routine and reactive vaccination programmes, alongside the impact of conflict and natural disasters …
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The sculpture park at the College is a representation of the early training in creative thinking and practice among the students. Kampala, Uganda | Dominic Muwanguzi | You may be convinced to feel like you are on a visit to an open air sculpture park in Paris or Germany once you make …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) asked Ugandans to register for birth certificates one of the crucial documents for Ugandans. “The state reserves all rights to register all births in the country and this function was assigned to NIRA. We have a new system and …
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