With effective emergency response, they shouldn’t be a death sentence Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Gloria Tumusiime is a 35-year-old mother of one who lives in Kireka. She has had spinal cord injury for close to three years now. She was knocked by a car in June 2019 at …
Read More »Joint on-air radio campaigns excite voters, aspirants in East Acholi
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Live radio campaigns by different contestants on local FM radios have stimulated excitement among voters in the East Acholi region. The weekly joint on-air debates are being hosted and moderated by radio presenters on Mighty Fire FM; Tembo FM and Peace FM in Kitgum Municipality. …
Read More »PWDs seek more representation in Parliament
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons with Disability- PWDs want the number of representatives in Parliament increased from five to eight. The PWD League of the Inter-party Organization for Dialogue-IPOD say that the positions should be distributed with each of the four regions represented by two including a male …
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