By Jocelyn Edwards The man who got Shs 250 billion from selling Uganda’s oil has a ‘deal with him at your own risk’ tag in financial circles The company that may have taken Uganda for a ride in the deals for one of its most valuable resources is headed …
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By Jocelyn Edwards Will the Marriage and Divorce Bill finally give women hope? Sitting in a legal aid clinic on Mawanda Road in Kamwokya, a Kampala City suburb, 25-year-old Harriet pulls out a handkerchief to wipe her tears as she relates how the man she considers her husband threw her …
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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 …
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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 …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price