By Miriam Mukama Who is to blame when accident victims run away from Mulago Hospital? It is 12:30 and although accident victims are supposed to get relief here, the afternoon heat and stinking air in orthopedic ward 3AOC of Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala is no relief at all. …
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By Miriam Mukama & Pearl Natamba Should government apologise to pupils that fail? By 5:30 am, a typical pupil in a school in Kampala is up for the uphill task to score aggregate four or any single digit result in first division of the Primary Leaving Exams. Parents, teachers, and the …
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By Miriam Mukama The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the Primary Leaving Examination results on Jan. 21 at the statistics house offices in Kampala. The results were received by Jessica Alupo the Minister of Education and Sports from Matthew Bukenya the executive secretary UNEB who said boys performed better …
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By Miriam Mukama When a woman gives birth, usually it is joy. The newly born baby makes the mother a heroine of sorts and, she is thanked, given gifts and praised even in the humblest of communities where life hardships are too many. But Catherine Namukasa, 22, despite giving birth …
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By Miriam Mukama Women’s Day theme shows benefits of educating the girl child Ajok Eva just got 20 points in the recently released Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE). She is happy but not satisfied with her results, she thinks she would have done better if only she had enough …
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By Miriam Mukama Police, army make the media’s mission impossible I shouted, “Don’t shoot me, am a journalist please don’t shoot me”. I begged and almost lost my breath. But before I could finish saying it, a security operative had already fired a bullet through my knee. Gideon Tugume, a …
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By Miriam Mukama Cases might be lower than those of lung or breast cancer but this cancer is growing at a quicker rate Annet Nakawesa, 30, woke up on a hot day, eight months ago feeling fatigued. She realised she had swollen bumps around her neck. Thinking it was a …
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