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Ugandan farmers fail to adjust to changing weather as counterparts surge ahead

Forty-four year-old Regina Mbambu, a single mother of six, farms coffee inter-planted with spinach, mangoes, avocados, bananas, beans and maize on her one acre patch in K [ … ]

 

The simple words we tell people can have lasting impressions on them

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Shaka Ssali and Andrew Mwenda: My two mentors

On Sept.20, while in Washington DC for the annual meetings of Commonwealth finance ministers, I met two men who have been my professional mentors: Dr Shaka Ssali of Voice of America, and Andrew Mujuni Mwenda of The Independent Magazine. Here I was with [ … ]

 

Mulago doctors fight to save dying babies

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But lack of facilities at the Special Care Unit imposes tough choices on them

When you arrive at the entrance to the Special Care Unit (SCU) of Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, the personnel politely ask you to take off your shoes. It is a good thing. “It keeps hygiene at the unit,” sa [ … ]

 

Money lending racket exposed

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Bank of Uganda to introduce consumer protection mechanism

What would make you borrow Shs 500,000 from a money lender at an interest rate between 15% and 30% per month? Many reasons but at the heart of each is on common feature; desperation - you want money badly.

Unfortunately, if an interesting c [ … ]

 

Karamoja’s long walk From cattle rustling to modern life

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Moses Lotyong, 19, is in P.3 at Panyangara Primary School in the remote district of Kotido in the drought- prone Karamoja. At Lotyong’s age many Ugandans from other parts of the country are in university. His 11-year-old sister is in P.5 at the same school. Lotyong went to school quite late because [ … ]

 

Education that makes workers shine

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Uganda lags while Kenya and Tanzania show simple ways to unlocking their potential

There is worldwide consensus that youth aged 14 to 30 years are the most potentially economically dynamic segment of any population. Unfortunately in Uganda, 50 percent of youth, especially females, are not engaged in income generating, paid or self employment.

Even among those who are employed, a recent World Bank study revealed that Ugandan workers are six and four times less productive than their Kenyan and Tanzania Counterparts, respectively.

The National Development Plan (NDP) has a detailed section on skills development that says Uganda’s labor productivity is low at 28% of that of Tanzania.

 

Hope and scepticism as Makerere becomes collegiate university

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The main building at Makerere University

In July this year, Makerere University will be officially operating as a collegiate university. A collegiate university is a university in which governing authority and functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Previously run around 110 departments, [ … ]

 

The actor becomes the protector

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Focus on stability could be Museveni’s ticket to the region

Towards the end of November, just as nominations for parliamentary flag bearers were to begin, Gulu, once home to the country’s worst internal insurgency, was brimming with election fever. In the streets, pedestrians, some wearing shirts b [ … ]

 

When terrorists struck Kampala

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The year 2010 will probably be remembered most for the terror attacks on Kampala. On July 11, Ugandans came to a painful reality with the gruesome twin terror attacks at Ethiopian Restaurant  in Kabalagala and Kyadondo Rugby Club in Lugogo that claimed over 76 innocent lives and left hundreds of oth [ … ]

 
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