Thursday, 28 February 2013 13:57
By Haggai Matsiko
 He sought treatment from clinics near his home; exotic machines and convoys made him uncomfortable
He resented the fanfare that surrounds being a father of the President. It was almost as if by becoming the President of Uganda, his son President Yow [ … ]
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Thursday, 28 February 2013 13:54
By Mukama Miriam
 A visit to Mulago Hospital mortuary shows a mortician’s attempt to cope with his loss
The woman lying on the metallic slab was about 60 years old. Her skull was bare, and white with hints of her blood. The skin that normally covers the skull had been pulled away and was hanging firmly in front of h [ … ]
Friday, 22 February 2013 09:07
By Pearl Natamba
 How do patients and their attendants avoid infections if they cannot find water to wash their hands at the nation’s top health facility?
It is easy, when you are in the casualty ward at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, to imagine that possibly all disease causing creatures; germs, bact [ … ]
Sunday, 17 February 2013 09:26
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.
The walls of the ward tha [ … ]
Monday, 07 January 2013 08:21
administrator
 Marking a generational change, Tata, who turned 75 on December 28, 2012, handed over the reins of the group to 44-year-old Cyrus Mistry who was chosen his successor in 2011 year and formally appointed Chairman in December 2012.
Ratan Tata, who led the transformation of the Tata group from a convent [ … ]
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Monday, 07 January 2013 08:11
By Agencies
 Uruguay has the second highest income per person in Latin America at US$ 15,840; about 30 times that of Uganda and ahead of Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico.
It’s a common grumble that politicians’ lifestyles are far removed from those of their electorate. Not so in Uruguay. Meet the president - who l [ … ]
Sunday, 30 September 2012 09:38
By Aloysious Kasoma
 Born deformed and abandoned by the State and NGOs, a helpless woman dreams on
At 29 years, Veronica Namawejje has the usual dreams of womanhood; finding Mr. Right, marrying, and starting a family.
“I want a husband who will not cheat on me and bear children out of wedlock,” she says in her Luganda [ … ]
Sunday, 09 September 2012 17:54
By Haggai Matsiko
 Foreign big-money investment frenzy in Tullow’s backyard
It’s Sunday, but this town’s Main Street is beehive of activity. Nothing unusual; this is Hoima, Uganda’s oil boom town.
Builders, masons, and painters can be seen everywhere hanging on wobbly wooden scaffoldings in a frenzy of construction [ … ]
Saturday, 25 August 2012 11:24
By Mo Yaxye
 Dreams from my mother confront reality in the home I didn’t know
Somalia, Somali or Waryaa (as my Kenyan brothers/sisters would say) has been the identity I have been carrying for more than 30 years – an identity that I have come to accept but never understood. I was born in Mogadishu but left at a [ … ]
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