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Fighting the floods

Monday, 05 December 2011 14:22 By Mubatsi Asinja Habati
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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 [ … ]

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

Wednesday, 26 October 2011 06:05 By Julius Mucunguzi
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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 [ … ]

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Mulago doctors fight to save dying babies

Friday, 15 July 2011 09:49
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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 [ … ]

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Money lending racket exposed

Friday, 01 July 2011 08:25
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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 [ … ]

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Karamoja’s long walk From cattle rustling to modern life

Friday, 20 May 2011 06:48 by mubatsi asinja habati
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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 [ … ]

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