Bridget was her name, she was about 18 going to 19, a child according to the Ugandan law. We had met a few times because she was a cousin to John, a former workmate who she visited every now and then at work. Bridget was orphaned when she was little and her mother struggled to […]
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Access to Information should be prioritized in Uganda
Times have changed. In Uganda, public awareness about what’s happening has greatly improved thanks to the birth of the internet and the rise of traditional media. Many policy makers are using both online and offline media to communicate with their constituents and constituents are using the same to put them to book. At the back […]
For Ugandan Communicators in the Wake of Dr Stella Nyanzi’s Arrest: How Free is our Freedom of Expression?
Stella Nyanzi (who describes herself as a “thinker, scholar, poetess, lyricist, writer, Facebooker and creative producer”) was charged by the Uganda Police in March, 2017, for offensive communication contrary to section 25 of the Computer Misuse Act 2011. The particulars of the offense read as follows, “Stella Nyanzi … made a suggestion or proposal referring […]
In the wake of Human Trafficking, what can we all do?
Parliament should draft and pass a law on externalisation of labour that will regulate the process, interpret the intricacies involved, provide a fund to help victims of trafficking in the guise of externalisation, create liaison offices in countries where Ugandans are exported to mention a fe
The Face of Uganda’s Struggle against Cancer
Over the past five years, many fundraisers in the form of car washes, marathons, movies have been held in support of cancer patients and generally in the fight against cancer. Over time, we have seen the #SaveCarol campaign in April last year that raised UGX 300m with which she was taken to the US for […]
Youth should grab the spaces that they demand to occupy
Everywhere you go today, there is a group of people lining up the streets, beating drums, giving drinks to the police and clamoring for some form of freedom or liberty. The LGBT community asking that they be given the same respect that other human beings, feminist campaigners, protesting Catholics, peaceful Muslims, unemployed people, former prisoners,people […]