Special Reports
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1.0KSexual violence against children, an International challenge – Study
LONDON, United Kingdom – Child sexual abuse and exploitation happen everywhere and are pressing concerns for both wealthy and developing countries alike,...
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1.7KInside Burundi- Rwanda frosty simmering relations, what are the real issues?
BUJUMBURA/KIGALI/KAMPALA – A week ago, Burundi’s president referred to neighbours Rwanda as an enemy in a letter to President Yoweri Museveni. Mr....
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1.2KHow research innovations are contributing to food security in Uganda
KAMPALA– The agricultural research system in Uganda is challenged by the need for effective contribution to the socio-economic transformation of the people...
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1.3KUgandans must rise to question the high price of the growing China-Uganda pact, dominance
KAMPALA – In his new book titled Protection, Patronage or Plunder? Mr Apollo Makubuya, the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs of...
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1.2KScourge of teenage pregnancy, early childbearing in Eastern Uganda, NGOs raise red flag
Fighting teenage pregnancy, early childbearing and talking about sexual and reproductive health has never been easy, especially in the conservative corners of...
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722Chronic poverty eats up Acholi sub-region, Eastern Uganda
ACHOLI- Prof. Jack Nyeko Penmogi, the former Vice Chancellor for Gulu University says a research conducted by Makerere University indicates that poverty...
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2.0KThe good, the bad and the ugly as Parliament passes controversial GMO Bill, what scientists say
KAMPALA – Parliament this week passed the Genetic Engineering Regulatory Act 2018 with amendments. This replaces the National Bio-Technology and Bio-Safety Bill...
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630Half of the citizens say the last time they had contact with the police they paid a bribe, Report
KAMPALA – Barely a year after Uganda National Bureau of Statistics named Police as the most corrupt institution; another report says the...
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634One out of four urban households use “hanging latrines”, says report
KAMPALA – A Twaweza’s Sauti za Wananchi report has revealed that one in four households (25%) in urban areas use “hanging latrines”,...
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1.1KPoverty, income inequality top Ugandans’ household level problems
KAMPALA – Poverty remains an entrenched problem in Uganda even when economic growth has held steady at around 5% in recent years,...
