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Do MPs treat their drivers like slaves? In the background are drivers waiting for their bosses at Parliament. Photo by Geoffrey Sseruyange. 

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Do MPs treat their drivers like slaves?

Posted 9 hours ago

To drive an honourable Member of Parliament, at least in Uganda, one has to have two basic things: knowledge of English and a decent sense of dress. And that is on top of living with the public perception that the men who drive those Shs103m cars, live an...

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When the rescued suffer posttraumatic stress disorder and depression

When the rescued suffer posttraumatic stress disorder and depression

Posted 9 hours ago

Unlike those who have been rescued from captivity, taken through rehabilitation and started...

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Mawa, Ngamba’s mischievous chimpanzee

Mawa, Ngamba’s mischievous chimpanzee

Posted 1 day ago

Ngamba is home to 48 chimpanzees that are there mostly because they have been rescued from...

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Nyakagyera Cave: Kabale’s historical site

Nyakagyera Cave: Kabale’s historical site

Posted 1 day ago

Nyakagyera cave and rock beneath Kabaraga (the highest point overlooking Kabale Town), is...

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Why do we put stock in the inconsequential?

Posted 1 day ago

Last week’s events in our Pearl of Africa would have had even the hardcore psychoanalysts...

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Solar energy transforms rural Hoima communities

Solar energy transforms rural Hoima communities

Posted 2 days ago

Kyapoloni village, like many villages in Uganda, is not connected to the national electricity...

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Reasons you should join a network marketing company

Posted 2 days ago

“Hi. I just wanted to tell you about an exciting business opportunity,” someone said on the...

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workshop he started after completing three years

A hearing impairment did not steal his hunger for success

Posted 3 days ago

When Kiberu returned to his seat, he told me the young man was 24-year-old Abdul Kalumba. A...

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Tanzania at Namboole stadium after a downpour last week

Is it poor maintenance eating up Namboole national stadium?

Posted 3 days ago

This year’s Cecafa exposed the poor standards of the pitch at Mandela National Stadium in...

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Mafabi with his wife

Nandala Mafabi outside politics

Posted 3 days ago

You know him as the outspoken politician, Budadiri West Member of Parliament, the Leader of...

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