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"Mujooga basajja mwe!" – The value of a 10k shilling note in this pandemic. #Stories4Health
The text came in at 10:00 pm in the night. Hey, have you seen the news today? Man, it’s crazy. It was my brother Niwarinda. This was on Sunday 17th […] More
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RIP Violet Kakai and a call for Men to Stand Up Against Domestic Violence
This story going around on social media of woman who was clobbered by her husband is really depressing. Very depressing and you know what’s more sad and annoying about it, […] More
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In 1966, a ghost was born in the High Court of Uganda.
This wicked creature has haunted the hallways, chambers, and registries of the country’s Judiciary for nearly sixty years. Many lawyers, judges, activists, government officials, journalists, scholars, politicians, royals, and presidents […] More
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The Core Issue Law Students Have With the Recent LDC Graduation
I watched the investigative report by Canary Mugume on LDC. I have striven to avoid commenting on all things LDC. But the silence is not worth it. Twitter has been […] More
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This is about the humanity inside us more than it is about gay rights
The above image depicts a round-up of revellers at an LGBT friendly bar, surrounded by police. There’s a very interesting scene in the Bible when Jesus was like, chilling with […] More
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BREAKING THE CYCLE OF SILENCE
COMMUNITY-LED EFFORTS TO ADDRESS RAPE, INCENT AND DEFILEMENT IN ZAMBIA. Lusaka and Zambia at large has recently recorded alarming numbers of rape,incent and defilement cases.According to the Zambian police service, […] More
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WE SHOULD ALL TAKE RAPE ALLEGATIONS SERIOUSLY.
In January, social media was awash with allegations of sexual assault and rape. The discussion was polarizing. For many women, it was a long-overdue discussion that proved right what they […] More
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I curved a mufere
I’ve missed bafere calling me up so I decided that the next one that called me, I’d be polite and engage with them. One just called the office phone purporting […] More
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Civic-Engagement as a Peace-building Tool
As a victim of conflict that lasted for over 20years in Northern Uganda, I often ask myself: would my brothers voluntarily have joined the LRA insurgents group in its initial […] More
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Kiggundu v Diamond Trust Bank (U) Ltd & Another: Executive and Legislative lethargy punished or Judicial aloofness in overdrive?
The Privatization Unit(PU) had just hired a legal wizard. It is rare to get a 1st Class degree in law from the School of Law, Makerere University. The PU advertised […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Fiction, General or Other, Identity & Culture, Law, Crime and Justice, Religion and Spirituality, Writing and LiteratureATYAP: A fair fight.
Two more seconds and poor Umar would have soiled his clothes with the watery mess of bad beans he had eaten for lunch. He dashed across the grass fields of […] More
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The Depressed Infant
It is a late Thursday evening in downtown Bweyogerere. In, Kakana Clinic, a shoddy establishment run by even more shoddy staff, a woman is placed on one of the rickety […] More
