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Karamoja Still Trapped: CSOs Call for Enough Govt Funding

Civil society organizations (CSOs) have warned that Karamoja sub region will continue to suffer deep-rooted poverty unless the government boosts funding for the region and addresses long-standing inequalities. At a...

INJUSTICE: Mbarara PFF Mobilizer & Science Teacher in Trouble over Illegal Money Lending 

Authorities in Mbarara city and Mbarara district have been asked to investigate illegal money lenders that are conniving...

CSOs Condemn UN’s Move to Dismantle UNAIDS

Civil Society Organizations-CSOs have condemned the United Nations proposal to dismantle the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS-UNAIDS...

EXPOSED: Charles Mwesigwa,a man running a sex ring operating out of Dubai’s most glamorous neighbourhoods and exploiting vulnerable women 

Charles Mwesigwa, who says he is a former London bus driver, told our undercover reporter he could provide...

Cisco: Africa presents AI leapfrogging opportunity

Additional reporting by Paula Gilbert, Connecting Africa. Africa's entrepreneurial workforce and young population can help catalyze an artificial...

KENYA: Why Authorities blocked BBC Africa Eye’s ‘Blood Parliament’ Documentary Screening

Kenyan authorities have faced growing criticism for blocking the screening of a BBC documentary exposing police officers who shot dead protestors at last year’s...

HOW WEFUNILE DRIVING SCHOOL IS SCAMMING UGANDANS

This story exposes Wefunile Driving School / Wefunile Company Ltd in Kampala, Uganda. It exposes a cartel that is collecting millions of shillings from...

LOAN SCANDAL: HOW CENTENARY BANK STAFF BRUTALLY ATTACKED A CLIENT’S WIFE & STOLE OVER UGX90 MILLION

January 19, 2024. Hussein Kyeyune, a model farmer and resident of Watuba,Mabuye Luweero district central Uganda has accused Centenary Bank Uganda for terribly harassing...

REMANDED: HOW KITAGATA DOCTOR DEFILED HIS BIOLOGICAL DAUGHTER!

Chief magistrate’s court sitting in Bushenyi has remanded Dr. Gilverse Rubagumya Twiine until 20th September 2022 when he will appear in court for further...

UGANDA’S TEENAGE PREGNANCY PANDEMIC & SRHR GAPS!

Uganda registered at least 644,955 teenage pregnancies in 2 years during the COVID-19 lockdown, 5 times higher than coronavirus positive cases. About 250 children...

IN-DEPTH: HOW TEENAGE PREGNANCY PANDEMIC EXPOSED UGANDA’S SRHR GAPS!

Audio 1 - Runyankore-Rukiga version Audio 2 - English version   YouTube (English) https://youtu.be/R_Z8aJ_gEnc YouTube (Runyankore-Rukiga) https://youtu.be/JaKhxi7p6Uc SoundCloud https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/3qSBB Uganda registered at least 644,955 teenage pregnancies in 2 years during the COVID-19 lockdown,...