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News Uganda Social: The Pop Singers Threatening Uganda's Strongman Leader

Published on: Saturday 10 August 2019
The Pop Singers Threatening Uganda's Strongman Leader
News source: https://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/the-pop-singers-threatening-ugandas-strongman-leader/95707

Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni ... In Tororo district, 125 miles from Kampala, there has traditionally been little opposition to Museveni, says social worker Ronald Okot. “You nowadays find youth ...

News Uganda Social: Uganda: Bobi Wine Social Media Tax Case Hits a Snag Over Lack of Witnesses

Published on: Monday 12 August 2019
Uganda: Bobi Wine Social Media Tax Case Hits a Snag Over Lack of Witnesses
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201908120372.html?bcmt=1

The state has asked for more time to summon witnesses in the trial of the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine and four others for disobedience of statutory duty. ...

News Uganda Social: Is Uganda preparing its climate change leaders?

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Is Uganda preparing its climate change leaders?
News source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/Uganda-preparing-climate-change-leaders/689364-5204544-11wc349/index.html

Uganda needs to nourish and focus on how to prepare a generation ... Activists such as Wangari Muta Maathai, a famous Kenyan social, environmental and political activist started the “Green Belt ...

News Uganda Social: Uganda to export medical doctors

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Uganda to export medical doctors
News source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Uganda-export-medical-doctors/688334-5205200-9nce8t/index.html

Uganda employs just slightly above 1,000 doctors in its public ... a chief operating officer at African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST), said government should increase the ...

News Uganda Social: Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s reign

Published on: Tuesday 25 June 2019
Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s reign
News source: http://theconversation.com/thousands-of-recently-discovered-photographs-document-life-in-uganda-during-idi-amins-reign-119131

Amin’s administration governed Uganda with the fervor and energy of a military campaign. It targeted otherwise obscure social issues – smuggling, overcharging consumers, the dominance of Asian ...

News Uganda Social: Border: Women traders sue Uganda, Rwanda

Published on: Monday 01 July 2019
Border: Women traders sue Uganda, Rwanda
News source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Border-Women-traders-Uganda-Rwanda-Tanzania-/688334-5178970-c303maz/index.html

Kampala-Women traders operating between Uganda and Rwanda have sued the two governments seeking ... They also want an order for an economic and social audit to ascertain the extent of damage to the ...

News Uganda Social: A recently discovered trove of photos show life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s troubled reign

Published on: Sunday 30 June 2019
A recently discovered trove of photos show life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s troubled reign
News source: https://qz.com/africa/1655715/ugandas-idi-amin-rare-photos-capture-life-but-not-horrors/

Amin’s administration governed Uganda with the fervor and energy of a military campaign. It targeted otherwise obscure social issues – smuggling, overcharging consumers, the dominance of Asian ...

News Uganda Social: The rise of Gulu, and strange fruits of conflict in Uganda

Published on: Tuesday 04 June 2019
The rise of Gulu, and strange fruits of conflict in Uganda
News source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/columnists/CharlesOnyangoObbo/The-rise-of-Gulu--and-strange-fruits-of-conflict-in-Uganda-/878504-5144814-6ggm0k/index.html

Uganda was the first African country after 1988 to pull off a post-war reconstruction, in tandem with free market reforms By CHARLES Onyango-Obbo In the last one year, from time to time, some ...

News Uganda Social: Uganda woman leads teens in fight for safer cities

Published on: Thursday 06 June 2019
Uganda woman leads teens in fight for safer cities
News source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-7114757/Uganda-woman-leads-teens-fight-safer-cities.html

Some now even wear jackets advocating for girls' safety. "You cannot do anything on this without the community," said Munive, who noted that social pressure from neighborhood residents was also a ...

News Uganda Social: Men dominate media space in Uganda, says study

Published on: Saturday 01 June 2019
Men dominate media space in Uganda, says study
News source: https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1501307/dominate-media-space-uganda-study

A study conducted by the Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) revealed that there are more men than women represented in the media. The study ‘Media for Gender Equality and Social Justice: Leaving ...

News Uganda Social: What will stop Uganda’s economy from falling from the skies?

Published on: Friday 31 May 2019
What will stop Uganda’s economy from falling from the skies?
News source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/What-will-stop-Uganda-s-economy-from-falling-from-the-skies-/689364-5138420-p8vgjo/index.html

Rising social tension. The failure to enhance salaries and excessive ... The trend of economic growth in Uganda over the same period of 10 years is pointing downwards with a slope of close to minus ...

News Uganda Social: Qatar- Uganda expat believes Ramadan is a time to re-examine life

Published on: Sunday 02 June 2019
Qatar- Uganda expat believes Ramadan is a time to re-examine life
News source: https://menafn.com/1098600468/Qatar-Uganda-expat-believes-Ramadan-is-a-time-to-reexamine-life

He said: 'As far as my experience of observing fasting in Uganda, I have a very interesting ... Ramadan teaches you equality and social justice. There are more chances of social networking ...

News Uganda Social: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2019 Article IV Consultation with Uganda

Published on: Wednesday 08 May 2019
News source: https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2019/05/07/pr19148-uganda-imf-executive-board-concludes-2019-article-iv-consultation-with-uganda

[1] Under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds bilateral discussions with members, usually every year. A staff team visits the country, collects economic and financial ...

News Uganda Social: IPOD has turned into a social club - FDC

Published on: Monday 20 May 2019
News source: https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1500613/ipod-social-club-fdc

saying IPOD is turning into a social club. The IPOD brings together five political parties represented in Parliament including; Democratic Party (DP), National Resistance Movement (NRM), FDC, Jeema ...

News Uganda Social: Uganda: Man U Legend Visits Uganda, Encourages Sponsorships

Published on: Sunday 19 May 2019
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201905200156.html?src=rss

It is part of our larger corporate social investment in the future generation of Uganda. Our aim is to ensure that young Ugandan soccer enthusiasts are taught the basic concepts of football and ...