Community Voices
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Mr. Opiyo thanks for sharing your wisdom & advice
Over the past weekend, I met Mr. Nicholas Opyio, renowned multi-award-winning human rights lawyer and campaigner…
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Enforce women land rights under customary tenure
In sum, rather than working against custom, policymakers and activists should be creative in identifying a…
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Paradox of money & how to grow a rural economy
First the story of a little town called, Aita, and then the lessons we can take…
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World Children’s Day 2023 – ‘For Every Child, Every Right’
“For Every Child, Every Right!” is the theme for World Children’s Day 2023, which is today,…
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Let’s talk menstruation and period plastic waste
‘It’s plastic hidden in plain sight,’ says Ella Daish, founder of the #EndPeriodPlastic campaign. ‘Bags, bottles…
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End modern forms of slavery thriving in Uganda
Naican was of a tender school-going age in the 1970s when she came to the city…
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Know traffic offense penalties are on driver & vehicle?
On Saturday, 26th August 2023, after a successful work trip to Gulu, on our way back,…
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Deepening food poverty in Karamoja due to crop losses
According to the most recent Uganda National Household Survey, 75% of households in Karamoja are food…
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Lady with backpack in the city, what’s she carrying?
A few days ago, a young lady stormed my office, in her hand, a delivery note…
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Kumam ‘big man’ owns more than others own
Initially in Kumam culture, being a ‘big man’ was earned from inheritance. For example, when the…