Fistula and Ugandan Mothers
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National Perspective – Music and Politics
February 1, 2011 No Comment 172 ViewsThe 2011 election campaign season was the most musical in Uganda's history. Whether it was for ideological or personal gain, singers, rappers and reggeaton artists rallied behind the eight
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National Perspective – Breast Cancer: The Silent Plague
November 4, 2010 No Comment 753 ViewsBreast cancer in the third commonest cancer in women in Uganda. According to the Ministry of Health, the incidence of breast cancer in Uganda doubled from 11:100,000 in 1961 to 22:100,000 in
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National Perspective – Parliament under the Magnifying Glass
July 3, 2010 No Comment 223 ViewsThe Parliament of Uganda is one of the most widely known, but also most commonly misunderstood institutions in the government of Uganda. Every five years, millions of Ugandans go to the polls to
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National Perspective – Boy King, Man Child
April 9, 2010 No Comment 1606 ViewsHappy Birthday King Oyo! As Uganda's youngest traditional monarch turns 18 this year, Uganda Radio Network's Emmanuel Kajubu investigates his youthful legacy, expectations on his reign and what
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National Perspective – Revisiting Uganda’s Murderous Cult
April 2, 2010 No Comment 1486 ViewsBefore March 17th 2000, few people outside southwestern Uganda had heard of Kanungu town. However even for those who had, it was only known as the sleepy corner of Rukungiri with a bad road, a high
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National Perspective – Challenges of Adoption
March 4, 2010 No Comment 585 ViewsAdoption of Ugandan children by foreign nationals is all the rage these days. Thanks to the international attention – good or bad – that the country has received over the past 25 years, many
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National Perspective – Alice Lakwena’s Ghost
February 18, 2010 No Comment 2573 ViewsThe name Alice Lakwena is still powerful enough in Uganda to instill fear into the hearts of many. Lakwena, born Alice Auma, was a young Acholi woman when she raised up a group of disenfranchised
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National Perspective – Carbon Trading War
December 8, 2009 No Comment 223 ViewsThere is a war going on at the slopes of Mount Elgon. It is not a war of guns and armies, but one in which many lives are put at risk permanently. National Perspective this week
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