EXCLUSIVE! EAC Force deployment into volatile DRC crystallises
The East African Community’s troop deployment to combat hundreds of militias, regional proxy armies and mercenaries roaming the vast green...
Teenage moms thrive with supportive structures
By Juliet Nabulime Child rights experts have attributed the surge of child mothers during the Covid-19 pandemic to peer pressure...
Poor mothers bleed to death as unscrupulous health workers sell blood
It’s 9am and Rosette Kamuntu is at home in Ntinda preparing a snack after dropping her kids to school. She...
Counting the Cost: Covid-19 Dents Aspirations of Small Scale Irrigation Farmers in Kenya and Uganda
By Dicta Asiimwe and Ruth Keah Until 2017, Tabitha Kisinga a mother to a set of triplets and seven other...
If Bobi Wine can’t stand scrutiny, he may consider selling ice cream
Last week, I had a candid tete-a-tete over mildly spiced fish tikka masala and mashed potato at Piato Restaurant in...
EDITORIAL STATEMENT: Kakwenza (And Uganda) Deserve Better
The East African Center for Investigative Reporting (EACIR), the publisher of the not-for-profit online publication, www.voxpopuli.ug is appalled by the continued detention...
Three die, 33 injured in twin Suicide bombings in Kampala
Three people have died in deadly twin suicide bomb attacks that targeted key government installations in Kampala. According to the...
Covid-19 Pandemic leads to High Suicide Rate
The COVID-19 pandemic and attendant restrictions exacerbated deficiencies in Uganda’s already challenged mental healthcare system. Many people with mental issues could not easily move to get their...
Covid-19 and Mental health: A crisis within a crisis
As government continues to lurch from one crisis to another over the Covid-19 virus, another malady burbling below the radar,...
COVID-19 disrupts access to care for mental health
By Evelyn Lirri Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Uganda, Benon Kabale faced challenges accessing health care for his mental...
