Part 1: Kiteezi: One year after the tragedy, serious concerns emerge
A year after a section of Uganda’s largest garbage dump site at Kiteezi near the capital Kampala collapsed killing dozens of people and displacing hundreds, the smell of rot may have faded from the air, but for survivors and relatives of the dead and missing, the stench of…
Part 2: KCCA moves from Kiteezi tragedy to Buyala disaster
In the weeks after a section of Uganda’s largest garbage dump site at Kiteezi near the capital Kampala collapsing and killing dozens of people and displacing hundreds, Kampala’s streets began to choke under the weight of uncollected garbage. With the Kiteezi garbage dump closed, the garbage was hastily…
Part 3: Compensation woes for Kiteezi victims
For months after the disaster at Kiteezi, the death toll was disputed, with residents and local authorities reporting different numbers. KCCA public health director Dr. Sarah Zzalwango confirmed to Agora this August that the official records put the missing and the dead at 11 and 35 respectively. These numbers remain highly contested by residents who spoke with Agora, with some accusing KCCA and the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) which handles disasters…
Part I: One political activist’s lasting fight with Speaker Among
An acquittance invited Habib Buwembo, 42, a renown political activist, for a meeting at a Kampala hotel in January 2017. When Buwembo arrived, the acquittance asked him to sit, and excused himself. Suddenly, Anita Among (now the speaker of parliament), then an ordinary Member of Parliament, a few…
Part II: How Buwembo was jailed for threatening Speaker Among
On February 8, 2022, the Ugandan parliament was unusually charged. One after another, legislators lambasted government over widespread state-sponsored torture. Kampala Central MP, Mohammad Nsereko, had increasingly toned down his criticism of government. But on this day, he was unusually livid. The problem was so severe that that torture victims were owed Shs12…
‘Release our people’ – Wives & mothers of political victims cry out
Since the 2021 elections, hundreds of opposition supporters have been detained, disappeared, and even killed. Some are facing trial before the Military Court Martial.
How Makerere erased our freedoms – Part 2
Three decades later, it is telling that at Makerere University, political parties have been abolished, physical campaigns and voting banned, dissenting lecturers forced to leave,…
Countering Disinformation
Disinformation or false information spread deliberately to cause harm undermines trust in institutions like the media, political parties, etc. In this video series, AGORA talked to different actors about what can be done to counter it.
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