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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 injustice lingers.…
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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…
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.…
Poor fishing communities targeted and discriminated against on L.Victoria
A year after his arrest by the Fish Protection Unit of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Moses Musitwa was still paying off debts he…
‘Worse than business as usual’: EU overlooks Uganda’s attack on human rights
The European Union claims to stand up for human rights, the rule of law, transparency in government and peaceful, democratic elections. Yet in recent years…
How Makerere erased our freedoms
It is 7:00pm July 14, 2022. Despite the onset of darkness, hundreds of students are moving on all university roads, chanting their candidates’ names. On…