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Social Justice In Food Is A Silver Bullet To End Malnutrition, Ill Health & Premature Deaths In Uganda

Social Justice In Food Is A Silver Bullet To End Malnutrition, Ill Health & Premature Deaths In Uganda

By JANET NKASIIMA While Uganda is considered the food basket of East Africa, families are still going hungry, many children are malnourished, and diet-related NCDs are on the rise. The World Day of Social Justice…

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CANCER DAY: Using Healthy Diets To Reduce The Risk Of Cancer

CANCER DAY: Using Healthy Diets To Reduce The Risk Of Cancer

By Nkasima Janet KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| The global cancer burden is estimated to have risen to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths in 2018.[1] One in 5 men and one in 6 women worldwide…

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POLLS: CCEDU/NICE Mobilise Voters Ahead Of Local Government Polls

POLLS: CCEDU/NICE Mobilise Voters Ahead Of Local Government Polls

By CHARITY AHIMBISIBWE KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| The 2021 Elections were conducted in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic led to drastic changes in the way the media was to be used in the 2021…

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How Uganda’s Book Industry Fared Amidst Covid19 In 2020

How Uganda’s Book Industry Fared Amidst Covid19 In 2020

By CHARLES BATAMBUZE KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Greetings Book people and all active and potential readers, What a year that 2020 has been! While the Covid-19 pandemic looms large, writing and book publishing has become one of…

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GO SLOW: AN OPEN LETTER TO FIRST SON GEN MUHOOZI KAINERUGABA

GO SLOW: AN OPEN LETTER TO FIRST SON GEN MUHOOZI KAINERUGABA

From your great fan, Peter Katusabe CEO Ramaphosa Consult LTD International P.O. BOX 39, Kagadi – Uganda. Dear Gen, First of all, I take the rare opportunity to say good afternoon sir? I want to…

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EASY: “Campaigning For President Museveni Is Flexible”- Faruk Kirunda

EASY: “Campaigning For President Museveni Is Flexible”- Faruk Kirunda

By FARUK KIRUNDA It is a month since campaigns for President and Members of Parliament (MPs) started, with elections falling on January 14, 2021 (kindly, mark that date!). Later, Local Council executives will be elected.…

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Does Opposition’s Failed ICC Petition Mean They Unwittingly Campaigned For Museveni?

Does Opposition’s Failed ICC Petition Mean They Unwittingly Campaigned For Museveni?

By FARUK KIRUNDA KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA|After so much time wasted, so much scheming and so much false promises made, the opposition has been slapped in the face. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed a petition…

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CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS STATEMENT ON THE ATTACKS ON NGOs

CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS STATEMENT ON THE ATTACKS ON NGOs

Fellow country women and men from across the width and breadth of our beautiful country, we send you greetings. We are deeply troubled as the civil society sector about the growing smear campaign engineered to…

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HILARIOUS: What If John Katumba Becomes The President Come 2021?

HILARIOUS: What If John Katumba Becomes The President Come 2021?

BY ANDREW BABA BULUBA KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Many Ugandans at the moment strongly believe that Presidential Candidate John Katumba becoming the next president is harder than a childless woman conceiving past menopause. And that much I believe…

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INTERVIEWS: Date Set For Shift Media Group New Recruits

INTERVIEWS: Date Set For Shift Media Group New Recruits

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Thanks to all who showed interest in the Shift Media Group job applications. The numbers were overwhelming, those who succeeded and were shortlisted will be individually approached regarding interviews that kickstart on November…

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