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HEALTHY DIET: Journalists Join Forces with Advocacy Groups to Tackle Nutrition Crisis in Uganda

HEALTHY DIET: Journalists Join Forces with Advocacy Groups to Tackle Nutrition Crisis in Uganda

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda =SHIFT MEDIA=  In a bid to address the growing concerns of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and promote healthier dietary habits among Ugandan consumers, a team of 15 high-profile journalists has embarked…

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EATING 2 DEATH: Experts Demand For A Nutrition Policy To Address Food Safety

EATING 2 DEATH: Experts Demand For A Nutrition Policy To Address Food Safety

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA Uganda [SHIFT MEDIA] There is urgent need to include the right to adequate food in the National Planning Development agenda, experts have advised. The sentiments were echoed during the second National…

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Uganda Marks International Day For Universal Access To Information

Uganda Marks International Day For Universal Access To Information

By Our Reporter KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] The Chairperson Uganda Human Rights Commission Fauzat Mariam Wangadya has castigated courts who slap exorbitant costs against media houses for defamation cases describing them an infringement on rights to…

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Uganda’s Parasitology Professor Goes Into Books Publication

Uganda’s Parasitology Professor Goes Into Books Publication

By PATRICK JARAMOGI GULU, [SHIFTMEDIA] His beginning was humble, a born of Lukwor village, Lalogi sub-county, in Omoro district, Prof. Emmanuel Igwaro Odongo Aginya has interesting tales to tell. Though his background is science, with…

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RISING FROM THE ASHES: How Expulsion Ruined The Career Of Makerere University Medicine Student

RISING FROM THE ASHES: How Expulsion Ruined The Career Of Makerere University Medicine Student

By PATRICK JARAMOGI TORORO, Uganda[SHIFTMEDIA] This is a sad tale of how the future of young bright boy from a rural village in Tororo got shuttered after he was mysteriously expelled from Makerere University .…

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CLEARED: “Makerere University Fire Wasn’t Arson”- Police Report

CLEARED: “Makerere University Fire Wasn’t Arson”- Police Report

By AWORI ESTHER LUCY KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Like was expected, the police report into the investigations regarding the fire that gutted Makerere University’s iconic 76-year-old Main building has ruled out a possibility of arson. The Ivory…

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SAD: CCEDU Decries Low Voter Education As Ugandans Head To Polls

SAD: CCEDU Decries Low Voter Education As Ugandans Head To Polls

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| With just two weeks to polling day, many voters are yet to get information regarding the polling process, new reports have revealed. At least 17 million Ugandans head for polls…

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POSTPONED: Makerere University Calls Off Final Exams Over Bobi Protests

POSTPONED: Makerere University Calls Off Final Exams Over Bobi Protests

By  OKELLO ALLAN KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Finalists at Makerere University will have to wait longer to seat for their exams. Makerere University has postponed the end of semester examinations for final year students due to the…

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CALLED: Speaker Kadaga Summons Janet Museveni, Kasaija Over University Re-opening

CALLED: Speaker Kadaga Summons Janet Museveni, Kasaija Over University Re-opening

BY AWORI ESTHER LUCY KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Following a meeting with Guild leaders from various universities in Uganda, where they complained of unpreparedness by the tertiary institutions, the speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has summoned the…

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Cabinet Agrees To Open Universities, Candidate Classes To Wait Further

Cabinet Agrees To Open Universities, Candidate Classes To Wait Further

BY AWORI ESTHER LUCY KAMPALA – Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA NEWS| Only University and Tertiary institutions will re-open amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Cabinet agreed on Monday. Candidates have another wait. The Cabinet zeroed on universities on the basis…

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