By Dr. Betty Udongo Pacutho, PhD
Nebbi, Uganda — “I thought my life had ended when I became pregnant.”
I have heard that sentence dozens of times from girls who come to our centre.
They are 15, 17, 19 years old. They had dreams of becoming nurses, teachers, businesswomen. Then pregnancy came, and with it, silence. Shame. Rejection. School doors closed.
But I have also seen...
By Moses Akuma Odims
On this International Day of Peace, observed under the United Nations theme “Invest in Peace – For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day,” the people of West Nile and the wider Great Lakes region have both a solemn responsibility and a unique opportunity.
Peace is not a distant ideal reserved for conference halls in New York or Geneva. It is built daily in the...
By Kumakech Sam KUSAJA, Social Policy Analyst.
The recent killing of rugby player Sydney Gongodyo through mob action is a tragic reminder of the growing threat of mob justice in Uganda.
While communities are often frustrated by crime and delays in the justice system, taking the law into one's own hands can never be justified. Mob violence undermines the rule of law and often results in the...
By: Akuma Moses Odims
If you have ever travelled the Arua-Kampala highway at night, you know the sound. The roar of a Gaagaa Bus Services bus climbing out of Karuma, the KK Travelers driver shouting "Kampala, Kampala!" in Arua Park, the familiar colors of a Zawadi Bus Services bus pulling into Nebbi at dawn.
For a West Niler, that sound was not just transport. It was pride. It meant we could...
OPINION
By Moses Akuma Odims
West Nile stands at an interesting moment.
We are more than four million people — resilient, diverse, hardworking — hosting both nationals and refugees. We have fertile soils, we border three countries, we have the Albert Nile, we have tourism potential, we have growing power supply and we have Muni University.
Yet the numbers still worry us....
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