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It is a sunny Saturday afternoon, my favourite time of the week. I sit in my corner of the garden, under a leafy tree, surrounded by a hedge I planted for this very purpose, seclusion. Yet as soon as I sit at my desk to seclude, I open my mail hoping for something of interest

11th June 2009 By Atuki Turner The article by Jenn Jagire in The New Vision, June 4, raises issues about the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in democracy and good governance, and how Africans in the diaspora can help or hinder this. First of all, it is insulting for Jenn Jagire to state that forcing

1st July 2010 By Atuki Turner ANOTHER woman has buried a baby doll! Lillian Apio was detained by Police and has now been released on bond while everyone waits with bated breath to see what the Resident State Attorney will charge her with. Following two miscarriages, and under pressure to deliver, Apio pretended she had

On April 5th this year, Amanya Maclean lost her life as a result of brutal beatings allegedly inflicted by her husband, Innocent Amwiine. Before she died, Amanya gave a clear and heartbreaking declaration: she had been violently assaulted by her husband — not just once, but over the years. This dying testimony alone is sufficient

By Patrick Luganda 27 December 2001 It is now settled. Hand in gifts to a suitor’s parents. Marry the girl. Mistreat her and she will run away. And there is no refund for your gifts. More than 60% of voters in the referendum on bride price in Tororo district last Saturday opted for a reform

By Patrick Luganda 8 January 2002 Sixty years ago Evelyn Alowo Okoth witnessed a horrendous scene that became permanently imprinted in her mind. She was 10 years of age when her father brutalised his sister for refusing to marry a man who was ready to pay several cows in bride price. “My aunt had a

By Anne Mugisa 25 July 2002 Delegates at the International Women’s Congress yesterday called for abolition of bride price, saying it perpetuated domestic violence and poverty, especially in rural areas. “The family today is turning out to be the most brutal unit and the most dangerous institution the world over, where women face violence…The issue

By Joan Mugenzi 28 January 2003 Kampala — MIFUMI village in Tororo district is no village anyone would wish to settle in. The poverty in this place bites. The few reasonable houses have old rusty iron sheets. The children in this village move about in torn clothes. Not even food can bring joy to one’s

By Alice Emasu 16 December 2003 Kampala — FLORENCE Nyayuk, 42 and Solomon Oboth, 66 tell their love story with confidence and excitement. Oboth went to jail two years ago for Nyayuk, then his new catch. Oboth, a widower with 15 children opted to wed Nyayuk, who was formerly married and divorced. But when their