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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

Analysis By Alice Emasu 5 October 2004 Kampala — Society seems to accept domestic violence as a bedroom affair that should not even spill over to the living room, but why should a man batter his pregnant wife? To many right thinking members of society, nine months of pregnancy is a shared responsibility between husband

By Mercy Nalugo 1 December 2004 Parliament — A women rights agency has proposed that bride-price be abolished completely. The women told the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee that many young men and orphans could not afford the price, which is a requirement for marriage. The Executive Director of Mifumi Project, Ms Turner Atuki, said

16 July 2007 Lominda Afedraru — THE Mifumi Project, a women’s rights advocacy NGO based in Tororo District, has petitioned the Constitutional Court to scrap bride price. In the petition Mifumi filed together with 10 others, they argue that the practice of giving bride price, a key component in customary marriage, is unconstitutional because it

Opinion By Atuki Turner 20 December 2007 Kampala — BRIDE Price is a controversial issue and one which excites a hot debate whenever the topic is raised. Since MIFUMI began its campaign to reform this practice we have got mixed support from public figures. The church is a very conservative institution which is hardly seen

opinion By Atuki Turner 25 March 2008 Kampala — THERE are 365 days in one year. Since that time, women have enjoyed the privilege of only one day each year. The rest of the days belong to men and that is why we call it a man’s world. Now that Women’s Day has come and

Interview by Susan Muyiyi 13 September 2008 Kampala — ATUKI Turner is the Executive Director of MIFUMI, a Tororo-based NGO that protects women and children against violence and abuse. She told Susan Muyiyi about her life and organisation. Are you related to Tina Turner, the musician? No. Many people assume that we are related. In fact I even have

opinion By Atuki Turner 24 September 2008 Refer to your editorial on bride-price (dowry) on September 9. Thank you for highlighting the plight that bride-price (dowry) subjects women to and giving it your editorial that recognises both the significance of addressing the problem as essential to women’s equality and subsequently development. Indeed the situation for

Opinion By Atuki Turner 11 June 2009 Kampala — 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