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Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka yesterday obeyed predictions and delivered yet another “tax-heavy budget” she pigeon-holed as “special” but roundly criticised by policy makers as a “recipe for disaster” for balancing the books on the backs of the poor. In order to be able to finance 81.8 per cent of Shs15.4... Read More
HARDLY a month after unity brought it resounding victory in the Luweero woman MP by-election, the opposition is set to follow the same blueprint in Amuru district as the race to replace Betty Bigombe picks steam. In a rare show of unity, opposition bigwigs canvassed votes for Democratic Party candidate,... Read More
Reapi Waitaleca is a grandmother in the village of Nabouwalu on the Fijian island of Kadavu. She is also a trained solar engineer who has installed solar panels for all the households in her village and established a solar workshop. She is now training an 18-year-old high school graduate as... Read More
Councilor Florence is one of our star beneficiaries of programs that run throughout 2018 and 2019, when we met she was but another vendor making ends meet in the Kampala sun but with the right capacity building in communication lobbying and advocacy and the invaluable mentorship councilor Florence grew leaps... Read More
We are so deligthetd to introduce Mrs. Florence Aciro who now goes by the popular title Lord Councillor Aciro Florence is one of our most committed beneficairies ,having graduated from our flagship trainning with vendors of kampala city ,that is proving to be a bigger success with every year that... Read More
On the last day of training, Ms. Rose Abir who belongs to FDC and a proven determined woman leader confidently shared her purposeful leadership journey in the political space which really inspired the participants. Rose had dropped out of school when in senior one and was married off. The main... Read More
Women Leadership Development – WLEDE joins the international and national efforts to mark the 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV). WLEDE’s Mission is “To improve the quality contribution of women and youth leaders for Social Transformation through leadership capacity development” WLEDE’s programs are holistically designed to increase women’s... Read More
Scovia Apioa 38 year resident ofOtara parish, and an office cleaner at Aromo Sub County got interested in growing vegetables in April 2019 after attending trainings on Natural Resource management. In the trainings, aspects of vegetable growing was tackled as means of earning from the green economy. Scovia being a... Read More
Enhancing Green Opportunities for young people and women in Lira district through private, public sector. EGO project. A three day annual review and planning meeting on the EGO project was held at AVSI – Lira office (from 15th – 17th Jan 2019. The meeting attracted the following participants who are behind the... Read More
It was all fanfare at Eureka Place Hotel Ntinda as civil society organizations Women leadership Development (WLEDE) and Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) marked the close out of their election observation mission for the 2016 Uganda election. The occasion featured the recognition of the efforts of FHRI and WLEDE’S 27 Long-Term Observers who... Read More