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Film gets its strength from Ugandans

Piling up its international awards, The Last King of Scotland has come full circle, finally released in Uganda as a rare film experience, if not an unusual life-experience, where story and reality meld so much that it’s hard to know where one begins and the other ends.

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Uganda should copy Rwanda’s three-child limit

So, the Rwanda government is pushing the concept of a three-child limit for families. It’s something for Ugandans to keep an eye on, because population growth rates of the two neighbouring countries, among the highest in the world, are virtually identical.

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Why don’t we just wear fig leaves?

Okay, here’s a question. There are two new theology professors at UCU. Soon after one starts teaching, it’s discovered that he spends significant time mingling with Kampala’s crowd of drinkers and prostitutes. The other new professor, who is the cousin of the first, then comes to UCU’s classes wearing dreadlocks, torn jeans, several earrings and a rather large tattoo.

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