LifeStyle
Inside Kampala’s sex racket: 27 girls rescued as Ronnie Mulindwa flees
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Singer Master Parrot killed in road accident
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‘Report Congo as Uganda’: The lazy way foreign media reports about Africa
The newsroom is quiet. Two journalists sit at a desk under an…
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Security
Inside Kampala’s sex racket: 27 girls rescued as Ronnie Mulindwa flees
KAMPALA — Police have rescued 27 young women from what investigators describe as an online sex exploitation and adult-content streaming operation that was being run from a residential house in Kyaliwajjala, Wakiso District, sparking renewed concerns about human trafficking, cyber exploitation and the vulnerability of unemployed youth. The operation was uncovered on the night of May 18 after detectives from the Directorate of Crime Intelligence and Kira Division Police raided a heavily guarded house in Mbalwa-Buyinja Zone, Namugongo Division, following weeks of intelligence gathering. Officers found 27 women aged between 17 and 26 years living in cramped rooms allegedly used…
Regional News
‘Report Congo as Uganda’: The lazy way foreign media reports about Africa
The newsroom is quiet. Two journalists sit at a desk under an Al Jazeera sign, trying to figure out where a health crisis is happening. This scene comes from a sharp cartoon by Dr Jim Spire Ssentongo. "Isn't Uganda found in Congo?" the male reporter asks, pointing to a paper marked Ebola. The female reporter answers confidently: "No, Congo is found in Uganda." Instead of checking a map, the first journalist shrugs and says, "We could just report Congo as Uganda." With a smile, his colleague replies, "Perfect." Dr Spire, a philosophy teacher, cartoonist and columnist, mocks a big problem…
