Stories written by Evelyn Kiapi
Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi, a development communications specialist, has been practicing journalism for over 10 years, serving in different capacities from freelance journalist to reporter, sub editor, features editor and product editor. She is currently an independent journalist covering development issues for both local and international media. Locally, Evelyn has written for the Monitor (now Daily Monitor) and The Observer in Uganda and corresponds for IPS and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
Evelyn holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Makerere University and a master’s degree in development studies from the University of Leeds, U.K. where she specialised in gender, reproductive health and rights. Through the years, Evelyn has written vastly on these issues, winning several international and local media awards.
Evelyn is also a practicing media consultant and has written gender- and reproductive health-related articles for the Population Reference Bureau and United Nations Millennium Development Goal Africa Campaign and worked as a communications and media consultant for UNFPA’s Uganda office.
Carolyne Nakazibwe, 28, has never known fatherly love. She was only two when her father 'disappeared'. He walked out of the house one morning and never returned. Nobody saw, or heard from, him again.
It happened fast, without a warning. Madina Nakamya died after her husband poured acid on her because she refused to sleep with him without a condom. Both were HIV positive.
Members of Uganda's largest ethnic group, the Baganda, are demanding self-rule, or Federo (Federation) as they call it. And, other ethnic groups are worried.
Goretti Kyomuhendo, 37, discovered she could write after her first attempt to get an article published in a local newspaper. She had submitted a creative piece, which she was not sure would get published. That was in 1994.
Musa Musisi, 48, sells charcoal in Wandegeya, a suburb of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Lucky for him, high electricity tariffs have driven consumers to charcoal.
About six years ago Rosemary Kityo, 31, discovered that she was HIV-positive. Her husband, Yowasi Kityo, had already succumbed to the disease, after a long illness.
About six years ago Rosemary Kityo, 31, discovered that she was HIV-positive. Her husband, Yowasi Kityo, had already succumbed to the disease, after a long illness.