Mike Ssegawa

Two decades of reporting, editing and managing news content. Reach him via email: kampalaplanet@gmail.com Tiktok/Twitter: @MikeSsegawa
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OP-ED: End fights in districts, focus on creating skilled, productive & market driven populations

Since I returned to dear Mukono from Jinja city, I am disturbed by the number and nature of conflicts in…

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MIKE SSEGAWA: How Uganda has built a robust health infrastructure from 27 to 71 public hospitals

Following a social media blitz under hashtag UgandaHealthExhibition, this website is highlighting realities of the improvements in the country’s health…

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Karamoja iron sheets: How Ministers Kitutu, Nandutu can win back President’s trust

Karamoja has become more famous recently - just like the Mabaati hashtag. However, there are people who wonder why the…

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Iron Sheets saga: Kudos to New Vision newspaper for ‘Story of the Year’ candidate

Let me make these two observations; It has long been warned that it is wrong and stupid to place gold…

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JUMA MPENDO: Muhoozi’s Spectacular Rise in The Succession Queue is Not By Accident

First son Genera Muhoozi Keinerugaba has had his fortunes rise through the roof with regard to the debate on who…

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WATCHDOG VOICES:Grandma Stranded With 6 Grandchildren After Her Roof Is Struck By Hailstorm

A 75-year-old woman in Zana, along Entebbe Road in Wakiso district, has been thrown on the streets following heavy damage…

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Kenya’s EACC investigating Sh157m contract for supply of murram for use in rehabilitation of Nairobi-Nanyuki Railway

EACC is seeking to establish circumstances under which Kenya Railway resorted to restricted tendering to pick suppliers for the materials…

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DOUBLE CELEBRATIONS: Cardinal Wamala celebrates 28 years as a Cardinal, 41 as bishop

At 95, His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala, is a man blessed to witness a lot of blessings coming his way.…

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Why Mukono, Wakiso, Mpigi finally have magic bullet to solve Metropolitan Kampala’s biting challenges

Whereas Mukono Municipality is set to get 140km of tarmacked roads under the $600m Greater Kampala Metropolitan Authority program sponsored…

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MIKE SSEGAWA: Tourism is the game changer to bring back Jinja city’s glory

If you visited the Source of the River Nile in Jinja, your appetite for adventure ends the moment you realise…

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MIKE SSEGAWA: What the ‘RDC’ who collapsed recently could learn from cadres in the Communist Party of China

There have been Reports that someone who served Uganda as Resident District Commissioner collapsed and got hospitalised on getting news…

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Cabinet: Parliament to elect new Speaker on Friday

Cabinet chaired by President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe on Monday has decided that the new Speaker will be…

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Pablo Bashir: How my life changed after surviving deadly Masaka road motor accident

The last couple of years have been action-packed for Pablo Bashir Sewalu, the Director of Elite Protocol Services. The man…

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Mbarara Bloggers comb Ankole promoting tourist attractions, entrepreneurs ahead of Big Conference in city

Top Bloggers and media personalities in Mbarara city have held a weeklong campaign where they crisscrossed the entire Ankole region…

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Gen Kandiho bounces back as Police’s chief of joint staff

IN a turn of events, President Museveni has appointed Maj Gen Abel Kandiho as Chief of Joint Staff of Uganda…

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