Dr. Nandawula Kanyerezi Mutema ~ Founder of The Village Mall Clinic Bugolobi ~ Diaspora Award Recipient 14

Dr. Nandawula Kanyerezi Mutema, is Executive Director and Physician at The Clinic at The Mall, Kampala. Dr. Kanyerezi Mutema grew up in Kampala, where she attended Gayaza High School and

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Inspiring Stories | Meet the Real King of Katwe — Coach Robert Katende 2

By Ronnie Mayanja — The inspiring story of Robert Katende, the man behind the success of Ugandan chess champion Phiona Mutesi, begins in a small town in Kiboga District where

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Ms. Victoria Sekitoleko – Former UN Representative For FAO in China and Founder Uganda China Community Cultural Center. 0

Ms. Victoria Sekitoleko is a former Minister of Agriculture in the Ugandan government, a post she held from 1986 to 1995. She was a representative for the United Nations Food

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Diaspora Stories | Derreck Kayongo is new CEO at Center for Civil and Human Rights 0

Derreck Kayongo, a onetime refugee from Uganda, has been named as the new chief executive officer at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. The center made the announcement

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Jackson Twesigye Kaguri Is Uganda’s CNN HERO For 2012 | Founder Of The Nyaka AIDS Foundation 1

According to UNICEF estimates, 1.2 million children in Uganda have lost a parent to an AIDS-related illness. One man is dedicating himself to making the lives of those children better.

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Derreck Kayongo, a Ugandan is CNN HERO, TOP 10 2011, Global Soap Project CEO 10

Derreck Kayongo’s journey from child refugee to fearless visionary is filled with moments of inspiration (along with the benefits of good, old-fashioned sweat equity) that make him one of the

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Rose Nanyonga, An Anti-Child Sacrifice Advocate and Ambassador for the Poor 5

In 1989, as a young girl, Rose Nanyonga was forced to leave her family’s village in Uganda. She was alone and, as a female in Uganda without family protection, she

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Ugandan Lukiah Mulumba, US Air Force Officer at rank of Captain 141

When high school sweethearts Lukiah Nakabembe and Abdullah Mulumba moved to the US and started a life together, neither knew of any sickle cell disease sufferers in their families. The

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NAACP Image Award Nominee, Ugandan Musician, Omega Bugembe Okello 3

Not only does this East African Diva burst on the world music scene with a unique name, but she also blazons into the industry with a fantastic new sound. Omega

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