Gillian Nantume

Kampala

Writer at Daily Monitor

#Journalism #Health #Gender #ClimateChange #Editor, Sustainability, NMG Uganda #SolutionsJournalism

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Articles

Stomach cancer on the rise in Western Uganda

2 months ago | monitor.co.ug | Gillian Nantume

In 2020, while the world was grappling with the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, Deus Sebarenzi was diagnosed with stomach cancer. His son, Joseph Mugisha, narrates his father’s ordeal. “There was a time when he had a burning pain in his stomach, which increased whenever he had a meal. At first, we thought it was indigestion. Then, we thought he had a case of terrible ulcers,” he says. When the two visited a hospital, the doctors did some tests that confirmed that his father had ulcers.
Sold into marriage at 14, abused by two husbands

Jan 10, 2025 | monitor.co.ug | Gillian Nantume

At 45, Goretti Nabwami has only known sadness and despair in her life. The look on her face is a tapestry of the trauma and abuse she has endured from the men in her life. As she talks, her voice is laden with unshed tears. Sometimes, though, she cries, the tears flowing out of her eyes as she narrates her ordeal. Nabwami lives in a two-room rental in Kireka, a suburb of Kampala City, with her children and abusive husband.
Mugasha - a life of triumphs and fulfilled dreams

Nov 1, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Gillian Nantume

“In 2006, the President wanted to make me a minister of Public Service, but I refused. I wanted to spend some time reorganising my farm and my life. I told him I would consider the position in two years. I have not seen him since then,” says Florence Mugasha, an education entrepreneur. She is visibly frail, but at 76, Mugasha has a sharp memory. After an illustrious life in the public service and private sector, the public administrator only has one regret. She wishes she had been a judge.
Africa’s position and expectations at COP29

Oct 27, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Gillian Nantume

According to the State of the Climate in Africa 2022 report, published by the World Meteorological Organisation, the continent is responsible for less than ten percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions. However, Africa is suffering disproportionately from climate change and is least likely to cope with the negative impacts.
How clean cooking will build Uganda’s climate resilience

Oct 20, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Gillian Nantume

For Miriam Nakiwala, an accountant in the private sector, cooking anything beyond a snack means lighting the metallic sigiri (charcoal stove) the family keeps in their detached kitchen. The gas (Liquefied Petroleum Gas - LPG) cooker is kept in her indoor kitchen. However, Nakiwala rarely lights the gas cooker, only using it to warm sauce for the family’s supper. The idea is to make the gas last at least three months before a refill is required.
A girl’s unpredictable journey to adulthood

Oct 14, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Gillian Nantume

Last year, when Sarah Mirembe’s* father asked if she had started elongating her labia, the 16-year-old girl was dumbfounded. It was the last question the young girl expected from her father, especially a few weeks after her mother had died. “I told him I had done so. He demanded to inspect me so that he could confirm that it was true. I refused, telling him that he was a man, and my father, therefore he could not see my nakedness,” she says.
Our Independence is still provisional, says Ruzindana

Oct 9, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Edgar R. Batte |Gillian Nantume

You will be making 79 in November. With the benefit of hindsight, has Independence been worth it? Independence was a positive development that came at the right time. Colonialism was no longer viable. But, I am not sure whether we have successfully utilised Independence to the advantage of the majority of the people. What was the excitement like in the masses at the time? There was apprehension among the public on what Independence meant. I was in Senior Two and living in rural Ntungamo.
Uganda at 62: Where did we go wrong in Birigwa's view

Oct 7, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Gillian Nantume |Edgar R. Batte

How old were you in 1962? I was 14 and I was very lucky because I happened to have been raised in Katwe (a suburb in Kampala), so I walked to Kololo Airstrip where the Union Jack was to be lowered for the last time in Uganda at midnight. Everybody was excited. I witnessed the arrival of Governor Sir Walter Coutts and that of the Duke and Lady Kent, who were representing the Queen of England.
The evolution of Uganda's political scene since Independence

Oct 6, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Gillian Nantume

UPC-KY Alliance: After the victory of the Uganda People’s Congress in the April 1962 general elections, Apollo Milton Obote became Prime Minister of the UPC-KY coalition government. In 1963, Kabaka Edward Muteesa was elected President of Uganda – a largely ceremonial post. UPC 1964 Delegates Conference: Grace Ibingira, with Obote’s support, ousted John Kakonge from the position of Secretary General.
The death penalty will not make Uganda safer – abolitionists

Oct 4, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Gillian Nantume

In 1996, Maureen Nagitta* killed her husband. The couple had been married for a long time and had a number of children. Her husband had threatened to kill her, and according to her, he was intent on committing the act. “My husband was very badly behaved. He used to beat me every night after he had taken alcohol and drugs. He was a womanizer. I did not know what to do, because my family had, in several meetings, advised him to treat me like a human being, in vain,” she says. Nagitta is soft spoken.