As the fight against corruption in Uganda continues amidst the scandalous reports, more people from the country are set to benefit from the integrity awards set for next month.The integrity awards, in partnership with the Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, Transparency International Uganda, Uganda Debt Network, Inspectorate of Government, Directorate of Ethics and Integrity, regional partners, and the media, are expected to be hosted by Action.
By Virginia Van Zandt On a red-soiled coffee plantation some 170 miles northeast of Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, a young woman sorts coffee beans headed for a Trader Joe’s in Milwaukee. Endiro Coffee, a collective coffee firm made up of 518 Ugandan women in the mountainous Mbale region of eastern Uganda, just struck a