David Mafabi is a journalist based in Mbale, Uganda. David D Mafabi |Tel :************|************ | Email : ************ Bsc Mass communication, Diploma -Literature/English I have more than 10 years of progressive work experience in journalism at national, regional and local press. I worked with Daily Monitor for close to 10 years where I was a reporter, Bureau Chief- Eastern Uganda and senior staff writer at the headquaters [Kampala]. I have hands on experience in gathering facts and organizing them to tell the story to the public on a wide range; health, social, environment, tourism, business and politics among others. I am an award winning journalist having won the 2007 [corruption category] Uganda National Journalism awards, the 2014 and 2016 Population and health issues category [UNFPA and National population council], 2017 journalism mentorship award] by CEO, and in 2018 won the award for reporting on disability issues by East African Centre for disability. I am passionate about investigative reporting especially about issues that affect human beings directly like corruption, Poverty, Environment, Climate Change, Tourism, Health and Female Genital mutilation and gender responsiveness.
Ecological degradation: Mt Elgon’s natural heritage at the verge of death hen Mt Elgon soils were fertile and Kizangi was using Organic farming, an agricultural production without the use of synthetic chemicals or genetically modified organisms, growth re
Access to family planning is a woman’s reproductive health right MBALE – Anna Lokiru is a married mother of many children who has lost her bid to plan for her unmanageable family. The rather youthful mother is in a polygamous marriage in a rural area of
“Go alone, I am not pregnant to go to the hospital with you,” is the response Caroline Nabuzale, an expectant mother got from her husband, Lazarus Mazune, when she asked him to accompany her to the health centre III for Family planning sessions during her
How to save time, trees using solar cookits At 6am, Josphat Nafula in Bumoni village Manafwa District puts a fistful of tsikhu (seasoned firewood) in her three stone traditional stove. The wood catches fire; a cloud of smoke and ash rises, resting beneat
Infant deaths can be avoided When Justine Nabifo, 24, started experiencing labour pains, her husband, Peter Wamanyanya, 37, of Nusu village in Bushiyi Sub-county, Bududa District, encouraged her to have the baby at home. After all, Nabifo had successfull
A date with nature at Sisiyi Falls If you are a lover of nature, you should visit Sisiyi Falls in Bulambuli District. The falls encompass a unique splendour, and the falling masses of water accentuate Mt Elgon sub-region landscape. Many who have visited
Living as refugees in their own country KWEEN. Until early this year when former Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate Kizza Besigye visited Rwanda and Kisangani internally displaced persons camps in Sebei sub-region, many Ugandans did not kn
On March 1, 2010, the severest mudslide ever recorded in Uganda’s history occurred in Nametsi village, Bududa District, leaving at least 365 people dead and scores displaced. It is believed that the death toll was higher, only that some of the victims wer
Over 9,000 scramble for 124 Public Service jobs KAMPALA. A total of 9100 candidates who applied for Public Service Jobs have appeared for an aptitude test at Namboole Stadium seeking to join the central government. According to the commissioner human res
Cost of feeding family up 30 percent in 2017 In accounts offered by dozens of vendors and buyers across the country, a family of six on average in a day consumes a kilogramme of meat, a loaf of bread, one-quarter of a bunch of matooke, a kilogramme of ma
Govt Borrowing Imposes Shs1 Million Debt On Each Ugandan Kampala — Uganda's debt portfolio, including both disbursed fund and signed credit facilities, has reached a staggering Shs37 trillion, eclipsing the national budget read on Thursday and theoretic
School demands: Minister battles conflict of interest KAMPALA. A conflict of interest among policy implementers and the State’s surrendering of the delivery of quality education to a private sector that auctions it to the highest payer, according to paren
Slow progress on tourism road construction crippling the sector The Mbale-Sironko-Budadiri-Bumasifwa Road- a key link for tourism- is one of the most potholed in the country despite being a key economic link. A number of sections including bridges were w
Karamojong find more in mines than gardens KAMPALA – Katikekile, in Moroto district looks a camp for internally displaced people. It is a crowded village scattered with temporary structures; a collection of grass-thatched huts with wooden walls or mosqui
Mineral deposits in Karamoja deepening human rights abuse KARAMOJA– Peter Aleper, 46, goes down about 15 feet through a risky looking hole he has dug for himself out of the dusty hillside to look for gold every morning. He disappears for hours deep in th
Poverty could lead to ill health MANAFWA –Pictures of a haggard Hana Wakooli rising up her baby to my attention at Kiwata village, Bugobero sub-county in Manafwa district brought tears to my eyes. Wakooli, 27, a mother of five who looks frail seems to be
Climate change poses severe risks for ecosystems, human health KAMPALA – There is evidence that Uganda’s climate is changing and threatening the environmental, social and economic development, including the agricultural sector. In Uganda, climate change
KAPCHORWA – Representatives of the Ethnic Minority Groups have demanded for a repeal of the Article 32 of the 1995 constitution describing it as ambiguous and catering for only the interests of Women, Children and People With Disabilities. The Ethnic Min
Awesome moments with the Ik: a people, with a unique culture, rich heritage worth preserving KABOONG – When one talks about the Ik, people will straight away think about backward forest dwellers, fruit gatherers, hunters, illegal encroachers and primitive
KAABONG – From searching for insects, to birds, to different plant species with their unique names, animals, nature lovers in December braved the Lonyiri 25km nature walk in Kidepo valley national park and ventured out in the newly discovered nature walk,
Inside Kidepo Valley; a wildlife oasis up the northeast KABOONG – When thinking about Kidepo Valley National Park would immediately come to most people’s minds are the ‘strange’ elephants. Although elephants might be herbivores that are known to consume only
When rural women seek crude abortions to end unwanted pregnancies Many women resort to unsafe abortion, which accounts for more than 10% of all maternal deaths in Uganda according to the Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development, a Kamp
Abortion in marriages is rising up According to the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), more than four in 10 births are unplanned, and that figures from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) show that Ugandan women, on average, give birth to near
Stigma still showing its ugly face, slowing fight against HIV/Aids Although with the availability of drugs, the HIV/Aids is no longer a death sentence as many HIV positive people have lived with the virus for more than 20 years, Stigma is killing more peo
A group of women and men appear on stage, now turned into a traditional courtyard for Female Genital Mutilation in Bukwo District. “This young girl has refused to get circumcised, pave way for her, and let the ‘surgeon’ come. We shall force her because th
The pain after FGM, a woman’s experience KAPCHORWA – “Losing a child at birth is the most painful thing that has ever happened to me in my life. I don’t know why but I lost the baby just like that haven gone through pregnancy excruciation pains,” says Ms