Richard M. Kavuma is a

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n journalist and editor with ''

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'' newspaper. He also writes for the London newspapers ''

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'' about the Katine project in Uganda. Kavuma has won international awards including the 2006

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award for Development and Humanitarian coverage and the 2007 CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Award. In 2008 his award-winning articles, about

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, were published into a book by the United Nations Millennium Campaign. The book, Good Policies, Poor Policing, was launched in

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, in July 2008. Richard M. Kavuma is the editor of The Observer newspaper a tri - weekly that publishes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. bn

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*http://images.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/africanawards/press.july07.html *http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/en/node/57 *http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/apr/29/schoolsworldwide.schools *http://cms.unca.com/content/view/6/10/ *http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2208:uganda-and-the-millennium-development-goals&catid=61:special-report&Itemid=90 Living people Ugandan journalists Ganda people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Uganda-bio-stub