Jackfruity: GVO Uganda: Poverty and Paris Hilton

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GVO Uganda: Poverty and Paris Hilton

My next piece is up at Global Voices Online:

Wednesday's Public Poverty Forum in Kampala had one blogger, Tumwijukue, asking, “Did they (re)define poverty? Did they speak of poverty of the mind? Or did they merely use the event as a networking opportunity and an excuse to miss work for the day, rushing to the organizer's table at the end of the forum for the Ushs. 50,000 delegates' allowance?”

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