Nalwoga (Left) assistant Commissioner for Archival Services and Ariso (Right), the Commissioner of Records and Information Management in a panel discussion during the "Archiving, Memory, and Method from the Global South" conference at Makerere University. (Credit: John Odyek)

KAMPALA - Since gaining independence in 1962, Uganda's national archives have faced numerous challenges, with the current most pressing issue being the breakdown of microfilms and related equipment. 

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