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Uganda: There Is No Gain in Pain Trying to Read Newspaper

[Monitor] Since the redesign of Daily Monitor was unveiled early June, I have received a number of complaints from readers about the legibility of some of the stories, particularly in the Op-ed section of the newspaper.

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