By Mubatsi Asinja Habati In todays world with improved technology that enables breeding of improved and drought resistant seed varieties, there is no reason for anyone to go hungry. Yet more than 1.6 billion people worldwide are hunger stricken. And some 8 million Ugandans are at the verge of hunger. …
Read More »Life of a Ugandan in Iraq II
By Solomon Akugizibwe Richard Magezi spent a year in Iraq as a security Guard, he saw it all and did it all. This is the second part as told to Solomon Akugizibwe. The first part was published in our last post here. We did not get a chance of going …
Read More »Life of a Ugandan in Iraq
By Solomon Akugizibwe RICHARD MAGEZI spent a year in Iraq as a security Guard, he saw it all and did it all. He tells his story to Solomon Akugizibwe, which we are publishing in two parts. Initially, I had a job with Kasese Cobalt Company (KCCL) as a security officer …
Read More »Seeta village captures hope and frustration of solar power
By Gaaki Kigambo & Kayvan Farzaneh When Father Lazarus Luyinda went to Italy in August 2005, he was surprised to see how interested his Italian acquaintances were in the stories he told of Misindye, his village of birth near Seeta, Mukono district. But as friendly conversations go, he was soon …
Read More »World Food Day finds Uganda women hungry
By Jocelyn Edwards When Leya Chedde, of Pallisa, scratched out her name for the first time in an adult literacy class, she took on authorship of her familys future prosperity. For the rural woman, getting an education proved a path to establishing food security for her family and contributing to …
Read More »Nile Breweries starts safe driving campaign
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati In a bid to promote responsible consumption of alcohol in the country, Nile Breweries Limited has launched a Live a 3D Life campaign which emphasizes the dont drink and drive rule. Many of the accidents on Uganda’s roads are attributed to drink-driving. Aware of the risks …
Read More »Enguli lives to old tag of kill-me-quick
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati But is it change from home-made to industrial production that has led to recent 20 deaths? On September 4, Minister of Health Stephen Mallinga and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) announced a ban on the sell of alcohol packed in sachets following the death of …
Read More »Eight hours in congo
By Molly Lister Fighting the stereotype, two wazungu experience the lesser-known side of Goma. It was around 11am on August 5 when a friend and I crossed the border into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma from Rwanda. It was the start of roughly eight hours that …
Read More »AIDS patients face a future without drugs
By Bob Roberts Katende Patience we use one name to preserve her anonymity – faces a gloomy future. For the past one year, she has been suffering from incessant malaria, headache, and an irritating skin rash. She is HIV positive and has been advised to start taking anti-retroviral drugs. Unfortunately, …
Read More »Amin expulsion: 37 years later, Asians tell why some never left
By Zohran Kwame Mamdani Thirty-seven years ago on August 4, 1972, Ugandan Asians woke up to very grim news: President Idi Amin – allegedly inspired by a dream of ridding the country of exploiters, hoarders and economic saboteurs announced that all Asians must leave the country within the next 90 …
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