Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of actors from Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria have acted a movie dubbed “Kyaddala” loosely translated as it’s real. The film reveals sex violations against teenagers both in and out of school. Brought together by Reach a Hand Uganda –RAHU, a youth led non-governmental organisation, the …
Read More »Lupita Nyong’o dazzles at ‘Queen of Katwe’ premiere
Actress Nyong’o plays mom to a Ugandan chess prodigy in the new Disney movie that opens in US theaters on Friday LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21 (UPI) — Queen of Katwe star Lupita Nyong’o turned heads on the red carpet Tuesday. The 33-year-old actress, who plays Nakku Harriet in the new …
Read More »Wakaliwood’s Nabwana on shooting guns for fun
Getting to Isaac Geoffrey Nabwana’s home in the low-end Kampala neighborhood of Wakaliga is tough and it does not prepare you for what you will find there. Along the narrow paths, you find mostly shirtless men with their bare chests out, and others are in trousers bigger than their size, …
Read More »Uganda’s meanest ‘mother-in-law’
With a wide smile, she embraces me like we have met before or as a friend she has not met in a long time. Sarah Ssentongo Kisauzi or Mama Nalweyiso for those who watch ‘Deception’ a TV series that airs on one of the local television stations, is nothing like …
Read More »Western film star Bud Spencer dies: family
Rome, Italy | AFP | Italian actor Bud Spencer, who starred in a string of spaghetti westerns, died on Monday in Rome aged 86, his family confirmed. “With our deepest regrets, we have to tell you that Bud is flying to his next journey,” his family said on Spencer’s Twitter …
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