Members of Parliament from 19 African countries want the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to adopt a resolution to ban Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In an Inter- Parliamentary Conference held on the 3rd and 4th of May 2010, Members of Parliament from the 19 countries who included some from Uganda agreed to push UNGA to […]
The Uganda German Society has organized a street art festival that will take place on Friday, 11 June 2010. The festival will take place on Mackinnon Road, Nakasero in Kampala and will feature performances from Maurice Kirya, Susan Kerunen, GNL and many more artists. Entrance will be free to those interested in attending the concert. […]
The minister of state for Gender in Charge of Cultural Affairs, Rukia Nakadama has indicated that government is ready to support cultural initiatives that target improving people’s livelihoods. She says, the government support will be inform of better policies and increased budgetary allocations to activities in the culture sector. Speaking as the chief guest at […]
PART 3 of Rwagweri Stephen talks about preserving African culture, writing books Our approach to development is the use of indigenous knowledge and reconstructing it into today’s development practices and theories. We have been recognized for this, we challenged the existing development paradigm which insists on transplanting the western knowledge into our communities as the […]
PART 2 of Rwagweri Stephen talks about preserving African culture, writing books After university, I moved to Tooro region and started engaging in community development work. In the field we faced challenges on certain issues in the development programs we were implementing and we started researching on a number of development issues as they affect […]
PART 1 Stephen Rwagweri is a social worker, book writer, broadcaster and currently working on a very ambitious project to build a museum for the people of Rwenzori region. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Engabu Za Tooro or Tooro Youth Platform for Action ,a development organization, which operates in the Rwenzori […]
The Abasimuki believe they are the holiest and do not want involve themselves in any earthly things.
Ultimate Media The 11 hereditary chiefs of Busoga kingdom have today thrown out their newly elected chairperson, Fred Menya Kakaire over alleged irregularities in his election. Kakaire was elected recently by a section of royal chiefs replacing David Kawunhe Wakooli whom they accused of failing to organize fresh elections for kyabazinga to bring to […]
By Walakira Nyanzi, Ultimate Media King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru has ruled Tooro since 1995 but he took full control of the kingdom affairs today. Before today April 17th 2010, Oyo was ruling his kingdom under the guidance of regents and guardians. The guardians included President Museveni, the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi […]
Mato Oput, the Acholi Traditional Justice system is being proposed to solve the crimes committed during the war in northern Uganda by Lords Resistance Army leaders who were indicted by the International Criminal Court. See detailed Ultimate Media article on Mato Oput Part 2 Part 3 Part 4