Every person sailing on waters of rivers, lakes, seas and oceans has one risky thing coming to his/her mind-drowning anytime. The first thing every right thinking person sailing on water bodies should do is to wear a life jacket. In the East African Community, many fatal boat accidents occur every year between July and October […]
If I had an opportunity to elope with someone’s wife, then most likely I would end up in Kingfisher Safari resort to hide there for sometime until the dust following our elopement settled or until I got a clear plan of where to take my “stolen treasure”. Kingfisher resort hotel is such an isolated place […]
Mr. Lubowa Charles had hoped and prayed for this moment for a long time. On a cold and wet February morning, in an office at Mengo Chief Magistrates Court, in the west of Kampala, the words coming from the judge caused him to heave a great sigh of relief. Not given to emotional outbursts or […]
Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba is one of the most known personalities in Uganda today. His over glamorous academic and personal exploits over the years have this year received more scrutiny as he tried to retain his Vice Chancellor job at Makerere University, a position he took four years ago in acting capacity. His tenure has been […]
The Uganda Tax Appeals Tribunal on Wednesday delivered the long awaited ruling on the capital gains tax case against Tullow oil Uganda ordering the UK firm to pay $407,095,366 (about one trillion Uganda shillings) to the government of Uganda. Tullow had challenged a capital gains tax assessment of $472,748,128 by the Uganda Revenue Authority with […]
Becoming a single mother used to be considered taboo in many African societies. Many women were forced to marry a man once the man made her pregnant, even when the pregnancy was not out of choice. Even a man was expected to marry a woman once he got her pregnant. Fast forward to the 20th […]
“Sometimes God closes a door and opens a gate.” This was the facebook status of Adi Kakande, sometime in March 2013, a month into her trip to her homeland Uganda, and about the time she decided she would be staying on. For the last three years she had lived in the United Kingdom (UK), first […]
Eight o’clock on a rainy Friday, many in Kampala like me have woken up to another busy day. I’m combing through the out skirts of Katwe, one of Kampala’s slummy suburbs. My mission is to meet one of the metal scrap dealers in the area for a story. But before I get to my source, […]
If you asked many Ugandans who is their model woman, many will tell you, “the Nabagereka”. Readers of Uganda’s leading newspaper have always voted Nabagereka Sylvia Nagginda the best woman of the year in the newspaper’s annual polls of the best and the worst. But for many people, the Nabagereka is a model African Woman […]
The Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM/A) in opposition, have signed Agreements on Cessation of Hostilities and Question of Detainees. The Chairperson of IGAD Special Envoys, Ambassador Seyoum Mesfin says that the signing of the agreements in Addis Ababa marks an important milestone in the IGAD-led mediation process […]