By Namutebi Patricia It is 6 pm and I am sailing on the mighty Lake Victoria, the largest freshwater lake in the world. The huge waves keep flapping against the local man-made boat, I arrive ashore on Myende Island at 8 pm. I brave the last-minute moments of being carried off the boat. Uganda’s water industry is […]
By Namutebi Patricia Thirty-eight-year-old Nanozi Sandra* welcomes me with a smile. She is carrying a child on her back as she weighs and packs up plastic bottles in a huge sack. She displays a face of resilience. Sandra is a single mother of five. She collects garbage which she later sells at a recycling plant. Sandra […]
By Namutebi Patricia When passion meets purpose, our lives become meaningful and then impactful. I met Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki. She is one of Uganda’s female journalists who has covered war stories. She narrates the story to AWiM News below: Gloria narrates, “As a former war and peace reporter during the northern Uganda LRA war, this is […]
The notion of gene editing has taken phase to maybe advanced thoughts of people who may not be following progress in science and technology, what Bioethicists refers to as bio-technology. Many of us may have probably heard or known about stories of DNA tests that aim at creating identity. This identity is geared to find […]
Being a hangman may not be the best of jobs but one such man in Indian is excited for a call to Delhi in the coming days to execute four men who gang raped and murdered a female student on a moving bus a eight years ago. Pawan Jallad, a fourth generation executioner, says he […]
Former Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate Dr Col. Kizza Besigye has insisted that stopping him from reaching his people via radio stations won’t deter him from sending his message to people. Besigye said this on Saturday while in Kitgum district after the Kitgum Resident District Commissioner, Mr Christopher Omara reportedly ordered his talk that […]
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle has moved the public in New zealand with her speech based on the country’s history of women’s suffrage. The Duchess was on a joint royal tour with her husband, Prince Harry in New Zealand on Sunday. “We are proud to be able to join you tonight in celebrating the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in […]
The foreign affairs ministry has stated that a total of 154 Ugandans have been deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after negotiations by the Ugandan embassy in Abu Dhabi.(Daily Monitor) Mr Moses Kasujja, told Daily Monitor that some of the deportees had committed offences and were serving jail sentences. According to Mr. Kasujja, the […]
Just hours to the return of the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament,Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu alias Bobi Wine, police and the miltary have teamed to provide a security to ensure that no ‘law is broken’. There has been a heavy deployment of security both in police uniforms and military wear in the places where the […]
Global giant, U.S.A has withdrawn its trust from the International Criminal Court(ICC) deeming it very ‘dangerous’ According to John Bolton, the White House National Security Advisor,the court constitutes an assault on US sovereignty, given its an unaccountable tendencies. “In theory, the ICC holds perpetrators of the most egregious atrocities accountable for their crimes, provides justice […]