“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 […]
Thousands of people in Africa annually die as a result of snake bites. But when the snake bites, you need to keep calm and stop movements. Keeping the affected part of the body below heart level sometimes reduces on the high flow of venom to the heart. Medical experts in Kampala told this reporter […]
Pope Benedict XVI toured St Peter’s Square in his pope mobile one last time on Wednesday in front of tens of thousands of pilgrims on the eve of his historic resignation as Pope. Over ten thousand Catholics have attended this very important ceremony in the history of the Catholic Church. Pilgrims flocked from Africa, […]
A powerful born again pastor in Uganda has killed his wife in a domestic misunderstanding. Pastor Bernard Bekunda, went missing after the reported urder of his wife. The case is registered at the Police as number CRB 091/13. The police identified the pastor’s wife as Peace Tukahumura. Pastor Bekunda was ministering at the United […]
Hundreds of women in Uganda no longer want to use contraceptives due to their increasing side effects. The health practitioners in Uganda also confirm this! Uganda government believes that because many women have abandoned contraceptives, this can explain the increasing rate of unwanted pregnancies in Uganda. During a recent meeting to publicise study findings […]
Uganda is blessed among African countries because it is the home for most of the world wonders in Africa. One of the seven wonders in Africa is Nile River. River Nile starts in Uganda. The minister for Tourism Miria Mutagamba says that Uganda is recognised internationally (read tourism world) because it is a ‘must […]
Ugandans equate president Museveni’s claims of discovering Uganda’s oil to the claims by the European colonialists ‘Sir’ John Hannington Speke is the one who ‘discovered Lake Victoria.’ Uganda citizens and many Africans in general say that it inconceivable that president Museveni, who prides himself in being an avid reader, would somehow be ignorant of the […]
Here’s a post that Eric Schimidt, Google Executive Chairman made after visiting Africa last week. I thought it would be a worthwhile read. After a week of business meetings in the cities of sub-saharan africa, we can surely say three things are new for the continent: a) the despotic leadership in Africa from the 1970s […]
The Center for International Media Assistance and the National Endowment for Democracy sponsored this study into digital media trends in Africa and the impact on people and development in general. The result was this report titled: Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanization, mobile phones and digital trends in Africa. The report notes that Africa will become predominantly urban within […]
The Pan African Parliament has approved a motion for the creation of a Youth Caucus intended to strengthen and consolidate efforts to empower young people in Africa. Uganda’s newly sworn in representative Hon. Jacquiline Amongin (NRM, Ngora district) moved the motion, which came at the end of the First Session of the Third Parliament sitting […]