In a wake of murders, it seems no one is really taking charge of who is who in our neighborhoods. Just recently, I was called at 4:00am to go to cover a tragedy that happened Kikoni- Makerere. Apparently, Ren-Ju aged 33years formerly working at Kololo Club Seven as a waitress and Sang-Weng-Wa a 34 year […]
Monthly Archives: February 2017
How to recover stolen items with the help of the Uganda Police Force
The man returned with a woman dressed in a long floral skirt and a matching blouse. His car was still parked in the same spot it had been when the thieves had vandalized it an hour earlier. The thieves had broken the lock of the Driver’s door using a screwdriver or a similar tool. The […]
Dos & Don’ts of Social Activism in Uganda
I cannot remember hearing of the term “Social Justice” before 5 years ago. It seems to be one of those ‘newer’ terms that have been made popular by the things that are happening in society. Or the growing awareness of the injustices that we face today. Because of that I went to great lengths to […]
A tasking education for the nation’s child
Heading out to work on a field-day, driven on the Kabale – Kisoro high way far off in the South West, I sat by the window of the double cabin every morning so I could do the usual; think my life through and wonder how I got myself to a particular point in my life […]
Education Sector’s Lost Children
A huge percentage of those who will read this blog are people who were lucky enough to be selected to go to the schools, they applied to and if they weren’t too keen on going to government schools that required to get selected, they had the financial means to afford a private school. For some […]
Health sector continues to suffer as budget dwindles
Now that the budget period is upon us, there is a lot of talk about what is important or not for Uganda’s economy. Oil as it is, comes high on Uganda’s development agenda for the years to come, a magic wand of sorts to all our problems, they’ve said. In fact, the President, Yoweri Museveni […]
Free medical services in Uganda are expensive
Anyone who has had a toothache will tell you it is the worst kind of pain they have ever felt. They will tell you it hurts in the most obscene way and all solutions involve a dentist. They will tell you how uncomfortable the dentist’s chair is, and how minutes seem like days in that […]
Who will heal Uganda’s sick health sector?
We as Ugandans disagree on a lot of things. Be it political or socio-economic but if there is one thing all Ugandans considered to be the right thinking members of the society by the majority should agree on, is that Uganda’s health sector has gone to the dogs or the dogs have come to the […]
The Burden of falling sick in Uganda
I remember September last year as the time I got so sick, threw up all night and drained my account to get back on my feet. As a freelancer, my health was my greatest resource. It was mumps, to be precise. I went to see a doctor who prescribed painkillers because mumps is a viral […]