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in Community & Opinion, Home & Living, Personal FinanceBoda Boda Ted Talk on Housing
Recently, I jumped on to a late night boda boda from Naalya. All I needed at that time was a quick means of transport to get me to town and […] More
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How else can someone tighten their belt ?
It was a Saturday night and as is my habit, I was expecting Galaxy Kafunda with DJ Herbert of Uganda’s Number one station, Galaxy FM. This time, it wasn’t music […] More
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in Health and Medicine, Personal FinanceI TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
I have found it hard to make this post because of the stigma I have seen some people face when people around them know about their status. But if you […] More
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in Personal Finance, Travel and Adventure#RolexInUAE Part 3 – Almost Missing My Flight
– Part 1 – Part 2 After arriving at the New York University Abhu Dhabi campus, I was given a number of coupons to use for food at the different […] More
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Pachinko and the languages in which we remain visitors
For so long, I have thought about the anomalous situation many of us find ourselves in. I am a Mukiga, born to a Mukiga father from Kigezi, whose family relocated […] More
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in Fiction, Health and Medicine, Personal Finance, Poetry, Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and Literature#stories4health
It started when I couldn’t smell, I remember that day clearly, it was the 2nd of June on a Monday , when things started changing for me. It was Nana’s […] More
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in Personal Finance, Sports and Fitness, Travel and Adventure#RolexInEthiopia Marathon Training in Addis Ababa for the ROTOM Run
Over the Christmas period, I signed up and actually participated in my first marathon ever. The ROTOM Run at happened on 27th December 2019 in Muhanga, Rukiga District (formerly part […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Identity & Culture, Personal Finance, Self-help and InspirationThe Police Cell Felt Like Home.
I cannot wait to make some parts of my life into a television series. I’m still quite young and there’s more to experience, so who knows how many seasons it […] More
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UNLOCKING AFFORDABLE HOME CONSTRUCTION: A PHASED APPROACH
Introduction: Many individuals dream of owning their own homes, but the perceived high cost of construction often deters them from taking the first step. This misconception can lead to years […] More
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in Health and Medicine, Personal Finance, Self-help and InspirationLessons I have learnt during Covid 19 pandemic
By Mugabe Victor I Victor Mugabe, self proclaimed blogger and master of procrastination, on the 21st of April 2020, I was caught in a bit of a pickle. Not even […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Career and Employment, Family, Friends and Relationships, Personal Finance, Self-help and InspirationPicking Myself Up After Great Loss
At only 19, I was lucky to get a job writing for the UN and African Union Communication Departments. My deployment was in Somalia. One of the reasons I took […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Nutrition, Wellness and Fitness, Personal Finance, Travel and AdventureChristmas Excitement And January Regrets
As the Christmas season approaches, there is a tendency to get overly carried away in a general sense of it. Everything we do even whilst planning for what to do […] More
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in Personal Finance, Self-help and InspirationBrokeness, lies and the resultant unintended good habits.
Brokeness will make you do many things unintentionally. Things that actually turn out to be good lifestyle habits. Usually, it is a result of ego and the desire to maintain […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Personal Finance, Travel and AdventureYou Might Need Travel Insurance After All
A frequent traveler that spends more time traversing the globe, be it for work or just plain old adventure knows that it involves sudden unexpected circumstances that need immediate attention. […] More
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Are you a risk taker? What’s next big thing in real estate with little capital?
Penning my journal. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. This post is wordy, and I have penned this with youth in mind. We all have different risk appetite, there’s […] More
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The Decision at 47: How Vasectomy Gave Me Control and Peace of Mind.
My name is Yesigye Brian Bravo, and I am 47 years old. I have two amazing sons. For years, I had a simple, firm promise to myself: once my last […] More
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WHEN I IMAGINED DEATH IN A SMALL AIRCRAFT CRASH IN MASAI MARA, KENYA, 1981.
When in 1981 the coornator of The Biology of Conservation in the Zoology Department of the University of Nairobi, Dr Ian Deshmukh, told my First Year Masters group ( which […] More























