Muwado – Africa's Storytelling Platform | Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka | Activity https://muwado.com/members/nabuguzi-kiwanuka/activity/ Activity feed for Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:32:12 +0300 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ead695ffb12a644adb3ceea524b164dc Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55258 Mon, 25 May 2026 14:50:09 +0300 Age vs. Stage and 'Figuring Out Life' I think in all the calls you’d pick from your school mates – or let’s just say people you studied with at the university – nothing prepares you for any of […]

]]> 1892aba92532dad3b788672b9f99301c Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54965 Thu, 14 May 2026 14:55:10 +0300 From Teachers in Hedges to Traffic Banter: A Life of Inappropriate Accusations and Laughter. I met a chaotic traffic officer today. I don’t know, but that woman could make a good gossip First of all, she accused us of skipping the lights. I […]

]]> fc13703a015e30807820cda364f5feb8 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54677 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:49:54 +0300 Caught in the Frame Okello Onyum was asked whether he could see the screen on which CCTV footage was going to be played and he said he couldn’t. He was moved right behind the […]

]]> cb0973cca3baec716e3c27e3c33109ea Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54287 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:22:42 +0300 Securing Fabian and Favour's Education: From Panic to a NSSF Smart Life Plan. Last week had me thinking a lot about finances and how very financially illiterate I am. Some days ago, NSSF had a conversation about the different ways […]

]]> 89ce9024aff9f8a514c433bebb5d2bf8 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54196 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:12:00 +0300 How an Impromptu Sales Pitch Helped Me Rethink the Future of EQUATE Foundation. Salespeople no longer come to us directly. They set traps for you to go to them instead. Side Note: We recently discovered that the same issue that made […]

]]> a31b59f9c4431a431f08f3b982687f67 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=53879 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:11:08 +0300 "In real life they're a good person" If you’re friends with someone whose behaviour you have to defend constantly whenever people from different walks of life complain about them, step back a bit […]

]]> 5ac125e4f9ca2bdd8cf3a18127501ccd Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=53763 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:57:57 +0300 AI, but at what cost? I’ve just watched American businessman Mark Cuban, on NBC News, swearing that the usage of AI is how knowledge has been democratised and that there will be so […]

]]> bb82f110946f5b718c01e9e654e5ebb9 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=53703 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 06:15:50 +0300 Lent right. I asked Joshua (my gate man. Man from Lango) if he knows whether we are in Lent. I didn’t bother calling him for mass on Wednesday because he was still […]

]]> 7253982b09b4f5aeba059c5cae23c823 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=53537 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:02:53 +0300 Surviving Tyra Banks. I learned some years ago that Tyra is a “mean girl” and now that there is a documentary on America’s Next Top Model I’ve been sceptical about diving in […]

]]> 24536ac7e52372ac95d163536eefca15 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=53232 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:00:14 +0300 Fluking a marriage proposal Towards the end of the year, the plan was to bring you people tea but it poured on the way. One resolve I came with this year though is that we should mind […]

]]> 30c7b55b1b1fa1deac22b3a473c2c62f Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52986 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:53:18 +0300 His and Hers Series Review This is still the wildest plot twist I’ve ever had to witness in a story. If a movie series/film is this good, then the book from which it is adapted must be […]

]]> 3aad51898a80ae21f78034de23b74ebe Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52945 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:54:45 +0300 Fake asthma medication Some weeks ago, I landed on a post of a grieving mother who had lost her son to an Asthma attack. I kid you not, even though I have gotten a major […]

]]> 73363d4dc95da3132f8e0745103a0116 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52798 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:20:53 +0300 New Year New Me I noticed there are lesser “new year new me” posts but I also believe we still make new year resolutions, although quietly – and that’s why I’m here this […]

]]> 420ee53aafee9bb7c3fc310a2818d33f Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52780 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:58:47 +0300 The stress of owning a uterus Nothing stresses me out about womanhood like the everyday simplicity of owning a uterus. Hear me out! In Primary 5, our senior woman teacher called us and […]

]]> 421772df7fa5a6ea48f21e6d02523746 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52601 Mon, 05 Jan 2026 03:01:37 +0300 Misadventures in Street Food What I just ate should be fries but I am not particularly sure that’s what I ate. I am also to blame because what did I expect? The first thing I wanted to […]

]]> cc0218b324320fdc7766dd3cd8bc9c32 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52518 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:04:32 +0300 7 Movie Recommendations to Close 2025 1. Now You See Me Now You Don’t: I was sceptical about watching it because I thought it was going to be heavy on Sci-Fi. These were not magicians but […]

]]> 10670c9cc0666a8cac921ceb4b8e2291 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52479 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:26:47 +0300 2025! Kenya was planned yet not planned. From the time I was in hospital with mom, I looked forward to getting onto the bus and staying quiet on my own. Somewhere […]

]]> 2d5b73b615623ef4403adf752f2b2e40 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52195 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 02:56:07 +0300 11 years of EQUATE Foundation! 11 years is a crazy number. It’s actually hard to believe that this started with a simple chat with a friend when we went on a swimming date. I was at campus […]

]]> dc00dc3ee742bcecee3311bac6ccbe2b Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52142 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:28:40 +0300 #SeanCombsTheReckoning Review Last night I started watching 50 Cent’s Sean Combs documentary. I almost found myself petty for watching something someone’s nemesis did, but I was still […]

]]> c539e1cd08389677b5ab2b9184e7cf70 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=51382 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:51:39 +0300 Friendships I’ve watched friendships that I’ve had for over 15 years grow into things I never dreamed of. Some friendships were perhaps never meant to be, and if at all I […]

]]> e160e189838bcba7546918380f0f0176 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=51225 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:45:24 +0300 The Secret of The Seven Sisters Documentary Some 3, 4 or 5 years ago, my former workmate told me about the secret of the seven sisters documentary. He shared the link. It must have been politics that […]

]]> 29ed89031ae7997387ef6750a157988b Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=51136 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:42:19 +0300 People in our compound…For the last three weeks or so, we have had signs that there is a person or people that chose to spend a few hours of their nights in our compound. First, […]

]]> ab9502f8dadcfe77febac6440b3e32a7 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=51091 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:32:56 +0300 Parental Privilege When we speak of privilege, we usually think of gated communities, abundant food, uninterrupted electricity, et al. But for the last 7 years of EQUATE […]

]]> 0e6818db3915dd12efc78e9898f99a67 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=50744 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:06:03 +0300 Not every sister does what you wish…At the beginning of the year I wished I had a biological sister. I thought that perhaps there would be someone I would share the emotional load of mom being […]

]]> 8bea4457731ab7f9a3653076d6250460 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=50718 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 10:28:53 +0300 The face of personal transformation and for many young people in Uganda, a beacon of hope. The state of our affairs has left many young people desperately seeking greener pastures. Some have managed to flee the country, while others still languish […]

]]> 026e5dd1852f27e5ebb4d20cfc574db9 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=50495 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:21:51 +0300 Learning about emotions and mental health saved me. Somewhere in December 2014, I hated the idea of waking up. For someone who liked to have her own space, I’d started fearing being on my own. I’d dispelled the […]

]]> c47f8286574b1bd20aca9cebc7be7e19 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=50402 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:51:30 +0300 Unknown Number, The High School Catfish Netflix Documentary [SPOILERS] This documentary is only about 1½ hours long yet I’ve spent over 3 hours (in between naps and chitchats) to complete it. This documentary has […]

]]> 8a62439de9ffb91b6b9683e565efc325 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=50281 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:51:36 +0300 Who is The Teen Personal Development Journal for? I went for an impromptu meeting last Wednesday. I carried one of these Thrivease baddies and showed it to the person I had to meet. At first instance, a […]

]]> d48c57d4b8beb93902018de04df85a6a Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=50158 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:10:56 +0300 We Are All Feminists I wake up in confusion because in just a week, I’ve seen three posts bashing feminism. The third post welcomed me to Facebook this morning and I do not […]

]]> cbd438dbe16c9e7709b666cff7d6799d Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=50077 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 15:55:08 +0300 Seasons Change 10 years and 7 months ago, you wouldn’t have convinced me that I would one day wake up and be grateful for another chance at life. The worst thing that ever […]

]]> 311caeb07b800d4682e9e1ec2b3fad93 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=49840 Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:33:40 +0300 Why do we respect others more than we respect ourselves The day before the Teen Personal Development Journal was released, I left a sample copy with 3 colleagues and when I walked back in the office to pick […]

]]> e60340714a09b6e7c9f6c038dec3dead Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=49686 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 04:38:26 +0300 A letter to my younger self. This journal is a letter to my younger self. It won’t be an emotional one that starts with “Dear…” but a draw back to the person I was. I do not want to […]

]]> e9184a812ce77350db07bf48180638e7 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=49445 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:56:37 +0300 The Teen Personal Development Journal I’ve asked Gemini the importance of the “Baby on board” or “baby in car” stickers and it said that they serve primarily as a visual alert to other drivers […]

]]> 1e59808498b761a66939917d25fcfeff Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=48815 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:14:45 +0300 Heroes' Day you say? Meet Jjaajja Flora. She and I first met on the 3rd January 2021. Someone directed me to her when I sought another home to bless with the charity collections I’d done the year […]

]]> a1d7cb1e87bd38c9e26939f3a1507ae4 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=48439 Thu, 15 May 2025 16:01:38 +0300 Hospital negligence I’ve just read about how a certain man in Nigeria lost his wife (Post-op) due to nothing but the hospital’s negligence. From forgetting to insert the drainage […]

]]> 2729ecf619f4f819911658434fcf8f1b Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=48403 Tue, 13 May 2025 09:12:47 +0300 Asthma Picture this: You’re asthmatic and feel like no air is getting to your lungs as much as you breathe or even take in some deep breaths. You decide to go to […]

]]> b6b5071b91630e9d75a70b4fc20633e2 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=47318 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:54:54 +0300 Introducing The Anti-Stress Colouring Book – The African Woman Edition Yesterday, while speaking to a friend, she asked how I’m doing. I tried to do a quick scan for what exact emotions I carry in my body but I couldn’t figure […]

]]> 15449593cc6f9e407eac09733c672e5a Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=47014 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:31:56 +0300 The Things That Leave a Mark I never used to mind broken phones. If yours had a cracked screen, that was your business. But then I got a phone that put me through hell between […]

]]> 21fd5204527a6aaaca32535dadc09e70 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=45911 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 08:17:55 +0300 We thank God for Jamie Foxx We thank God for Jamie Foxx. I also don’t know why I’d never imagined he has another name other than Jamie Foxx. The clearest memory I have of him in music […]

]]> aeaba3cef1528adeda78e94ae14694a2 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=45131 Sat, 21 Sep 2024 06:11:07 +0300 The need to contextualize mental health in an African setting. There are a few mental health professionals I’ve talked to who have shared about the need to contextualize mental health in an African setting.  Most of what […]

]]> 12d8719b22dbb991fc53884700667392 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=40888 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:47:52 +0300 The Trauma Behind Being Called 'Strong The person I was in 2014, 2017 and 2020 struggling with suicidal ideations is not the person I am today.The three years came […]

]]> d248304297160ea90200481db740d242 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=38612 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:17:26 +0300 When I first landed on Mugabi’s Kibun’omu Album, in 2017, I knew for a fact that he was the euphoria that I needed at that moment. Every song was a story, some were poems and all were earworms. It was a mus […]

]]> d186b1e8bd1906c0af38d428b8cb8b3d Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=36954 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:53:21 +0300 The first time I told mom that I had a boyfriend she did not call upon Babylon to fall down. I expected her to lash out at me. I knew she would be angry. She wasn’t.

Me: errrm why are you not mad?

Her: why would […]

]]> e06ec6b1932802bbe4b6bb8175b87bbb Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=36741 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:07:20 +0300 I know pain inside and out. For the past 28 years, the number of days I’ve gone without any kind of pain are countable. While many of my peers were responding to the various calls of puberty, I was busy tracking […]

]]> 0bf7a93671dc9e7a3610a50ad4271c43 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=36026 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:55:29 +0300 This “where do you see yourself in five years” question is nothing I know how to answer. It makes me feel unserious. Sometimes I don’t even know what I may end up saying yes to, in the coming 24hrs. I’ve really […]

]]> 4bae76f8c02b09e9237086cafd374b4e Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka upvoted for ALLOW ME TO REINTRODUCE MY SELF https://muwado.com/activity/p/12760/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 06:24:36 +0300 0 f048cfd72757aeb723e2c8bb73bab430 Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=31410 Sat, 03 Oct 2020 06:05:24 +0300 My name is Nabuguzi Anne Marie Josephine. To cut the sentence of a name short, Nabuguzi Kiwanuka is befitting. My mother named me Nabuguzi. Kiwanuka is my father’s name and because he died before I was born, […]

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