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in Fiction‘Writing Your Story’ by Ophelia Kemigisha
Last weekend, I was attending a discussion in a room with a view of the street and a nearby field. On the tables, almost everyone had pairs of shades and […] More
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in Community & OpinionHow does one deal with trauma of being robbed?
I stood at the bottom of the hill and started checking my bag for the pepper spray. I remember thinking Becky paranoid the day she gave it to me many […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Music and DanceMusic is a business, it needs real managers
If there was a business that is growing fast in Uganda, then it’s music. Almost on a daily, more than a dozen new artists bring their new songs to Galaxy […] More
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in Politics and GovernmentLessons for FDC from Rukungiri
So last evening the Electoral Commission announced the results in the bye-election for the woman MP for Rukungiri. FDC’s Betty Muzanira won with 50,000 votes against NRM’s Winnie Matsiko with […] More
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in Career and Employment, Journalism and Media, Writing and LiteratureNew Vision At 35.
I still remember that day. I was at Uni. Makerere University. 2nd year. I had spent months sending articles and applications to editors in various publications. Major dailies. Magazines. Blogs. […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Politics and GovernmentUganda’s Booming Black Market: Brain, Integrity, and Conscience for Sale – UGX. 100M Only!
Gone are the days when Uganda prided itself on exporting coffee, cotton, and tobacco. Those were the glory days when value addition meant roasting beans or spinning cotton. Today, the […] More
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in Cinema, Travel and Adventure#Weekending Ku Lakeside Escape
If I live long enough, I intend to end up in Hollywood as a director. As a storyteller, the big screen is probably the zenith of what you can achieve. […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Events, Travel and Adventure#CocktailsInTheWild A Roundbob Partying Experience In Lake Mburo NP
Uganda, a beautiful country nestled in the middle of East Africa with the abundance of everything you would love to explore; it has the biggest part of the Victoria, several […] More
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in Events, Journalism and Media, TheatreMoi, monsieur et moi, je veux regarder et comprendre Théâtre #KITF2015
Yesterday, the second edition of The Kampala International Theatre Festival kicked off at the National theatre. First item on the programme was a cocktail in the National Theatre foyer where […] More
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in Events, Music and Dance, Travel and Adventure#RolexInMalawi Lake Of Stars Arts Festival 2024 Review
I first heard of the Lake of Stars Festival (LOS) in 2015 when 3 of my friends attended. I was just discovering the festival scene and had become a Bayimba […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Finance, Markets and Economics, Health and Medicine, Law, Crime and JusticeAre you a Fake Ugandan
It’s been said over and over again that Uganda is an entrepreneurial country. Everyone seems to be interested in starting a business. The private sector is swarming with so much […] More
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in Diaspora, Travel and Adventure#RolexInUAE Part 1 – Abu Dhabi
On March 16th 2019, our Egypt Air flight landed at Abu Dhabi airport at 2 pm their time and as soon as I was done with the clearance stuff, I […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Fiction, Identity & CultureSons of the gods #18
Continued from #17 By Ashley Katabani’s eyes dropped once more. He felt himself falling, falling but he was not hitting hard ground. What was this unfamiliar place? It was too […] More
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in Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and LiteratureA LETTER TO MY SELF AS A STORYTELLER
Dearest Rashidah, Remember when all you wanted was to write stories? Back in boarding school, during the 2nd Term of Primary Six, you sat in the empty amphitheatre and wrote […] More
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in Career and Employment, Health and Medicine, Identity & Culture, Journalism and Media, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and GovernmentDeath in Dubai: Uganda’s Heartbreak, Exploitation, and the Fight to Be Heard
In Kampala’s crowded taxi parks, where hawkers shout and matatus blare, the BBC Eye investigation “Death in Dubai” has become the talk of the town. From the dusty bars of […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Education and Academia, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and GovernmentWhy equality of outcome should be the norm in refugee integration
Equality is unfair Despite what may be popular or in vogue with a nigh immeasurable number of people in our world, equality is not always right, fair, or even actually […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Politics and GovernmentTears Water the Seeds of Change
My Dearest Hearts, The news fluttered into the living room like a wounded bird, its message sharp and unsettling. You, my brave, beautiful children, are planning a march to Parliament. […] More
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in Fiction‘Dother’ by Qwemy Tuki
The door to a black Land Cruiser Cygnus closed on a Monday morning with as much noise as ash descending on the earth. Sid thought he’d heard something but dismissed […] More






















