September 5 will always be remembered as the day Uganda lost one of her sports giants Rebecca Cheptegei, a promising young athlete and runner. Cheptegei’s death was not a result of illness or accident, but of domestic violence—a crime that continues to claim the lives of many women acros
It is a cloudy day over Lake Kyoga. At midday, four women, oars slung over their shoulders, slowly walk through Zengebe Mayinja Landing Site, making their way to the lakeshore. The landing site is one of the six found in Lwampanga Town Council in Nakasongola District. The women are all
(St. Petersurg, Russia) – Uganda’s Vice President Jessica Alupo recently praised Russia at the 4th Eurasian Women Forum, held in Saint Petersburg. While Ukraine’s skies are lit up with Russian missiles, Alupo was busy applauding Russia’s commitment to “peace, security, and development.”
Before the September 14 burial of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei at her ancestral home in Bukwo District in Eastern Uganda, pleas were being made for some kind of desperate implementation to end Gender-Based Violence (GBV) being directed towards successful female athletes. Cheptegei,
We are taught that the essence of religion is how to relate to God and to our neighbor. But, God’s revelation to us may sometimes be confusing. The God of the Old Testament is angry and vengeful. The God of the New Testament is loving and forgiving. This scena
A Ugandan man, Andre Lomilo Husim, was found murdered after being abducted by a machete-wielding gang from Kenya.The attackers crossed the border into Mugungu Village, Busia Town, and took Lomilo hostage, accusing
Charles Kagimu etched his name in the record books as the first Ugandan to ever complete an Olympic road race.With a remarkable 77th-place finish in Paris, the 25-year-old trailblazer becomes a pioneering figure in Ugandan cycling.He was part of th
While Celine Dion and Lady Gaga were the A-listers music fans were waiting for at the Paris Olympic Games, French R&B singer Aya Nakamura was hailed an icon for her performance across the Channel.Aya Nakamura is a household name across the Channel and
The march to Parliament scheduled for July 23 last week seemed like an event to watch. It was thus predicted that nothing of what happened in Kenya would successfully be executed in Uganda. There are good reasons to think so.Some people now regret that th
Iranian Leader Press Office/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash this month has prompted two scrambles for power, both for power and for Raisi’s place as a leading candidate to succeed Ayatoll
