16-year-old maid trafficked, infected with HIV
In December 2023, 16-year-old Sophie* (not her real name) left her parents' home in Bugiri District to work as a maid in Lumino Town Council, Busia District. Unbeknownst...
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Justus Lyattu dedicated life to family and journalism
Douglas Ngobi could never have imagined that the joyous news of his first born's birth would one day end in the heartbreak of burying him.Forty-four years later, the reti...
Bamasaba culture, deforestation are leading to the decline of the colobus monkey
Black and white Colobus monkeys, a rare species of monkeys in the world, are on the brink of extinction in Mt Elgon National Park due to imbalu, a traditional male circum...
Third term headaches for students, parents
Schools open today for the third term that will see some students promoted to the next class or level or conclude their primary or secondary school journey.Dr Joyce Kaduc...
Chemutai goes for DL trophy in Brussels
Peruth Chemutai has had quite a stellar season over the 3000-metre steeplechase event. It has been defined by two silver medals at the African Games in Ghana and the Pari...
Biden to make first Africa visit with Angola trip in coming weeks, sources say
President Joe Biden is planning a trip to Angola in coming weeks, fulfilling an earlier promise that would make him the first U.S. head of state to visit sub-Saharan Afri...
Rebecca Cheptegei to be buried with full military honours
Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after allegedly being doused in petrol and set alight by her former partner, was due to be buried on Saturday with full...
Cartoonist Ogon keen to make difference with art
One of Uganda’s leading political cartoonists Chrisogon Atukwasize, aka Ogon, has published his first collection of humorous and dramatic cartoons titled Drawing Attent...
Only a Shimoni OB or OG can save Kampala
But some freshers! What is taking you to the library in these first weeks?There was a time things worked well in Kampala. As a school child, you could get away with every...
The new plot to earn you aura points in Kampala
Sunday in Uganda was always the day when people repented of their sins and called the week, a week. On this day, we would raise our hands in the air, chant out lines such...