The former Leader of opposition in Parliament and the Nyendo-Mukungwe Member of Parliament Mathias Mpuuga recently launched the Democratic Alliance, a coalition aimed at uniting the opposition parties in...
According to the recently announced Uganda National Examinations Board for Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE), as announced by Executive Director Mr. Dan N. Odongo, boys once again outperformed girls.
According to research, the difference in performance can be attributed to the following issues;
In Uganda, most families have continued to assign girls more roles and responsibilities at home than boys.
When the boys continue to go to school on time and without missing lessons, the girl child is overworked and sometimes misses...
Col. Kizza Besigye’s union to Winnie Byaniyma at a very ripe age blessed with one child, Anselm Besigye, who from appearance, association and confession does not seem to appreciate that he was born male.
According to his social media posts, Anselm dons dresses, skirts, styles hair like women, which he states depict his sex selection and orientation. A look at Besigye’s one son who is most likely to marry  a fellow man, leaves one with questions like, what will become of  the political activist’s hereditary line if his...
Family is very important throughout Africa; families are building blocks of African society. Most people in Africa live in households that include not only the father, mother, and children, but also other extended family members like grandparents, aunt’s cousins and others.
A family is a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, blood, or adoption, constituting a single household and interacting with each other in their respective social positions, usually those of spouses, parents, children, and siblings.
However, with...
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) will this week on 6th of February celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Tarehe sita in Mbarara City at Kakyeka stadium.
Tarehe Sita is the day UPDF marks the attack on Kabamba barracks in 1981 which launched the five-year struggle that brought the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government to power 36 years ago. The day is celebrated every 6th of February.
Apart from its main mandate of defending and protecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of...
A lot of debate has been going on about the homosexual issue in Ugandan media. This debate was even on the floor of the parliament as the legislatures argued against homosexuals. But if everyone is seemingly against the LGBTQ, why hasn’t the Anti-Homosexual Act been signed yet? Is this problem bigger than the country itself? A few reasons have been fronted as to why the Act hasn’t been signed.
The first reason, and dare I say major reason, is that...
As the debate of human rights and rule of law continues to rise in Uganda, the leader of opposition who is also a member of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Mathias Mpuuga is in the spotlight after he suggested to have constitutional and electoral reforms as top agenda of the opposition in parliament to curb the alleged human rights abuses in the country.
While Addressing worshipers who turned up for the Christmas Mass at Kitovu Cathedral in Masaka City, Mpuuga...