By Kizzy Katawonga It was just another ordinary day, actually a great day. I had been on the unpleasant side of an empty wallet for the last so many days and had just gotten paid by one of my clients. I was returning into town when I got a call from a cousin asking me to wait for him somewhere […]
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By Iteti: “Honeybee, wake-up!” It sounded like a distant cry. Desperate and filled with longing. I should wake up, she thought. Sleep seemed to be her favourite companion these days. Today she would be sent away. She would have to leave Koakor for the missionary camp. A six-hour journey she was not willing to make, but had to because of […]
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By Aaron Aroriza: Times have changed. My aunt just doesn't get it. And neither do most people in her generation. So she had a Christmas present for me – a suitor, that's what she called her. Someone who, in my aunt's opinion and judging from the word itself, perfectly suits me. Rose is a beautiful girl alright, and that's about […]
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By Aaron Aroriza: Last weekend I attended a friend's kwanjula (traditional marriage give away ceremony). In Baganda culture, the groom gives chicken to the bride's brother as a thank you note. The groom was a Muganda who has grown up in the UK. When he spoke Luganda, you could almost think he was speaking English. When he spoke English, well, […]
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By Kizzy Katawonga I'm scared of what I'm about to do and the repercussions but I know I have to do it. I have to walk my talk.I have to prove to myself and others that I'm not all hat and no cow. If I don't live by my values and principles, why should I expect anyone to do the […]
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By Angela Basanya: I now understand why the pastors insisted on character. I only agreed then because I didn't have much of a choice but now I agree because I have tested and seen. The rest of this narrative will reveal the things I now believe because I have had the misfortune/fortune of experience and not because the pastor said. […]
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By Brian Friday Bwesigye: According to a 7 December 2011 Forbes Magazine article (available here http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2011/12/07/the-worlds-happiest-and-saddest-countries/), the world's happiest countries are Norway, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, Netherlands, United States, Ireland, Iceland, United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Singapore, Belgium, France, Hong Kong and Taiwan in that order. Preliminarily, except Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, we are safe concluding […]
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By Brian Friday Bwesigye Dear Hillary I know I will not get a reply to this letter. If I do, at least not in the form in which I am sending mine. Well, my atheist friends even say that when on that 25th day of October 2011, you breathed your last, you ceased to exist, that life ended for you. […]
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By James Lutaaya Esq. : Another year is upon us, and most of us have given ourselves delusions of character grandeur. Yes, I am talking about the New Year must haves: resolutions. However, by April most of us will have conveniently forgotten about them or we will remember words immortalized by Britney Spears, 'oops I did (did not do) it […]
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