Bob Kisiki Go to town, sir, and buy a gorgeous maroon or black or gold or peach or mauve (my arsenal of colours which only women are equipped to know and isolate one from the other has run out) flowing dress and match it with some equally gorgeous shoes. Get a decent clutch bag (your […]
Bob Kisiki When education shifted from the physical classroom for the ordinary Ugandan child, parents and school managers had lots of adjusting to do. People who had never looked at the laptop as something more than that gadget where they do excel spreadsheets for the end-of-month financial records or the staff timesheets, began to learn […]
Bob Kisiki Chances are you are still stuck with your child at home — not because you lack the money to take them back to school, but because they just won’t accept to go back there. They feel that the season passed, and they want to move on to something else. Something more practical. And […]
This article was first published in New Vision Newspaper in 2022 Dickson Tumuramye The two years of staying with children at home were not so easy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many children had literally dropped out of school; they had forgotten about studies and had now adapted to home life. It was not until […]
Dickson Tumuramye Until the recent past, children were raised by both their parents and the community. Parents would sit with their children around a table or fi re and share stories, riddles and songs. This ensured bonding, discussing of family issues and parents would pass on crucial information to their children. This is no longer […]
Dickson Tumuramye During the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown in Uganda, the rate of teenage pregnancy was alarmingly high. These teenage girls were staying home with their parents, siblings and relatives where one would expect them to be safe, but this was not the case. There are also many cases of children being […]
Money. Doesn’t it speak for itself? Does it need any further introduction? It is the reason millions wake up at the proverbial crack of dawn and go to work in factories, offices, gardens and elsewhere. It is the reason some marry the people they marry; and the reason many leave their marriages. It is what […]
I arrived at the school where I was reporting for Senior One on a weekend. Those were the days when weekends were not used for “normal” classes as is the case in many “powerful” schools today. Children were supposed first of all to clean their community, do personal administration and then have breakfast. That was […]
The staggered beginning of term is upon us yet again. Staggered in the sense that, unlike in the past where all schools opened on the same day, creating a melee on the road that stretched into the night, and distracting business the entire day, now different schools open on different days, which lends some sanity […]