By Bob Kisiki My friend is a single father living with three teenagers and a pre-teen. The pre-teen is a boy so are the older two of the three teens. Only one of his children is a girl — and they do not see eye-to-eye. It had not always been like that, though. For the […]
By Bob Kisiki The truth is, life as we knew it up to February 2020, may never recur. Sad reality. Besides the fact that we do not have the slightest idea how much longer we have to contend with the rampaging coronavirus, we cannot assume that the world is seated under some shade, waiting for […]
By Bob Kisiki Those people are stressed. And no, I don’t mean it the Ugandan way, where someone waiting for a person who’s terrible at timekeeping will say, “I am stressed; Nakigudde has refused to arrive!” I am talking about real standard stress which, when unattended to, can culminate into something dangerous. My sister told […]
Enock Kibuuka In his December 20 Christmas message, the archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, Dr Stephen Kazimba, reiterated that the church in Uganda is contemplating a complete breakaway from the Anglican Church of England over immorality. He expressed deep concern over the rising cases of sexual immorality and pervasiveness among the youth, especially […]
By John Odyek Many Ugandan parents want their children to excel in academics. Oftentimes, they reach out to the teachers to find out how their children are progressing with their studies. Yet some of these parents live with their children in homes which do not have study facilities to encourage the kids to read and do assignments […]
This article was first published in New Vision Newspaper in 2021 Bob Kisiki Let us face it, we cannot say with utmost certainty that we know our children enough to explain where they go and what they do there. No. Before us, they might be the little, innocent angels we want them to be, for […]
Bob G. Kisiki You know that it’s possible to just give up! Very easy. Throw in the towel and say, to hell! I’ve had it! Because there’s every reason for a parent to get to that level. The scenarios are various; all horrendous. It’s the reason parents have hacked or burnt or maimed their own […]
Sometimes you just don’t have the space (and grace) to take in some of the things you will hear. The other day, a friend told me about a class she teaches, where children – dot.com children (oh, the very irony!) – did not know how to write and send emails! Oh yes, teenage children for […]
By Bob G. Kisiki We will call her Anita. She was the first child in her family to go to university, so her parents – especially her mother, who was the sterner of the two parents – looked at Anita as both an asset and a potential catastrophe waiting to happen. You know, with all […]
Bob Kisiki If there is one thing you cannot deny, it is that we live in a time when loving has taken on new dimensions, and in a society where certain kinds of love are frowned upon. If you visit the one-stop centre of all forms of opinions, attitudes and viewpoints, the Internet – you […]