By Bob Kisiki I don’t know much about the various changes that have risen from the protracted coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged various spheres of society, but I know that we are experiencing things we had never dreamed of. Some of these are God-sent; many we wish had never happened, yet some carry a mix […]
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 […]
By Bob Kisiki It’s probably the world most controversial topic, seeing as many love to engage in it (orally and otherwise), but at the same time dread being caught engaging in it. It’s the one thing you want your children to understand, but the last thing you want them to engage in, verbally or otherwise. […]
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 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 […]
This article was first published in New Vision Newspaper in December 2021 By Bob Kisiki Isn’t all of life cyclic? Birth, growth, death. Morning, afternoon, evening and night. In some parts, you have winter, autumn, spring and summer. You have budding, growth, harvest and sowing afresh. It’s all about cycles. Nobody gets stuck at one […]
(Published Wednesday, December 15, 2021) By Ritah Mukasa January 10, 2022 has been confirmed as the day for the official opening of schools. Children are warming up to resume physical classes, but there is a group of learners who had just started their education journey in kindergarten when schools closed in March last year. Even […]
Bob Kisiki In your child’s eyes, the world (as represented by technological advancements) is one step short of perfection — inventing the digital gadget that can store food in its bowels. Once that is done, the gadget will be the equivalent of the machines in the ICU, where one is on life support. They will […]
By Bob Kisiki Admit it, the children were away from school way too long. Much too long. And in all that time, we cannot keep our heads in the lulling sand of consolation thinking nothing changed, yet we know that the one thing necessary for change to occur has been happening all along – time. […]
By Augustus Munyandamutsa With a sigh of relief, parents sent their children back to school last week. We hope that the time spent at home was utilised well by both parents and children. It is one not-so stressed fact that many parents do not know much about their children. Most of what they know about […]