By Bob Kisiki It gets to a point where hormones take over. It is just nature; we cannot run away from it. What your little girl did not go through two years ago, she is going through now, and what your little boy did not feel last year, he is feeling right now. It is […]
By Bob Kisiki Paula was unwell. She could barely get herself off the bed, yet she needed medicine. So she sent her daughter, 16, to a pharmacy near her home to get the drugs. Since she did not have cash on her, she told the girl to go withdraw money off her phone, before buying […]
By Bob Kisiki The A’level results were out, and Nambi’s son had passed with 16 points. Contrary to expectation based on precedence, they did not expect that the boy would qualify for a government scholarship, so they fell to applying for private courses in all major universities. Yet, when the Makerere University admission lists came […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on March 10, 2021 By Bob Kisiki It really is a matter of priorities, when all’s considered. The kindergarten debate is back, and the views are something to warrant a full study. After the education ministry announced the timeline for the resumption of education institutions, where […]
By Bob Kisiki The debate raged, spanning a surprising fortnight. Oh yes, that’s two weeks of debate which, if you consider, might not be too much, until you discover what the topic was. We debated (on social media and other communication channels), and what we debated was whether a man had the right to raise […]
By Bob Kisiki We all need a friend. No, not the many hangers-on who cheer us on and dip their hands in the same plate as us and generally go where we go, until we take the road of discomfort or of tribulation. I do not write about those for just like everything else of […]
This article was first published on the New Vision website on April 27, 2023 By Maureen Nakatudde Sometimes, when you are cornered with problems on every side, you can be compelled to make bad decisions. However, this was not the case with, Faith Tumwebaze, a 16 year old from Kiburwe Island, Buvuuma district. The teenager […]
This article was first published on the New Vision website on March 28, 2023 By Abbey Ramadhan KOLE – National Resistance Movement (NRM) party deputy secretary general Rose Namayanja has urged parents in Kole district to have a positive mind towards education, saying with this, their children can become prominent people. “The system of parents telling […]
By Bob Kisiki Edgar Stephen Egumbye and I grew up around the same time, in the same locality and went to the same university. Although he was my senior by a couple of years, we became so close that whenever one of us wanted to go home to visit our people, the other would also […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on December 28, 2022 By John Odyek Many Ugandan parents want their children to excel in academics. Often times, 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 […]