Open Letter to Getrude Tumusiime Uwitware

Getrude, Most letters start with "Dear". Should I say it as well. No I wont. I know you are fine lately so I will not ask how you are. From what I see on NTV Uganda, it clearly tells me you are okay. Now! I am very certain you have gotten numerous thanks and appreciation for your reporting works. the charisma, creativity, bravely, dare, story lines, etc. Niceness just! Those are words the new English provides these days. #Niceness It does not harm to add to the many Thanx(es) that you have gotten. Wait! Did I say Thanxes? Any awards...

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We have what "KONY 2012" can not take away from us

0640hrs is when my alarm goes off and the first thing I normally do is run for my Android phone. Twitter, and #stopKony is trending.  There is one thing I remember vividly as I got my eyes cleared to read the tweets properly, one of the people I follow tweeted, "Kony is trending, let's tweet and retweet so we make him number one, Go Kony!" It got me wondering what this was about. I felt sickish that morning so I decided to have more rest. At bout 0900hrs I again logged onto twitter and guess what, my timeline was full of #stopKony and #KONY2012...

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UHMG's GeNext Campaign is not just about advocacy for smaller Families

On Christmas day, my family decided to drive to the village to spend the day with the old people (grannies). Very cheerful lads there who are counting nine(9) children to themselves and all alive including my sweet mother. Church time: At church, half of the holy place was filled with children aged between 1 - 14 years, all lively  and happy running up and down shouting. One thing that amazed me, very few or none of these kids looked sick or...

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Who will kill Golola Moses?

Golola Moses pauses with his Belt at Hotel Africana I know I should not be writing about Golola because to almost everyone who knows about the first "El Classico" before the real one on Saturday night and what happened probably doesn't want to hear anything anymore or would love to really know what it is that Golola Moses is and has been up to. Personally, I didn't know Golola Moses until early 2010 when  he became an internet sensation with...

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Uganda to host ICT for Africa 2012 Conference

For the 4th consecutive year, ICT for Africa will harness Africa’s developmental potential in the global ICT network. The 2012 conference heads to Kampala, Uganda between March 21st-24th, where local and international experts will investigate the crucial role that ICTs will play in the continent’s development.  Long considered a technological laggard, Africa’s rapid uptake of Information and Telecommunication Technologies (ICTs) has...

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