By Christine Mirembe

How would you react if someone suggested you take your daughter out of school and push her into marriage? This was the dilemma that Godfrey Kanyansi Mutambuka faced. After his daughter, Patience Ampumuza, completed her primary education at Kisiizi Hospital Nursery and Primary School, a friend urged him to give her away for...

By William Opio

Glasses made from wine bottles that Reagan Okello picked from bars

In the village of Koro Abili in Omoro district, northern Uganda, a boy often walked past a church because he thought the children who were inside it were just playing. But one day, his inquisitive nature forced him into the hou...

By Jimmy Siyasa

“What can I offer to the Lord for His goodness to me? I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord,” asks Psalms 116:12–13. 

When one listens to the story of Dr. Livingstone Mutyaba, one can quietly hear him re-echo this scripture. And why is this so? In late 2025, Mutyaba earned his PhD in Agric...

By Jimmy Siyasa

There are many “wrongdoings” that have been heaped on the media when issues of migration get to the discussion table: Failure to point out the root causes of migration, “biased” framing of the news and, sometimes, lopsided coverage or low interest in migration-related news, until there is a catastrophe. 

It is issues...

By William Opio 

Paul Ifemene Chukwumaobim had never imagined studying beyond his native country, Nigeria. However, the possibility of this happening was introduced to him by his parents, who are missionaries. And Ifemene was supposed to travel close to 3,500km (about 2,175 miles) away from home, to study in Uganda, at Uganda Christian Un...