Author: The Standard Editor

A short movie titled “My Degree” has been released by journalism students from Uganda Christian University (UCU). The film is a brief, captivating work whose central message emphasizes the value of humility in moral character and virtue, both of which are lacking in the majority of university students.

As a teenager and the first born of four, it was mentally challenging for her. On top of sitting for her senior four exams with no assurance of her father’s being released, her mother’s health deteriorated. She was diagnosed with hypertension and was always in and out of hospitals at the time, yet they had no support, not even from relatives.

There are plenty of big, dumb action movies out there that can deliver thrills without taxing the mind. And then there are films that are so outrageously stupid that they transcend guilty pleasure and become a danger to themselves and those around them. Bullet Train is in the latter category. It’s so stupid that you wouldn’t trust it to cross the street alone, let alone navigate Japan’s Shinkansen high-speed rail network.

If you have been a fan of Marvel comic movies, then holding your bowel of popcorn to watch Samaritan will be an automatic.

Sitting at the base of the painting that covers a once-gray cylindrical water tank,  Kabitanya’s all black attire and subdued demeanor contrast with the bold colors, messages and images of the mural. Just shy of his 32nd birthday, he admits his introversion with people and extroversion with his craft. 

On July 4, 2022, Vanessa Kyalimpa, a second-year mass communication student at Uganda Christian University, fell off a boda-boda (motorcycle) while returning to her hostel. According to Vanessa, the rider was trying to dodge potholes until he hit one that saw his passenger fall off the boda-boda.

August 25, 2022, is one extra-ordinary day I shall live to remember. Waking up that Thursday morning, I had a list of activities. From checking on my parents back home in the north via phone, to taking my children to school for a requisite government data collection registration activity, to an online job interview but foremost, an opportunity to share my story with a group of American students.

In contemporary Africa, discussions about reproductive/genito-urinary tract infections continue to raise eyebrows. People are often hesitant and shy about discussing or even expressing their sexual orientation.

Brain drain means the depletion of a country’s best and brightest workers who take their knowledge and skill to another country – usually leaving lower wages in a home country for higher wages in another country. 

Emotional abuse is a common practice that almost everyone goes through in life. But some people may not know how they emotionally abuse others. We have parents who are harsh, toxic, strict and use humiliating or critiquing words. They yell and constantly shout at their children or spouses all the time. Somehow, this creates fear amongst children and the rest.