Author: The Standard Editor

In the recent presidential address on the state of the economy, held on May 22, 2022, the president said subsidizing taxes on essential commodities is highly unlikely. What is your view on the escalating prices of commodities in relation to the address?

That ache in your tooth can cause a pain in your belly. To be more precise, oral bacteria weakens the stomach’s ability to fight infection and could result in inflammatory bowel disease.  Vice versa, gastrointestinal issues can yield gum sores.

Art is one of the most profound ways that humans over centuries have used to express themselves, even before Christ. It gives you the ability to explore all that is at heart in a piece that many will encounter at any interval.

Uganda Christian University (UCU) academics have gone into the trenches to establish how the elderly can consume food as medicine by taking advantage of the full potential of the health benefits of African indigenous vegetables.

As a young girl, Dorcas Chizaram Okeke was thin and weak – a common face at the school sick-bay. At times, she wrote her promotional examinations while receiving intravenous treatment. She had “self-pity.” This early personal condition and two incidents spurred her on to become a health care expert.

When I watched Mercy Bikala, 19, enthusiastically lead community worship at the School of Medicine of Uganda Christian University (UCU), I imagined she was a full-time musician. Her eloquent voice, delivered with confidence and enthusiasm, encouraged everybody, including me, to sing along to the hymns and praises.

Dhatemwa Charles,28 and Sharif Bogere,17 operate at Goodwill productions, a rolex stall in Bugujju, a suburb in Mukono. For the past three years, they have been using charcoal to fry chapatis for their clients. In spite of knowing the dangers that come with burning trees to get the charcoal they use, Dhatemwa says that it is the most viable way of making their chapattis.
“It is the cheapest method we can use. A basin of charcoal is Shs. 12,000 and I can use it for a week,” he said.

From the cover or even the trailer, it’s a movie you definitely call a friend with popcorn to watch with you.

When I met Alvin Ahabwe and before I could get my first question out, he gently touched the wrist of my mildly shaking left hand and asked, “What’s going on here?”

The terms “etiquette”, “decorum” and “protocol” are fast fading in meaning and usage among many Ugandan circles, both in rural and urban settings, and I cannot help but wonder why.