Author: The Standard Editor

To Rosette Kishero’s family, coffee is gold. It has always put bread on the table.

A recipe of eggs, cabbage, chapatti, tomatoes, and onions combined,  sprung up from the eastern part of the country later to become famous among university students as a cheap fast food referred to as “Rolex”.

Thirty Uganda Christian University (UCU) students in the School of Journalism, Media and Communication have multi-media skills compliments of training sponsored by the United States Embassy in Uganda.  The students were trained for two weeks in February 2022.

By Ian Asabo The UCU Canons defeated the Falcons 71-53 to remain perfect after three games of 2022, National Basketball league (NBL) regular season. The game was held at the UCU basketball courts for the first time this season. The Mukono-based side fully took advantage of the home court. Falcons were the early pacesetters of the game inspired by Wasswa Bbosa who took advantage of the Canons’ slow start. However, the game was interrupted for 30mins due to the heavy downpour in Mukono. The Canons dominated the game when it restarted. Quick transitions proved fruitful as the Canons were able…

There are a lot of activities university students indulge in after they are out of the university premises. Though I am choosing to focus on only two  that they have  dubbed “ enjoyment and cool” but in my perspective I think it’s expensive as it costs their  education and health.  

The dialogue, which happened at Nkoyoyo Hall was graced by prominent media persons in Uganda, namely, Solomon Sserwanja, the Executive Director of the Africa Institute of Investigative Journalism, and Ben Mwine, a renowned media guru.

Racheal Nantume has never been comfortable with a life of dependency, especially where she feels she can do something about the situation. Thus, she started her own bakery so she is able to provide basic necessities for herself. However, like any business startup, she needed capital.

By Joseph LagenAs a student of Bachelor of Computer Science at Uganda Christian University (UCU), Joseph Aliganyira learned how to design websites. He perfected the skill so much so that he soon became the go-to person regarding website design at the university. Before he knew it, Aliganyira had many websites to his credit, including more than 10 for tour and travel companies. In November 2017, two months after graduating from UCU with a BSc in Computer Science, Aliganyira put the information he garnered while developing websites into practice by starting his own tour company. On January 24, 2018, he launched…

It is 9:00 pm. Nantume Racheal, the owner of Snack Series Bakery located in Bugujju, a suburb near Uganda Christian University (UCU) is closing her shop and heading home. For many businesses around the university, 9:00 pm is prime time for students to purchase goods from them. However, Nantume’s day has ended and she is going home. 

It has come to my notice that many persons are blinded more by wealth other than health nowadays. Many people have worked tooth and nail to become rich.