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Dear finalists, first off, I would like to welcome you all back from the festive season. Now is the time however, to put that enjoyment at the back of your minds and focus on your studies as this is your final chapter at campus. You can not let all the previous years’ hard work that you have achieved from your first semester of the first year go down the drain.

In today’s social media-driven world, social functions like bridal showers, picnics, staff parties, couple dates, marriage proposals and the like have been done in such a way that many young people find themselves spending way too much on them.

As we step into 2025, it’s a time to reflect and rethink  the path ahead. Melody Beattie aptly describes the new year as “a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.” This belief emphasises the importance of setting goals  that will serve as the structure for our personal and professional growth in the months ahead.

Many have wondered what a Donald J. Trump victory would mean for Uganda and the continent of Africa. Trump’s new Administration has yet to outline any vision for Africa. Despite this, close analysis of his rhetoric shows there are clues that Ugandans can be cautiously optimistic that his transactional approach to foreign policy could bear some fruit for the country. 

Shakirah Nanvubya’s journey into basketball was anything but conventional. Growing up in Wakiso, she attended Exodus College, where basketball wasn’t immediately on her radar. In fact, there wasn’t even a proper court at her school, just hoops on an uneven playing surface. “At first, we didn’t have a court,” she recalls. “It was just hoops for both sides. I played just for fun, really.”

The Ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of Sudan
Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. This follows laboratory confirmation from
three national reference laboratories.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

“At first, I did not want to come to Uganda, but African parents will be African parents,” he added amidst light chuckling. 

Uganda Christian University (UCU) held the 2024 Advent semester Mission Week on October 12th. The mission week is held for a week every semester to impart spiritual growth among the UCU community. This semester, the mission week commenced with the Sunday service under the theme, ”In Him all things hold together” and ended on 18th October  with a movie night.

There is a lack in the world today of men and women who have a high imagination, intelligence and genuine knowledge and skills, men and women who can instruct communities and societies and effect change.