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Embrace cost sharing; it will also enable you to manage and live within your finances. Imagine there are two students, Sandra and Sarah, who study BBA. The two decide to rent a room together. They each pay half the fee to meet the cost.

While the Iron Curtain speech Winston Churchill gave in 1946, in Missouri, USA was specifically about the geopolitical situation in post-World War II Europe, its themes of political influence, control, and the suppression of democracy can be paralleled to corruption situations in other parts of the globe, including Uganda.

Five years down the road and we are back at it again—the campaigns, the noise, the different political party primaries (kamyufu), the endless halt in the traffic, the debates and divisions among  people, the rise in violence and so much yet to unfold.

For anyone wishing to ensure financial security, including university students, it is important that they plan how they use, save and invest their money. We spoke with some of the students to share with us how they plan to manage their personal finances this semester.

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when someone says “mental health”? 

Do you take a deep sigh of concern and think Butabika? Depression? Rich kids who can’t get a grip? Spiritual battles? Or do you acknowledge that it is an important aspect of your life and listen for ways to better it?