This year, more than ever, I have been thinking about Henry Barlow Muwanga. Uganda is in a bad way and I wonder what one of her greatest poets would make of the situation we are in. The president, who was once hailed as a liberator when he came to power in January 1986, is openly…
AirPods Pro 2 In September 2024, Apple released a software update for the AirPods Pro 2 and their 2024 counterparts the AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 4. That software update gave the two-year-old AirPods Pro 2 a super power that seems to have escaped the notice of many people not into tech. There hasn’t…
There is a video that lives rent free in my head. I have it saved in a folder on my TikTok. I did not stop at that. I downloaded that video and have it on my mobile phone. I did not stop at that. I uploaded that video on my Instagram profile because I want…
I said I would come back and tell you about Jagua Nana (1961). I picked it up. I read it. I cannot stop thinking about it. I first heard of Jagua Nana in my senior three after a kindly caretaker called Martin at a school I went to, tipped me that there was a heap of…
Ugandans don’t celebrate their writers. Let’s change that! Did you know there is a Ugandan writer whose books once sold millions of copies? Not just once but continue to fly off the shelves long after that writer’s demise? Yes, it is all true. Her name was Barbara Kimenye and you probably read one of her…
The re-election of Donald J. Trump to a second non-consecutive term as US president on November 5 has forced many countries to think afresh their relationship with the world’s most powerful country. Kampala has had a frosty relationship with the United States since Joe Biden came into office in 2021. Under Biden’s presidency, who is…
