By Rachel Nuwer University partnerships that let PhD students split their time between two countries and keep jobs at home have many benefits. Peter Waiswa argues that joint PhD programmes benefit not just African research but also global science.Credit: Grace Amoit. Peter Waiswa was working as an assistant district health officer and a physician for Uganda’s Ministry of Health when he heard about an intriguing opportunity: a chance to earn a PhD in public health through a joint programme sponsored by Makerere University in Kampala and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. The programme, funded primarily by the Swedish government’s International…
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The MPs had only spent 110 days in the House after being sworn in as members of the 11th Parliament before they were arrested. Report by Monitor. Two Opposition legislators Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye West and his Kawempe North counterpart Mohammed Ssegirinya are expected back in Parliament today. The duo, who face murder charges, were released last month on bail. Mr Ssegirinya yesterday told this publication that he is looking forward to a grand reappearance in Parliament after spending close to two years in the cold at Kitalya and Kigo government prisons. “This is going to be a grand reappearance…
Former model and Bebe Cool’s wife Zuena Kirema has opened up about her prevailing relationship with Bobi Wine’s wife Barbie Kyagulanyi.While speaking in an interview during her birthday celebration earlier today, Zuena addressed the press and got into several topics within and outside her marriage.It is here that the mother of five was tasked to remark on her prevailing relationship with once close friend Barbie Itungo Kyagulanyi.Zuena explained that initially, before a disagreement between their husbands, they were close friends who occasionally got together and had a good time. However, the disagreement between their husbands did more harm than good,…
PARLIAMENT: For the first time in one and a half years, two legislators who were recently released from prison will go back to Parliament. Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana were arrested in September 2021 on allegations of their participation in the spate of murders in the Greater Masaka region. The MPs appeared in the International Crimes Division Court today. However, inside sources indicated that the two are still weak.
Iganga, Uganda: Shock and grief on Monday engulfed residents of Buseyi central, Nakalama sub county in Iganga district after finding one of their fellow resident dead in her house on Monday morning. The lifeless body of Nakyeyune Sharifah, 28, was first reported by her 8-year-old child who tried to wake her mother but in vain and decided to reach out to their neighbors who realized that Nakyeyune was no more. The area LC1 chairperson Sande Julius said that he got information about the death and rushed to the scene before getting information from the deceased’s child that his mother was feeling…
Police in Namayingo district, East Busoga region have arrested a 50-year-old man and three accomplices for burying his four-year-old granddaughter alive with the hope of enriching himself. According to police, they have been searching for a girl named Lahum Nalubanga, who went missing on March 7 and whose body was discovered on March 23 from her grandfather’s banana plantation after a two-week search. Speaking to the press, spokesperson Fred Enanga stated that when the regional police received the report of the minor’s disappearance, they mobilised the community and followed up on a number of leads. It was discovered that on…
Following their recent Kuhingira ceremony, Mark Ronald Mubiru and Anitah Fabiola locked their love for eternity at the Ugandan version of Paris’ Pont des Arts over the weekend. You might have seen it in several films where a couple visits the Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts a.k.a the Love Lock Bridge. It is a pedestrian bridge in Paris where lovers go, write their names on a padlock, lock it to the railing and throw the keys in the river. Often it is a sign of their commitment and dedication to their relationships to show that they are bonded for eternity. Uganda now…
Social media users have been left in shock after a video surfaced of popular Kenyan disc jockey, DJ Brown Skin filming his wife dying. From the contents of this video, the wife can be seen mixing something in a cup. She proceeds to drink it and throws the cup away and then lies in the chair. The wife who was known as Sharon Njeri alias Shadodo starts to rigorously writhe in pain in the chair. Meanwhile this DJ was heard urging her to go on and drink the poison instead of stopping her. As the concoction she drunk becomes strong…
Thhe Young African Congress (YAWC) Has empowered thousands of young Women in Africa and the diaspora to be changed agents in their communities. YAWC is an annual residential pan-African Women gathering that was birthed in 2016 and since then, it has been steadily progressing thanks to its different partners. This year, the 2023 African Sub-regional session has been held from Makerere University, Kampala city Uganda. The event which kicked off yesterday 2nd April 2023 will last for four days with a theme: – Women’s Empowerment for Sustainable Development: A collective Responsibility. The event has attracted powerful women from all over…
A man from Ndola identified as Masauso Fredrick, a 37-year-old bus driver, has allegedly turned into a humble male dog today. The incident shocked the Ndola Town Centre main station when drivers and council workers saw a dog, with a face resembling Masauso, covered in a crazy colored boxer trying to jump on the driver’s seat of the bus belonging to Masauso. People started running in all directions especially after the dog turned and looked at them sedately with human eyes and mouth. According to narratives available, Masauso was last seen in the morning with a business woman from Kasumbalesa…