4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (469+ words) For many Ugandans, homeownership is a lifelong dream. It often begins with a small plot of land in one of Kampala’s ever-expanding suburbs and the vision of a three-bedroom house where a young family can thrive. During construction, security is…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (605+ words) The Observer Media Ltd A young woman in her early 30s is struggling to find a husband, because “I want someone who will love me the way my father loves my mum”. She is worried she has set her bar too…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (267+ words) The Observer Media Ltd One female passenger has been confirmed dead and several others injured after a bus transporting learners from Mwebaze High School in Kakiri collided with a train in Mukono district on Friday morning. The crash occurred at…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (797+ words) The Observer Media Ltd I’m being cheered on by two amazing ladies from Nyamiyaga and our conversation flips from humour, to curiosity, to interests, to discovery, to compliments and then to something of interest; equity/ equality of man and woman…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (543+ words) For many young Ugandans, success begins as a distant dream shaped by ambition but limited by circumstance. For Reagan Tumusiime Gibril, that dream started in the crowded slums of Kibuli and found new direction through an opportunity offered by Equity…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (754+ words) For many Ugandan parents, a smartphone is a tool of convenience—a way to keep children entertained, connected, and safe within reach. But behind that everyday reality, authorities say a quieter, more troubling shift is unfolding. Children are encountering pornography…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (629+ words) Each year, millions of Ugandan children start Primary One with high hopes, yet over 60 per cent leave before completing primary school. By the end of secondary education, a further 25 per cent have dropped out, with girls disproportionately affected. These are…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (861+ words) In many Ugandan communities today, single motherhood is no longer the exception. It is becoming increasingly common. Behind closed doors, countless women are raising children alone, carrying the full weight of responsibility while the fathers of those children move on,…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1116+ words) When the 25-year-old woman from Tianjin, China, sat down to eat a bowl of hotpot- one of her favourite meals – it felt like something close to a miracle. For years, she had lived under the strict rules of Type 1 diabetes....

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (184+ words) Authorities in Mayuge district have arrested more than 40 people, including parents, for allegedly employing school-going children on sugarcane plantations in a crackdown aimed at curbing child labour and improving school attendance. Some of the children told authorities they were working…...