Last year, when the Arcade Fire shocked everybody (especially Dog the Bounty Hunter) by winning Album of the Year at the Grammys, it set in motion a chain of events that culminated in one rather troubling realization: Perhaps everything has changed. I say troubling because, really, the Grammys have never beencool (and there is …
Read More »AGATALIIKO NFUUFU: ‘It was 10 at night when I shook the dust of Uganda from my feet’
A plump, middle-aged woman appears on the TV screen, seething with anger. She grabs a big stick and starts hitting her teenage daughter with all her might. The daughter does not even bat an eyelid. You would think she is being hit with a feather. “You are no longer my …
Read More »WHAT IF MARY SAID NO TO THE ANGEL?
It’s said the festive season ends when we celebrate the New Year, yet for many Catholic Christian faithful, the festive season lasts till March 25th. March 25th marks the beginning of the nine months Mary was pregnant with Baby Jesus. Of course we all celebrated Christmas as Christians, from the …
Read More »NOVEMBER 30TH, WHEN THE GRAMMY MET PAM AWARDS
In the past few weeks, people have said all sort of things about PAM awards, many (artists) called them unprofessional, media houses did their verdicts that some even did post mortems of the show. A few however came out to applaud Isaac for a job well done. Though, in …
Read More »THE YEAR THAT WAS 2011
2011 came in with a lot of hope that’s to say from the number of ambitions many of us had to the excitement of ending that gruesome 2010. Regardless of where we ushered 2011 from, many of us had high hopes for 2011. At this time, the election fever had …
Read More »BIBLE DIVIDING THE CHURCH……………………..
“…………….we do want to believe that those things do exist but where are they in the bible…” Those are common statements in religious debates, most especially when the person on the receiving end is a catholic. We all believe all believe in God and with out any reasonable doubt we …
Read More »Is Christianity just fire insurance?
KAGGWA MYGA ANDREW: Is Christianity just fire insurance?: As a pastor preaching a long Jinja road and in his summon, he told those who minded him that on that day (judgment) people will look back…
Read More »Is Christianity just fire insurance?
As a pastor preaching a long Jinja road and in his summon, he told those who minded him that on that day (judgment) people will look back at him as missed call. He went on as people will be burnt forever and how it’s pain and misery in there. As …
Read More »DAIRY OF A UGANDAN FACE BOOK JUNKIE
He wakes up early in the morning and grabs his phone, to simply make sure it’s on. His last web address has always been face book zero or m.facebook.com for the past few weeks. He always wakes up to post some bu-things on his page and goes back to bed. …
Read More »AFRICAN ELECTIONS ALMOST DONE…………………..WHAT NEXT
Am on my way to Zitemwa Manyagwa Gayaza road and right next to me is a tight lipped Nabwire carol. She is my village neighbor and at the look of things she rarely comes to Kampala even when it’s simply a 20 minute drive on a good day. Back to …
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