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KASESE, THE SOUL OF UGANDA'S HEART

  KASESE, THE SOUL OF UGANDA’S HEART In Kasese's embrace, where nature thrives, A land of wonder, where beauty thrives. Uganda's gem, where mountains stand tall, And mighty rivers cascade, enchanting all. Oh, Kasese, blessed with fertile plains, Where the sun's golden touch forever reigns. Majestic Rwenzori, a crown you wear, Snow-capped peaks, in the misty air. Ah, Kasese, where history whispers its tale, A symphony of green, a magical scene. Elephants roam, graceful in their might, And rare bird melodies take flight. The Queen Elizabeth National Park's vast expanse, Home to lions' roar and the wildebeest's dance. Savannahs stretch, where antelopes roam, And hippos bask by the water's foam. Your people, resilient, their spirit strong, United in song, as they journey along. Their warmth and kindness, a treasure untold, Stories woven in threads of pure gold. From the bustling markets, vibrant and alive, To the echoes of laughter, that ever thrive....
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  DIAGNOSING REMOTENESS AS A DISEASE IN THE 21 st CENTURY. Author; Onesmus Kansiime 2022 Margaret, a mother of two, is a resident of one of the remotest villages in Eastern Uganda. Her home is 20 KMs of straight line distance, 40 KMs of pothole road distance but 2 driving hours away from the nearest hospital that would provide maternity services. Her husband, who works in a sugar factory, commutes once a month to spend time with his family. The morning of 9 th June 2014 began the day Margaret, who was fully nine months pregnant, got response to the questio n, “When was the worst day of your life?” I want us to imagine the excruciating labor pains that saw her through the 30 minutes’ struggle of contacting the nearest hospital for an ambulance, plus two hours of an ambulance reaching her home and another two hours of being transported to the hospital. Margaret gave birth to a “tired” baby girl as opposed to a bouncing one. Very exhausted, the baby was baptized immediately amidst a...
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Working Together to end child marriage and Teenage Pregnancies - Culture, Human Rights and Accountability.

Working Together to end Child Marriage and Teenage Pregnancies. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to colliding pandemics with HIV/AIDS. The duo has impacted all aspects of life. The former has disrupted education, health, incomes and has exposed young girls to teenage pregnancies and child marriages. Government of Uganda and partners such as World Vision have made to eliminate all forms of violence against the girl child. However, COVID-19 has undone a lot of achievements towards that direction. More so, the closure of schools has placed the young girls in the jaws of sexual predators. Therefore the National Girls Summit, under the theme, “Working together to end child marriage and teenage pregnancies  - culture, Human rights and Accountability,” brought together young girls, women, Government and civil society actors, through the National Alliance of Girls Not Brides Uganda, to share about the difficulties that have been wrought unto them in the communities. “The fourth National Girl’...
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Orange the world; End Teenage Pregnacies Now

Orange the World: End Teenage Pregnancies Now.   The 16 Days of Activism are a stretch of time in which we can, as we have always done, advocate against and hope to see an end of violence against women. All violence against women is packaged in its worst of forms. Violence against children and more so against the girl child is not different. It has implications on the future of victims, the future of the nation and the livelihoods. Teenage pregnancies, early and forced marriages and other effects of violence against children are regrettable stamps that indelibly scar the victims, deprive them of opportunities such as an education, decent work,  self-esteem  and dictates a life far from the victim’s choice not even their opportunity cost.   The COVID-19 pandemic period is a time where this has been  exacerbated  and has tainted the future of girls with absolute uncertainty. The rate of teenage pregnancies in Uganda currently stands at between 25 - 30 % up fr...
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why would beings, that are equally human, be unequal in the face of HIV/AIDS?

WHY WOULD BEINGS, THAT ARE EQUALLY HUMAN, BE UNEQUAL IN THE FACE OF HIV/AIDS ? Could the pandemics be playing an equal and united role in a ‘fight against’ unequal divided human race?  Are the pandemics and epidemics beating humans, the summits of creation and upright conscious, on what would have been the human mastery of union and equality?  Are humans, who in my short life so far have seen  leading ethnic cleansing , racial divides and hoarding vaccines,   ready for an equal and united world against HIV/AIDS ? Would I be right to be comfortable when the tents around my castle are burning? Of course not; I would be worse than the biblical rich fool. Even if I burned last, I would be burnt by a similar fire. Would it be wrong to think that the rich and poor have more and less lives respectively than the other? Very wrong indeed. No upright logic would justify the  shorter lives  of either but rather why all should live healthily and access the minimum heal...
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