I had a conversation with Aaron Kirunda the face behind enjuba. At what point did you start paying attention to life? Must have been around secondary school. How was secondary school life, Aaron? Humble. I went to Kakira for secondary school which was supposed to be temporary for like two years but couldn’t afford to go anywhere else and stayed for 4 years. I went to Kakira High School, a poor man’s school. There was another estate school but I could not make it there. At my school, it was a requirement to bring your own chair where you would sit. Every student had to come with their own chair ..read more

She is the girl that co-hosts the Stanbic National Schools Championship ( NSC ) with Brian Mulondo. She has been shining on the NSC stage for about three years now. She is that person they call “life of the party.” Her name is Dorcas Kiconco from Kigongi, Kabale. She is the second of five children. Dorcas has identified with the championship for the last five years which has fully impacted her life. “I feel like the NSC has given me the approach to life that I never had at all.” You cannot accuse Dorcas of being soft spoken. Her voice, a mezzo soprano of sorts, tears easily through a quiet roo ..read more

Marion Ndyemanya is a 3rd year student at Uganda Christian University, Mukono pursuing a Bachelor of Accounting and Finance. She is a 2020 #StanbicUGChampions Alumgrow winner. Last year, her company Anya Wrists won UGX 5 million as the winner of the Alumgrow category in the National Schools Championship, a business innovation program by Stanbic Bank Uganda for secondary schools. The mosquito repellent is an environmentally friendly solution towards the fight of malaria caused by mosquitoes. According to the Severe Malaria Observatory, Uganda had the highest global burden of malaria cases and d ..read more

Alfred Ntagungira is passionate about vocational training himself being an instructor. Often times, vocational skilling is talked about but few know what to do thereafter. Here is a detailed breakdown of all you need to do and about vocational and technical education in Uganda. One of the strategic choices a student and their parent can make after UNEB exams; Primary seven (PLE), Lower secondary (UCE) & Upper Secondary (UACE) is to join Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) also known as BTVET in Uganda. The benefit of vocational training is that a student can get a job af ..read more

When you google the name Josephat Wefafa you do not get so many results. Only the government led institutions pop up. It is scarcely known.  But when you google Mr Beez, you get all the related information backed up with recently taken photos of a one Mr Beez fully  embellished in his brown branded “Gardener” apron with is oversized pocket swelling with pliers and the other tools of that tribe that he uses in his daily trade. Before this gardener and ‘toolman’ came to be known as Mr Beez, he was Josephat Wefafa, a young man growing up in neighbourhoods of Mbale, in Eastern Uganda. Th ..read more

In their famous book, The ONE Thing, authors Gary Keller and Jay Papasan argue that focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re NOT going to do.” You can only know what you are not doing once you know what you are doing. Dr Sam Mayanja knows what he is doing when he talks about land. In the first 109 pages of this book, there is a healthy mention of the word land at least once for every two paragraphs. That is how much Dr Sam Mayanja’s interest in matters of land is hard to miss out on.   You cannot avoid the land question irrespective of who you are. Land is pivotal to every ci ..read more

Barbara is a passionate lover of art who, for decades, has been immersed in its appreciation and collection. She is one of a nine member founding initiative of art collectors called the Contemporary Art Society of Uganda. It is commonly known as CASU. She is a managing partner at Imara Africa Consulting and a board member of Access Bank Kenya. I (DK) had a conversation with her (BB) about her passion as an art collector and what that means.  DK: For how long have you been an art collector? BB: I started a long time ago, in the 90s. DK: What’s the difference between art collectors and art ..read more

Patrick Aporu is a transport officer at Stanbic Bank Uganda. He has been part of the big blue family for close to 20 years. For all these years, he is grateful for the love he has got from the bank. Having joined as young man then, Patrick wanted a job that he would hive him peace of mind while at work, a fulfilment he found at Stanbic Bank. Last year when he lost his dear wife he was overwhelmed by the #AllforLove that the bank poured out for him. Apart from footing all the bills, they built a house of comfort around him. And the bank came through for him. ” It’s been quite a g ..read more

I have been on the road recently running around Uganda. My eyes saw very unique features I would like to share about. The Hat at Acholi Inn It is a big round hut with thick step thatch, an architectural design unique to the Acholi sub region of Northern Uganda. This hat was very instrumental for the peace negotiations during the LRA War that went on in the 90s and early. The open conference hat sits under the umbrella foliage that is the old age of trees surrounded by a large green compound. This is without a doubt a place of peace.  The Tower of Coffee Beans Most of the major regional ..read more

On a hot afternoon when Arua is boiling with trade and business, the roads are busy with trucks driving past hither and thither to Kampala and to other markets. Arua is the intersection of trade for Uganda, South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of boda boda riders cruise past. Here time is of the essence. The world passes by so fast if you just watch. Pedestrian traders comb the streets as differently branded Land Cruisers raise dust to arrive yet in time in another community. This is not your usual location for aid and things like that. Here everything is business. The previo ..read more