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Beyond what everybody else is doing posted on April 18, 2010 - 11:59pm
Jane Ngoiri from Nairobi goes beyond selling second-hand clothes - she remakes them for the local market! Paula Kahumbu tells her story on AfriGadget.
After the adrenaline posted on April 17, 2010 - 8:34pm
The final radio show of the test season, one live hour from the studios of Voice of Kigezi, is behind us - it was thrilling, it was fun! The moderators, Laurie May and Ambrose Kibuuka, devoted most of the time to career guidance but we had all kinds of other content too. Want to listen? Roger (on the right) is too much of a perfectionist to allow the recorded show to be uploaded immediately - first it will go into postproduction. You are likely to get it here on Monday.
Car silencers in God’s hands posted on April 16, 2010 - 5:01pm
Ssemwanga Daniel is a car silencer dealer on Kafumbe Mukasa road (Kampala, Uganda) but his real passion is God, writes David Tumusiime. (more…)
Broke? Vent it out! posted on April 16, 2010 - 3:51pm
We have not had a caption-writing contest for a while, and this photo by David Tumusiime just calls for it. Write your lines in the comments; the winner gets a Studio Edirisa T-shirt, plus UGX 0 sent to anyone of your choice!
In the second part of our Chris Kidd interview (supplementing the Batwa Special radio show) we are touching on some exciting and sad topics. (more…)
An African boy builds a robot - or not? posted on April 15, 2010 - 9:46pm
Is this true or is it fake? Are YouTube comments racist or merely voices of reason?
Times are changing posted on April 15, 2010 - 8:09pm
King Oyo visiting his Edirisa subjects in 2008 It seems royalty is taking a new turn in Uganda. King Oyo of Tooro is likely to join a prestigious military academy in the UK. Wonders never cease! Remember the controversial Kenyan queen of TV? She is now officially Mrs Esther Timberlake.
Studio Edirisa dearly needs a team of website experts posted on April 14, 2010 - 11:05am
Thanks to the endless devotion of Patrick in Germany, our website just received a little facelift. The next phase of its development will be very demanding and exciting, both on the desktop and on mobile gadgets. Therefore we are looking for a small group of multimedia specialist volunteers to be based at The Gardens. Our main interest are East Africans (this is going to be a long-term commitment), however, international helpers are dearly needed too. The beginning of the great challenge should be July 2010 but we can be flexible. on the photo: our very first web volunteer, Mulo
For God and My Country posted on April 14, 2010 - 12:46am
Gifted by nature, robbed by the citizens - us Children go hungry, parents stare blankly There is no hope, only the residue of broken promises Politicians roam free, reveling in pompous excesses Home of the corrupt, land of the lost patriots Fecund ground for lawlessness, impunity and subdued riots “Oh Uganda….” my pride is lost in the song An essence lost at independence, what went wrong? Veterans wander and wonder with nostalgic remonstrance While the young protest with youthful recalcitrance A country with so much promise, we usually short-change ourselves We have to demand more from our selfish-selves Instead of all this meaningless finger-pointing We need a miracle, a righteous political anointing An awakening of spirit, of mind, of pride A restoration of nationalism, of patriotism, of morals The time is now, our patience is ebbed All that lurking pestilence and hostility should be absorbed I see a bright future, even though the present is uncertain Don’t ask how we can get there A
An edition for child lovers posted on April 13, 2010 - 2:55pm
The “idiot’s guide” on how to deal with sexual charges against priests has been published. But African priests don’t do those things, do they?! You can’t trust drivers either: a drunk fellow is allegedly responsible for the death of five pupils on the Kampala and Jinja highway of death. Go produce and fill the world! A fourteen-year-old girl plays her part as she gave birth to three bouncing baby girls. Will God reward her three times more? For all parents who say they know their children best: your little angels start lying at nine months and perfect their art by four years old. Pheonah Aboli, Jacky Namubiru, Miha Logar photo: Graham Bedford