Author: Kinene Fahard

Jinja City: The ongoing National Agricultural Education Show, launched by Hon. Frederick Bwino Kyakulaga on Monday, is facing challenges as the turnout of schools and visitors remains significantly low. As the event enters its fourth day, vendors and businesses within the showgrounds are expressing regret over their investments and struggling to make profits. The disappointing turnout has impacted vendors who have set up businesses at the showgrounds. Food vendors, in particular, are facing losses as they prepare meals for a larger number of people but end up selling only a fraction of what they anticipated. Madam Nakiganda Khadija, owner of…

Pastor Juma Mulokole, a renowned gospel music maestro, held a meeting with various media personalities from different media houses on Sunday evening at his audio and video recording studios. The purpose of the meeting was to seek their support in promoting his upcoming music concert scheduled to take place on August 13th, 2023, at TransAfrica Gardens in Jinja City. Recognizing the influential role of the media in concert promotion, Pastor Juma Mulokole expressed his belief that media professionals have a significant following within the community. He emphasized that the concert aimed to generate funds through ticket sales, as well as…

Jinja: Paul Kulumba is news anchor, a sports analyst and a recording artist. But who exactly is Paul Kulumba, a.k.a Brazilian 10? A graduate of social sciences from Kyambogo University, Kulumba got to be known in radio easily because he came with something new in radio in Busoga’s broadcasting industry, the soft sweet big voice and a penchant for giving listeners details on the issues he analyzed on shows like Akatabo ka’bwino, entiko ye ebye mizanyo. Those two are currently among the best sports programs in the Busoga sub region. Born in Kazinga Channel, Bweyogerere, to Mr Hilary Kagwa and…

Godfather of comedy: Muyonjo Hussein aka Swengere is an astute radio presenter, renown comedian and businessman. Swengere suits the description of the godfather of comedy in Busoga sub-region. In an exclusive interview with our reporter Fahard Kinene, the 37-year-old resident of Mafubira, in Jinja city discussed a number of issues ranging from education, entertainment and politics. Below are the excerpts. As a renown radio presenter and comedian, what really inspired you to go back to school? Well I am in love with education and going back to school has always been my plan. My education journey began at Wakitaka Primary…

Jinja City Hall: It should be the case that councilors look forward to plenary since they get to have it only once every two months. It is not the case for the Jinja City Councilors; not even when the sitting is as important as the Mayor tabling the city’s annual budget estimates or unveiling their new Clerk. When Mayor Peter Kasolo walked into the chambers to present the budget this afternoon, less than half of the councilors were present to receive the document that will guide the performance of the city in the 2023-2024 financial year. “All the dodging councilors…

Jinja City: According to the third schedule of the Local Government Act, a city council meets, for the discharge of its functions, at least once in two months. Living in a town with garbage littered streets, darkness due to lack of street lights, blocked drainage and sewerage systems, limited access to health care and unsafe street corridors, ebikuubo, a section of the newly created Jinja City residents are arguing that such an intermittent way of council meeting and operation has a direct correlation with the bad service delivery happening in the City. “The laws are made to serve and protect…