Tag Archives: Flavia Nassaka

By Flavia Nassaka & Ian Katusiime Politics, violence take toll as residents fight National Housing projects Mohammed Oloya, 51, is a man whose family is on tenterhooks. Every day puts them in an endless state of agitation due to uncertainty. Though he is an Acholi, Oloya has never been to …

By Ronald Musoke & Flavia Nassaka Exactly a week after N Ronald Musokeorbert Mao announced his leave from office, one would have expected Mathias Nsubuga, the party’s Secretary General, and John Baptist Kawanga, the national vice president—the two men Mao chose to stand in for him while he recuperates— to …

By Flavia Nassaka Don’t worry, doctors offer tips to help We all need sleep although the reason why is not quite clear. But as people age, falling asleep sometimes becomes difficult. At some point, some elderly people cannot fall asleep unless they use pills. As doctors explain, lack of sleep …

By Flavia Nassaka and Ronald Musoke On Feb.24, Wasswa Mubiru, the chairman of the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) in Makindye East constituency was at the Democratic Party (DP) head office with a petition for party President Norbert Mao. He had hoped to catch Mao at the weekly press conference held …

By Flavia Nassaka How to stay safe amidst the scare Do you or anyone you know have a fever, diarrhea, headache, stomach pains, joints pains, and poor appetite?  Those could be symptoms of several known ailments. But they could also be a sign of typhoid fever. Typhoid fever is an …

By Flavia Nassaka Experts explain danger in growing trend of self-prescribed diagnosis The joy that parents experience when they have a child is unexplainable. The same joy is what they go through when; the mothers especially, are expecting. Many cannot wait to know the sex of their child. Thanks to …

By Flavia Nassaka From winning the election to keeping the seat; politicians have to dig deeper in their pockets. Everyone doesn’t like it and everyone is doing it. Emmanuel Lumala Dombo knows how to win an election. He has done it four times in Bunyole East constituency in Butaleja district. …

By Flavia Nassaka Patients, doctors say machine broke down; hospital insists everything is OK As journalists, we often encounter situations that should be straight forward but become quite complicated for no clear reason. One such incident happened recently at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala. We got information that …

By Flavia Nassaka The ministry of health has today, Feb.19 announced the outbreak of typhoid in areas around Nakasero market and Kikuubo in down town Kampala with two people being confirmed to have succumbed to it yet other eleven deaths are still being investigated for the same. 142 individuals have …

By Flavia Nassaka Experts say your oral health affects the condition of your heart From our science classes in primary school, we are fully aware that for good oral health, one has to brush their teeth every after a meal. This seems impractical to many, especially for people who eat …