Tag Archives: Kamwokya

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teargas and live bullets hovered over parts of Kamwokya, a suburb of Kampala as police battled supporters of People Power, a pressure group led by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. The crowds were mobilized by aspirants from various constituencies mainly around Kampala who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Contafrica village in Kamwokya II parish in Kampala Central Division have resolved to embrace technology to fight the escalation of crime. Residents say they intend to install Closed Circuit Television Camera’s-CCTV on majority streets in their area because of increasing cases of mugging. …

“Learn to listen to silence, and you will discover it is music,” so goes an old African maxim. The statement connotes an oxymoron as listening to silent sound is inconceivable to many people. It is even more so with something as inanimate as colour. Yet some artists will attempt to …

Majority of his close friends are female, most of his clients want women-themed works, and most of the people who collect his works, locally and internationally, are women. How then can one possibly be wrong to conclude that renowned Uganda acrylic painter Yusuf Ssali is the ultimate `ladies’ man’ – …

His metallic figurines exude a fresh uniqueness Ronex Ahimbisibwe’s artistic enterprise has ensured he becomes a master of technical inventions in art. That and his tenacity as an artist make him stand out. They might also be his legacy. Of the crop of Uganda’s contemporary artists that have been practicing …