Tag Archives: Nsenene

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Bureau of Standards-UNBS has cautioned dealers in nsenene (edible grasshoppers) to abide by set national standards on edible insects, to protect the health of their consumers. The Uganda Standard (US 28 EAS 39:2002) for Edible Insects compels handlers to produce, prepare, and handle …

How the Nairobi fly is inflicting pain in the Rwenzori Mountains SPECIAL FEATURE  | RONALD MUSOKE | Bwambale Sibaminya, 49, a peasant farmer from Nyabugesera cell, Ntandi Town Council, in the western Uganda district of Bundibugyo was determined to join the grasshopper or Nsenene harvesting business to make some extra income …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  Just over 90 years ago, on 1 January 1914, a gentleman named Abe Pheil became the world’s first airline passenger on a 21-minute flight from St Petersburg to Tampa, Florida in the USA. A phosphate miner, he sat on an open bench in the cockpit …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The trader who was captured on video selling nsenene (grasshoppers) on board a Uganda Airlines plane broke down into tears while begging for forgiveness from the nation. And for their remorse, Paul Mubiru and the other passenger who shot the video are going to be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police has charged Paul Mubiru and Hajib Kiggundu on three  counts. This stems from an incident where Mubiru was seen selling grasshoppers, a local delicacy known as Nsenene, aboard Uganda Airlines last Friday. Fred Enanga, the spokesperson of Uganda Police Force says the duo …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Last Friday night, Uganda Airlines flight to Dubai had some of its passengers engage in what I would descirbe as comedy. The drama had a one Paul Mubiru selling Nsenene ( fried long-horned grasshoppers) to his colleagues and other passengers on board. The short stunt which was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The passenger who sold grasshoppers, locally known as nsenene, aboard Uganda Airlines flight 446, has apologized. Identified as Paul Mubiru, the trader has written a letter to the management of the airline apologizing for the act. The incident which has since gone viral on social …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Airlines is considering adding local delicacy Nsenene (long-horned grasshoppers) on their menu for regional and international flights. This follows a video that has gone viral in Uganda in which a passenger on flight no 446 to Dubai on November 26 is seen selling …

Scientists say its antioxidant capacity is similar to fresh orange juice | THE INDEPENDENT | A new study has measured antioxidant levels in commercially available edible insects. Among the findings: crickets, which are related to nsenene (katydid), grasshoppers, and locusts in the orthoptera order of insects, pack 75 percent the …

Maggots, grasshoppers, licorice and cobra hearts at Sweden’s ‘Disgusting Food Museum’ Malmö, Sweden | AFP | Cheese teeming with squirming maggots, grasshopers and sheep’s eye juice and mouse wine: the “Disgusting Food Museum” explores why a dish seems delicious to some, but for others is stomach-churning. On show for three …