Dan Beegira Atuhaire describes how he threw soil into a grave, how he was not allowed to use shared toilets for four days, and how he was given a piece of land – one of the few abandoned plots in the hills of the Bakiga. (more…)

If you are in Kabale or generally in southwestern Uganda and crave total privacy (at least from those who might stand behind your back), we can hint at a dream destination on Kampala Road. Want to see how it works? (more…)

Have you noticed a longer local coverage menu on studio.co.ke/studio.ug? We are looking for correspondents to help us with local stuff! (Our fresh contributor guidelines are here).
Another change: from now on we will only have comments on Facebook – to keep debates together.

Last weekend was my best weekend this year, hands down. I spent hours and hours browsing through paper and digital notes! Tiresome to boring, I admit, but real sweetness was hidden in that special GTD peace that was filling my head, writes Miha Logar. (more…)

Our writer recently wondered about anti-sex messages at primary schools, but those of us who frequent such institutions have seen many such educational signs… Nothing beats this one, however!

The last show of the first season was live from Voice of Kigezi and moderated by Laurie and Ambrose. It was an electrifying experience!

Click here to listen, right-click to download…

50 minutes or 12MB of:
- career guidance: Ambrose Kibuuka on how to use your free time productively
- role models & bad models: professional fine artist Ssajjabbi promotes the new Kabale Arts Centre
- local talent: young musician Godman of Nkozi and the recent hit attempt by Mad Tiger
- tribal secrets: the pain of male circumcision in Eastern Uganda

What next? Looking for partners and sponsors to start a new season in September… Big thanks to the United World College of the Adriatic and the Italian autonomous region Friuli Venezia Giulia who helped us buy our airtime for this February – April test run!

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.

As we are still trying to make our audience used to the fact that we are using Facebook as an additional medium (all Studio Edirisa background stories are now only there), allow us to specifically invite you to our newest album by Jeff Vanderpool.

He lives in Makanga Village on the border between Uganda and Rwanda and calls himself Mesach Ssemakula, Kacanca Warren or Nebasiyaka Wence. We call him Michael Jackson, in awe. He doesn’t know how to write or read, but boy he does know how to dance!

In Nairobi, Mrs Esther Kirika, who been running the school which takes in children with cerebral palsy and Down’s syndrome has been plagued by auctioneers trying to sell off the school due to unpaid debts. No wonder sales men are the most hated professionals in the world.

The hardcore Masai have at last been caught up with technology the ever spreading phenomenon. In Kolong village, dung has been converted into cooking gas transforming their lives. Bio fuels are the way of the future, the Masai said so!

It seems Ugandans will never learn from experience. 20 more people have died from excess consumption of contaminated Waragi in Kabale district.

Female emancipation is taking great heights in Rwanda as MP Julienne was elected as the new chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Security and National Sovereignty and she promises to address issues regarding Women’s Rights.

Pheonah Aboli, Jacky Namubiru