Hillary Mugisha, the president of the Uganda Martyrs University Students’ Union, last week got a visit from three Studio Edirisa ladies. He explained his plans for the students at Nkozi – and elsewhere. (more…)

You have surely heard of the Obsessions, Uganda’s groundbreaking dance group. Still, do you know that there would be no Obsessions without Father Damien Grimes, a 79-year-old Catholic missionary? And that it all began with … boxing? (more…)

The short story competition is completed, but aren’t you wondering about the people behind the winning entries? So far we have managed to meet Hillary Kuteisa, a 22-year-old student of chemistry, a poet, a former troublemaker at Kigezi College Butobere, and a brother of Nkozi. (more…)

Why would a music star decide to study microfinance at Uganda Martyrs University? Desire Luzinda wants her mother to relax. (more…)

We are back to you, and excited about freshers starting their UMU orientation: who among them will be our next moderator, humourist, writer? … Have you heard that Rudende got a job at Vision Voice, a major Kampala station? We hope to continue churning out big talent in 2010-11!

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.

Some months ago we announced Studio Edirisa’s international competition for a multipurpose shade and a new gate for The Gardens. We received four entries but none of them unfortunately met our needs. Still, we have decided to give an award to John Paul Senyonyi (University of Dar es Salaam) for his creative submission (see the images).

While we are sobbing as a radio star leaves our jungle studio, we know we should not be selfish. It’s time the talented Ingabire rocks the wider world. (more…)

Proudly presenting Studio Edirisa’s little video project – 4 minutes, 13 young East Africans, one big celebration of cultural richness.

In the remote village of Nkozi we have quite many people who have travelled around the world extensively. Laurie May, our Australian who is going for a trip to Europe today, wanted to know more about those strange places. She had a chat with Emmanuel Kayanja, a lecturer at Uganda Martyrs University.

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