Author: Robert Atuhairwe

Banana was named the first superfood after World War II being a good source of potassium. They are also rich in Vitamin B6 and fiber. There are many foods which are nutrient-dense that have a myriad of beneficial impact on your health, and are of the heroes of the grocery store. The Albertine Journal research is based on elucidations from nutritionists who argued how seeds, berries, nuts and vegetables contain a higher amounts of health-promoting nutrients. However, this information should not be treated and used in the diagnosis, treatment, management of any disease or disorder. It is advisable to always…

Cases of off-springs or relatives replacing deceased family members in elective positions are growing under the belief that this would fuel a better future for the community in question based on ‘blessings’ from the departed leader. At this turn of the political clock in Uganda all and sundry are preoccupied by the Muhoozi Project. It is rumoured that President Yoweri Museveni Tibuhaburwa who has ruled Uganda since 1986 after a gorilla war, is fronting his son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba to take over from him, a talk that Museveni has bashed. “Why should I groom my son? The people of Uganda…

Uganda’s writer Yvonne Kusiima has been nominated for the Caine Prize for African Writing. Kusiima has been nominated for her story, Weaving, which was published by Isele Magazine in 2022. She is among the five African Writers nominated for the Caine Prize 2023. Kusiima who lives in Kampala, holds a degree in Social Sciences from Kyambogo University. Her work has been published in African Writer Magazine, Kalahari Review, Brittle Paper, The Hektoen International Journal of Medical Humanities and Isele Magazine. Kusiima, has previously told publications that she is interested in the complexities of human societies and aims to shake things…

Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom cultural sites are being threatened by industrial development and encroachment. The sites have the potential to be listed among the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) sites. The recent threat to these sites is the oil and gas development. The sites include those which relate to early occupation and Bunyoro-Buganda wars, burial sites of former kings and dwelling places of Omukama Chwa II Kabaleega. Kabalega was famous for resisting colonial rule. Some of the archaeological sites date back to between the 10th and17th centuries. The kingdom had mouthed plans to start developing and erecting sin posts,…

On June 8, 2023, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, a renowned Kenyan public speaker, law lecturer, historian and orator, was in Hoima City, western Uganda, to deliver a public lecture. He was invited by Mubende Bunyoro United Association (MBA) which is seeking to file a case against the British government for atrocities committed against Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, one of Uganda’s oldest cultural institutions. MBA also wants reparations as was the case for Mau Mau of Kenya. Lumumba was accompanied by Professor Wallace Williams of Trinidad and Tobago who also doubles as the Consul General of Antigua and Barbuda to the Federal…

At the start of the petroleum exploration in the Albertine Graben, the districts of Hoima and Buliisa experienced significant increase in demand for accommodation by investors, businessmen and workers in oil related activities. This led to renewed construction and estates business and a consequent increase in hotels and lodges in the urban centres. Oil workers would be forced to retire to Hoima city and others in Buliisa town due to a shortage of accommodation services. An increase in bookings meant that hotels provided important local revenue opportunities associated with the oil development. But as construction of production facilities increase while…

Hoima is a city bustling with activity, having neatly paved roads, storeyed buildings and gentrification due to treasurer hunters attracted by speculation of opportunities presented by oil finds in the Albertine Graben. However, the city’s glitter is increasingly being dampened by the stinking environs, especially behind Wright Road, Main Streets, Kiganda and Kiryatete suburbs where business owners wear a permanent frown about the poor state of the overflowing sewage out of the lines. At Hoima central market, human excrement pours uncontrollably into the streets and sometimes when it rains, it ends up polluting the streams and rivers. Experts warn that…

Empaako is used in Bunyoro for greeting and culturally, it is ludicrous that one would call one’s neighbour by their formal name. On first interaction, you are asked: What is your empaako” while kneeling if you are a woman and bending for a man. Whatever the time of the day, empaako is a must use. Oraire ota (good morning), Osibire ota (good evening), is often followed by empaako of whoever is being greeted. The respondent, echoes the person’s empaako: “Ndaire kurungi, Akiiki (its good morning, Akiiki), Nsibire kurungi, Adyeeri (my afternoon is fine, Adyeeri). Empaako, are also used when addressing…

Prince John Apollo Rwamparo, Second Deputy Prime Minister of the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, expressed deep concern over the recent demolition of Haibale rock in Kigorobya sub-county, Hoima district, Western Uganda. This significant rock formation fell victim to the extraction of aggregate stones during the construction of a 110-kilometre Hoima-Buliisa-Wanseko road, aimed at facilitating oil production. Haibale rock holds a unique connection to the historical and renowned Kibiro hot spring, which is believed to source its hot water from this very rock. In Graam Connah’s Memoir 13 at the British Institute in Eastern Africa, it is described as an impressive natural feature,…

Uganda’s longest-lasting music ensemble, Afrigo Band, will for the first time perform live in Hoima. The show is organised by Sweet Dorcus Promotions in conjunction with Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom as part of celebrations to mark the 29th Empango (coronation) anniversary of Omukama Solomon Gafabusa Iguru. Empango is the first ritual the Omukama (King) performs as he is being crowned. Iguru the 27th King under the Babiito dynasty first performed the ritual on June 11, 1994, following the restoration of kingdoms by the National Resistance Movement government. Since then, empango has been marked annually in Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom at the king’s palace in Hoima City and usually characterised by a…