New Vision Podcast

News round up around Uganda

"the goal of this year’s World Mental Health Day campaign is increased investment in mental health", WHO. 

the goal of this year’s World Mental Health Day campaign is increased investment in mental health. 

It's 16 years since Elly Wamala passed on, but his music still lives on. Who is Elly Wamala? We tell you about his childhood, school days and how he started his music career. This and more in this Podcast with Joseph Batte.

It's 16 years since Elly Wamala passed on, but his music still lives on. Who is Elly Wamala? We tell you about his childhood, school days and how he started his music career. This and more in this Podcast with Joseph Batte.

It's 16 years since Elly Wamala passed on, but his music still lives on. Who is Elly Wamala? We tell you about his childhood, school days and how he started his music career. This and more in this Podcast with Joseph Batte.

When a 40+ years old church is demolished in the middle of Kampala city, the question of land eviction process is raised. In this podcast we speak to the Judiciary spokesperson Solomon Muyita about the justice system in land eviction process.

When a 40+ years old church is demolished in the middle of Kampala city, the question of land eviction process is raised. In this podcast we speak to the Judiciary spokesperson Solomon Muyita about the justice system in land eviction process.

With increase in violence within the family during this pandemic, how does one seek justice with no financial muscle to hire a lawyer? We speak to Gorreth Ayebale from Justice Centers Uganda on how one can access free legal services

From the first COVID-19 death case in Uganda, there has been mixed reactions on reports and statistics within some sections of the population. We speak to Dr. Murungi Miriam, risk communication officer KCCA about these gray areas.

With increased reports of violence within family during this COVID-19 period, we speak to Mrs Josephine Kasaato, President Mothers Union in Namirembe Diocese, on some of the roles played by Mothers Union in ensuring peace amidst the pandemic.

“Security officers handling my case told me to a secret location and told what we tell you is what you write then forcefully put my thump in ink and put it on an agreement to accept money and keep quiet” Rogers Egonga.

When I reached home with my wife, one of the doctors called and told, do you know that the baby you buried was not your child, your baby was sold to a rich couple and is alive” Rogers Egonga. 

“When they took my wife in the theatre, they chased me out and told me to wait from the compound. When the doctor took me where my child was, on oxygen, the baby wasn’t breathing and when my wife gained back her consciousness, she asked me where our baby is”, Rogers Egonga.

To keep or NOT to keep pregnant students at school: How practical are the Draft guidelines for the management of pregnant students? In this podcast we speak to a science teacher who has taught in Girls schools for over 10 years.

"He became stiff and his lower jaw dropped. The doctors sent me out of the emergency room and decided one of them should break the bad news to me: my son was not going to make it. I decided to stand steadfast in the fight against cerebral palsy and last week, my son called me "mama" for the first time".

In this 2nd podcast series on border district management during COVID-19, Jacob Siminyu the Spokesperson Min. of Internal Affairs highlights on movement of persons and goods across gazetted and porous border points.

Kyotera, a boarder district in Uganda badly hit by the AIDS scurge in the 1980s is still under lock-down due to COVID-19. We speak to Patrick Kintu Kisekulo, the LC5 Chairman Kyotera District on managing the spread of the coronavirus in such a high risk area.

Anti-racism protests in the wake of George Floyd's death were not only limited to the U.S. There were similar protests in Nigeria and Kenya, where a Nigerian protestor tells a short story of a Ugandan student who was shot dead in the U.S by an alleged racist. In this edition, New Vision podcast goes through some powerful anti-racism songs.

The undercover journalist  has gone through so much mistreatment as a maid and desperate to escape. This is episode 8 of the last five episodes of the series.

The undercover journalist  has gone through so much mistreatment as a maid and desperate to escape. This is episode 9 of the last five episodes of the series.

The undercover journalist  has gone through so much mistreatment as a maid and desperate to escape. This is episode 10 of the last five episodes of the series.

The undercover journalist  has gone through so much mistreatment as a maid and desperate to escape. This is episode 11 of the last five episodes of the series.

The undercover journalist  has gone through so much mistreatment as a maid and desperate to escape. This is episode 12 of the last five episodes of the series.

In the past few weeks, the world has been gripped by anti-racism protests, following the deaths of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks in the U.S. In part one of this podcast, Richard Wetaya unpacks a select few, thought-provoking and anti-racism protest songs from across the globe which has resonated with people of all races, through the years.