New Vision Podcast

“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.

Working from home is becoming a new normal. Transforming this into productivity is a different thing. In this podcast, an IT consultant shares valuable tips on achieving productivity while working from home.

Betty Aol Ocan, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament who doubles as the Woman MP for Gulu District, on Monday morning got involved in an accident.

A 2017 UN Environment Agency survey estimated the stock of e-waste in Uganda at an annual growth rate of 25,000 tons. As we celebrate World Environment Day on Friday, June 5, 2020 we are joined by Nancy Allimadi, Senior Environment Inspector with National Environment Management Authority in this podcast, discussing the future of e-waste management in Uganda.

“Sooner, I again clash with mama. She cooks fresh fish for her family and orders me to cook camel meat for myself. I explain that I will not eat the camel meat because it is stale. My stomach is not a dustbin for left-over food”, (New Vision undercover journalist)

In part 2 of this podcast, Richard Wetaya continues to shine the spotlight on the legacies of music legends such as Tony Allen (Afro-beat co-creator), Mory Kanté (renowned Guinean vocalist and Kora player), Ahmed Ismail Hussein (Somali Music icon), Ty (acclaimed British/Nigerian Hip Hop star), Betty Wright (RNB legend), and Little Richard (Father of Modern RocknRoll) who have fallen during COVID-1...

From a journalist, my new official title is kadama, which means house girl in Arabic. I wake up at 4:30am, clean, cook and serve others food while I wait in the kitchen till they complete their meal, then I also eat. I am not sure if I used more water than tears to mop the floor.

“The second day I am taken to the slave market to be sold, I am finally bought. I plead to be allowed to keep my phone so that I can only use it at night. I am so scared and fail to trace where I am being taken”, (New Vision undercover journalist). What could be the problem? Find out in this 5th episode podcast.

Once we are in Dubai, our keeper tells us to get ready for the ‘office’. We put on long dresses and shawls covering our heads. Our excitement is short-lived when we are told by those who have been there before that the ‘office’ is a human slave market. I am in for the shock of my life (New Vision undercover journalist)

On arrival in Dubai, a tall, muscular man, wearing a hoodie comes towards me, holding his phone and shows me my picture on the screen. In trying to ask him questions, he barks back, “come on woman, I am not here to answer questions, just hand over your passport and visa please”.

"There is nothing impossible in Uganda. The way I beat the airport system that should have stopped me from travelling to Dubai, on  a flimsy reason, with a fake visa and without document for the journey, is baffling. It cost me Sh 500,000" (undercover journalist).

"As deadly as it seemed, I decided to make the bold move of getting trafficked to Dubai, got sold in a slave market and managed to escape back to Uganda.  How did I hatch this idea? Who were my contacts? I share my story in the New Vision Podcast".

In this conversation with Joel Ojema, Co-Founder and Chief Finance Officer FAMUNERA, we focus on digitisation of agricultural value chain and exploring some of the opportunities available to farmers, suppliers and entrepreneurs in the digital world. 

Even as the World continues to be closed to itself due to the COVID-19 crisis, we shine a light in celebrating some legendary African artists such as Aurlus Mabele, Manu Dibango, Joseph Shabalala among others who have passed on during this period.