New Vision Podcast

This two-part podcast explores the gap between policy and lived reality for visually impaired consumers in Uganda, despite the country’s progress toward inclusive development under the Millennium Development Goals. The podcast ultimately asks a critical question: can a system truly protect all citizens if it excludes some? Until inclusive measures are fully implemented, consumer safety in Uganda w...

Poor health seeking behaviour, a time bomb in the communities

President Yoweri Museveni and the First Lady, also the Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Kataaha Museveni have hosted the second edition of Jazz with Jajja at their Kisozi farm in Gomba district. The Sunday, March 1, 2026, event brought together several content creators, journalists, digital entrepreneurs, and social media influencers for a deep reflection on Uganda’s economic transfor...

Malaria remains one of Uganda’s biggest public health challenges but behind the statistics are scientists working to stop the disease before it even reaches people. In this episode, we’re joined by Angella Nakamaanya, an Insectary Assistant Target Malaria under Uganda Virus Research Institute, who studies the very insects responsible for spreading malaria and how understanding them could help turn...

In this episode of Around Uganda, Raziah Athman speaks with conservationist and former Bwindi ranger Hebert Banobi about the role communities play in protecting Uganda’s natural heritage. He highlights the value of planting indigenous trees, creating authentic cultural experiences for visitors, and encourages communities to “dance for nature, not just for money” as part of conservation and tourism...

2026 is the Year of the Horse for China, and in Uganda, it is being marked with a renewed emphasis on people-to-people exchange. The Lunar New Year begins on February 17, 2026, ushering in the Year of the Fire Horse. Young Ugandans welcomed the celebration at the Chinese Embassy in Kampala, a sign of deepening cultural ties and focus on youth.

In the shadows of Kampala, deep inside Katwe-Kinyoro - the slum many call “Kikaramoja” - children are bought, registered, priced, and pushed onto the streets to beg. In this episode, we name the prime suspects, trace the money trail between Napak and the city, and confront a chilling question: Where are the dead street children buried?

In this episode, leaders propose a solution to the child trafficking problem as shoddy NGOs and government big wigs are named in the Karamojong street kids' crisis. 

In part three of Karamoja’s stolen childhood, we uncover the hidden pipeline, a shadowy network quietly moving children from the villages of Karamoja to the streets of Kampala

In this second episode of Karamoja’s stolen childhood, we demystify myths, showing you the Karamoja we never hear about. Who is profiting from bringing Karimojong children to beg on Kampala streets? How are they recruited? And why does the system keep regenerating? For 75 days, our undercover reporter followed the trail from the capital’s busy junctions to the heart of Napak.  This is life in Mata...

On the restless streets of Kampala, childhood flickers in traffic lights, small hands stretched between cars, soft voices swallowed by engines, eyes too weary for their years. To many, they are just street children. To others, they are a nuisance. But behind their presence lies a calculated trade, a shadowy network that has, for years, turned innocence into income. In this opening episode of Karam...

Dance Plus Therapy, an approach that blends movement with counseling and peer support, is helping youth reclaim their lives one step at a time. 

More than a decade after the guns fell silent in Northern Uganda, this two -part podcast reveals a different kind of war still raging, the invisible battle inside the minds of journalists who reported on the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency. While the country moved on, many of the reporters who bore witness to massacres, ambushes, mutilations, and death were left to carry the psychological cost a...

More than a decade after the guns fell silent in Northern Uganda, this two -part podcast reveals a different kind of war still raging, the invisible battle inside the minds of journalists who reported on the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency. While the country moved on, many of the reporters who bore witness to massacres, ambushes, mutilations, and death were left to carry the psychological cost a...

A look at the UGX 838bn cost of Uganda’s 2026 general elections and what it means for democracy. 

From jobs and internet access to mindset and markets, President Museveni’s “Jazz With Jajja” conversation offered rare insight into how he views Uganda’s digital generation. Here are the key takeaways.

Join election observer Crispin Kaheru as we explore Uganda’s 2026 elections, from internet restrictions and voter mobilisation to the challenges of ensuring a free and fair vote. What’s at stake this decision week? Listen in. 

In these special episodes of Around Uganda, we focus on the 'safety of children online', exploring how Uganda’s children are growing up in a digital world, the opportunities technology offers, the risks they face online, and practical ways parents, educators, and communities can help young people navigate the internet safely and responsibly. 

One month after deadly landslides devasted Uganda’s Sebei region, survivors are still waiting. They are waiting for land, for safety, for a chance to begin again. At least 26 people were killed, thousands displaced, and more than 78,000 Ugandans forced from their homes by climate disasters in 2024 alone. In Kween and Bukwo districts, families now sleep on classroom floors, short of food, water, an...

When kidneys fail and treatment is out of reach, innovation becomes the difference between life and death. This is the story of a Ugandan doctor using low-cost dialysis to save lives.

A new campaign in Uganda is turning the fight against malaria into a race against time. The 24.2 Hours Initiative has a simple goal: to save lives, especially among children under five, who account for most malaria deaths in the country. Raziah Athman reports from Iganga, eastern Uganda, where one mother’s desperate journey to save her child shows what’s at stake.

Kiki ekyakusikiriza okukuguka mu kunoonyereza ku kirwadde ekireeta omusujja gw’ensiri? Ebituukiddwako mu kunoonyereza ku kirwadde kya Malaria. Okunoonyereza kwemukoze kuyambye kutya okutereeza mu nkwata y’ekirwadde? Malaria ayimiridde atya mu ggwanga era omugeraageranya otya ku myaka egiyise? Bitundu ki ebisinga okutawaanyizibwa obulwadde obuleeta omusujja gw’ensiri? Malaria yatangirwa atya luli b...

A road crash along the Kampala–Gulu highway has left at least 46 people dead. Two buses, a lorry, and a Land Cruiser collided. In today’s episode, we bring you the facts, the voices, and the urgent call to action. 

Voters in Adjumani and Amuru districts made their demands as National Resistance Movement candidate Yoweri Museveni campaigned in West Nile.  Original reporting by Jackson Kitala and Doreen Taisa. Narrated by Raziah Athman 

When Kenya’s Raila Odinga died, two worlds came together: the ceremony of the state, and the sacred rites of the Luo. From bonfires to buffalo cries, this episode explores what it means to bury a Luo elder.