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Uganda’s HIV prevalence holds at 5.9% as treatment gains mask persistent diagnosis gap

Uganda’s adult HIV prevalence has remained at 5.9 percent, with the country registering notable gains in treatment and viral-load suppression but continuing to face a significant gap in HIV diagnosis. Launching the preliminary 2025 Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA 2025) findings at the UgandaMediaCentre, Health Minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi said the results provide a […]

Oct 1, 20262 min read

HealthSep 22, 2026

The Silent Contamination of Uganda’s Food Chain: A Public Health Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore

HealthSep 18, 2026

From Frog in Abidjan to Plastic-Wrapped Matooke: The Kifuuta warning on food hygiene

BusinessSep 16, 2026

Mandela Group–Linglong Tyres: Driving Uganda towards a cleaner transport future

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HealthSep 22, 2026

The Silent Contamination of Uganda’s Food Chain: A Public Health Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore

By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma (Immanuel Ben Misagga) There is a quiet public-health crisis unfolding in Uganda—not in hospitals, but in markets, roadside stalls, kitchens and food-handling points. It does not announce itself with violence. It begins with something much more ordinary: a dirty cutting board, an unwashed spoon, contaminated hands, improperly stored food, blocked drainage […]

HealthSep 18, 2026

From Frog in Abidjan to Plastic-Wrapped Matooke: The Kifuuta warning on food hygiene

By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma (Immanuel Ben Misagga) Travel, they say, teaches lessons that books sometimes cannot. After journeys through more than 68 countries and cities, the Kifuuta Oracles have returned with one striking conclusion: food is rarely the problem; the manner in which it is handled can be. In Abidjan, Ivory Coast, I was served […]

BusinessSep 16, 2026

Mandela Group–Linglong Tyres: Driving Uganda towards a cleaner transport future

As Uganda confronts worsening urban air pollution and the wider threat of climate change, the growing conversation around electric mobility is no longer simply about replacing petrol and diesel vehicles with new technology. It is increasingly about how the country can build a cleaner, more sustainable transport system. Against that backdrop, the partnership between Mandela […]

HealthSep 13, 2026

Kifuuta’s Counsel to Young Men: Build your future before chasing pleasure

By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma (Immanuel Ben Misagga) A lion does not become weak because its teeth have fallen out. Yet some young men laugh at the struggles of others, forgetting that life can humble anyone who fails to prepare for tomorrow. That is the central warning in Kifuuta’s counsel to today’s youth: your future will […]

HealthSep 12, 2026

Choose Life Before Fear: Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma urges the sick to keep living

By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma (Immanuel Ben Misagga) A diagnosis should not become a death sentence in the mind of the person receiving it, according to Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma Immanuel Ben Misagga, who argues that the greatest danger of serious illness can sometimes be the fear that follows the diagnosis. In a strongly worded reflection, Joseph […]

HealthSep 11, 2026

Opinion: Growing Older Should Not Mean Waiting to Die

By Eng. Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma Immanuel Ben Misagga There is a stage of life we rarely prepare people for. We spend years preparing children for school, young people for careers, and adults for marriage, parenthood and financial responsibility. But very few people prepare seriously for the years between 60 and 85—the years when life begins […]