Patience Kemigisha a women rights activists spent a night with traders who had to sleep in the market following the 42 days lockdown. She has never slept in the market before.  What was her experience?

The 42 days  lockdown podcast: One night at the marketplace

Catherine Nazige a market trader at Nakawa market narrates her experience of living in the market. Sanitation is poor, low customer turn out and what about those women with young children?

The 42 days lockdown podcast: Women daily experiences sleeping  the market

Susan Tafumba share her story on how she is dealing with childcare and borrowing to keep her business running in Nakawa market going.

The 42 days lockdown podcast. Childcare and money lending  experiences in the  food markets

As the lockdown hits hard, concoctions rise as result of the panic from rising covid deaths. Vianney a mobile money kiosk vender narrates his experience.

The 42 days lockdown podcast: The rise of Covid-19 conconctions

The experiences of Derick Ahabwe a graduate of Economics  who ended up driving uber. How is he copying with the 42 days lockdown imposed by Uganda's  president Yoweri Museveni

The 42 days  lockdown podcast Uber drivers experience

Eric Mwine-Mugaju speaks to Richard Tiwangye, a popular comedian. He is part of the comedy ensemble; Fun Factory in Kampala Uganda popularly known for his act Amos. 

he shares his experience on how he has even become even more popular during the second lockdown in Uganda.

The 42 days lockdown podcast: Entertainment & comedy experiences

From around 70,000 negatives discovered from the archives of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), the images in this remarkable collection were taken by Amin’s personal photographers between the 1950s and mid-1980s. Professor Derek Peterson Derek Petersen is Professor of History, African and Afroamerican Studies at the University of Michigan and Abiti Nelson the curator of ethnography and history at Uganda Museum gives us fascinating insights into the ways Amin hoped to promote Uganda through a range of previously unseen photos

Amin's Achives

Journalist and podcaster & founder of msomi.net  with BA Law (SOAS) and MSc Social Policy (LSE). Socio-Political commentator  on East African. contributor: Aljazeera, The Star Kenya, DW Africa, TRT, Observer and monitor Uganda

Mwine Mugaju