The AfricaNews articles of Fathil

  1. Buganda Kingdom promotes tourism


    Buganda Tourism Expo is an event meant to promote cultural diversity and common heritage in the Kingdom of Buganda. - This year’s edition took place in late June at Lubiri Palace, one of Buganda’s royal palaces.

  2. Kampala: Women use drama for waste campaign


    A woman association in the Kisenyi slum has started using dram shows to educate residents on waste management in a effort to reduce exposure to preventable diseases such as malaria, dysentery, cholera. - Hajjati Bahati, a member of the association, urged the residents to remove waste from the drainage system before the October rains.

  3. Uganda: Somali refugees happy about PM


    Somalie refugees in the Ugandan capital have expressed their support to recently appointed prime minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. - They have also urged him to all in his power to bring peace and reconciliation in the war-torn east African nation.

  4. Kampala: Wife beaten over money misuse


    The crowd was laughing and joking as Margaret was lying down, bleeding, in Kisenyi, a slum of Kampala. Her husband Orupe, who had battered her, was bleeding too. - Both were drunk but Orupe claims that his wife had used his money to buy alcohol, which justified the fight.

  5. Kampala: Mother fights back for her son


    A fight broke out on Sunday 3o May in Kisenyi, a slum of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, after a man had to face an angry mother whose son he had earlier beaten. - Mama Dagga and Rasta Bob fought as the crowd stood by and watched. The dispute ended when a local official intervened.

  6. Kampala: Drinking party ends up in fight


    A lady from neighboring DR Congo, who had been drinking in a pub in the slum of Kisenyi in Kampala, ended up last Saturday 28 May lying on the street, bleeding, after the bar owner beat her and took her money and other belongings. - The dispute started where the lady allegedly refused to pay for her consumption. Police intervened and arrested the man for interrogation.

  7. Kampala: Drainage turning dumping site


    Kisenyi, one of the oldest slums in Kampala, offers a scene of a densely populated place, but also of a dumping site. This is due to the fact that the system that was designed to evacuate water is now serving as a place where all rubbish is thrown away. - While residents blame authorities for not making sites for household wastes, some people blame the residents themselves for not finding solutions themselves.

  8. Kampala slum residents back to water wells


    For the last couple of days, the residents of Kisenyi, a slum of the Ugandan capital, Kampala have had difficulties having clean water. In the last three years, water was coming to them via taps. - The result of this outage is that residents have massively returned to water wells, reputed to be contaminated by nearby latrines. The owners of the rare operational taps are selling their now precious liquid for 1,000 Sh per jerrycan, which is twice as high as the normal price.

  9. Kampala: Co-wives fight, public watches


    Betty and Lema are co-wives married to one watchman known as Pastor .They both live in Kisenyi a slum of the Ugandan capital, Kampala and have children with their joint husband. - When they met in a local pub some days ago, they started quarreling and fighting. The public seemed to enjoy the scene which has now become common, especially among the Karamajong people who migrated from the North to Kampala. Residents are tired of this situation and want authorities to intervene.

  10. Kampala: Motorist dies as car hits him


    A motorist has died on the Lubiri road in Kampala, Uganda, after an over-speeding car had hit him. - The unfortunate motorist was brought to hospital while police has started interrogating witnesses.

  11. Kampala: Man slips and dies


    While walking in the slum of Kisenyi, Kampala, a man suddenly fell down and died on the spot. According to the those who know him, he was known for consuming too much alcohol, which might had played a role in his death - The relatives of Ojok, the man, were shocked and it took hours to rush him to the hospital as they could not confirm if he was alive or not.

  12. Kampala: suspected thief survives lynch


    Police have miraculously rescued an alleged luggage thief in the Qualicel Bus terminal, commonly known as Buganda Bus Park, in the capital Kampala, after an angry mob of passengers have battered him almost to death - The mob wanted to kill John Mukah, accusing him of frequently stealing their properties.

  13. Kampala: Man punches wife live on mobile


    A resident of Kisenyi, a slum in the Ugandan capital Kampala, assaulted his wife and battered her repeatedly, while neighbours were looking. I happened to be there and filmed the scene with my mobile phone. - According to Betty, the beaten woman, the husband has been cheating her for some time now. The day she was beaten, she had caught him, red-handed, and she had to pay for that.

  14. Kampala: 3 kids die as houses burn


    Kasato residents in the Ugandan capital Kampala are still under shock following ravages caused by a voluntary fire that was set by a resident, leaving three children dead and many injured. - The woman who set the fire has been arrested and police investigation is underway.

  15. Kampala: Toilet causes havoc in slum


    The residents of Kisenyi, a slum in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, are upset about a neighbour who has been preventing them from using a communal, public toilet. Police intervene to settle the issue - The toilet was built funded KIEMP, to help the Kisenyi community.In this case Mr Kaliyango, the one who blocked access to the toilet, contributed space and signed an agreement with KIEMP that the whole community would use it . Instead of that, Kaliyango has built a fence around it, which caused the anger of the residents.

  16. Fathil Mohamed Okello profile


    - I am Fathil Mohamed Okello.A Ugandan , 29 years old A northern from lira district a Luo by tribe. A producer, freelance journalist. I live in Kampala,Kisenyi. My ambition is to become a professional journalist in the world