When our parents passed away, they left us five acres of land in Masaka. It was prime land, close to the road, fertile, and the only real inheritance we had. I was the eldest of five children, and by tradition, I was supposed to beRead More

A few years back, I was really, really down. Like, thinking about just giving up on everything. I had no money. My heart was broken. I felt like life had just thrown me away. I had just been told to leave the small room IRead More

It was supposed to be just another night. The kids were asleep, I had locked up the shop and come home early. But what happened around 2 a.m. changed my entire understanding of safety, and eventually, my life.   My name is Josephine, a 38-year-oldRead More

My name is Brenda, a 34-year-old banker living in Wakiso. For five years, I was in a relationship that I thought would lead to marriage. Jonathan was charming, loving (at least in the beginning), and everything I thought I wanted in a man. We plannedRead More

My name is Mary Otieno, and I come from Kendu Bay in Homa Bay County. Ten years ago, the love of my life walked out on me. Just like that without a warning, without a reason. We had been together for years, and I hadRead More

My name is Harriet, and I’m a mother from Mbale. I used to wake up every day with a sinking heart, wondering where my son might be or what trouble he’d gotten into. I never imagined that my sweet, respectful little boy would one dayRead More

I’ll be honest, this is not the kind of thing any man wants to talk about. For a long time, I kept it to myself, swallowing shame with every silent failure. At just 36, I felt like I was half the man I used toRead More

I never imagined the people I carried for nine months and raised with all my heart would one day turn their backs on me. But life has a cruel way of testing you, especially when everything falls apart at once.   My name is JacklineRead More

  I never thought success would cost me peace in my own home.   My name is Ruth, a 35-year-old and I am a business woman. When I finally built my house after years of hustling, I thought I had made it. It was aRead More

I Was Always the Broke Sibling, Until One Spiritual Cleansing Flipped My Financial Fate Growing up, I was the one everyone pitied.   In every Ugandan family, there’s usually that one sibling who just can’t catch a break, who seems stuck no matter how hardRead More

They say marriage is a blessing, but no one tells you how bitter it can get when jealousy takes root in the heart of a co-wife. My name is Janet, and I never thought I’d find myself in a spiritual war with another woman overRead More

I wouldn’t wish those nights on anyone. Waking up at 2 a.m., drenched in sweat, heart racing, the image of slithering snakes still fresh in my mind. It was like I was being hunted in my sleep. Night after night. The dreams weren’t just nightmaresRead More