On Wednesday August 3, I was a guest on 89 Smart FM in Jinja District on a weekly show that discusses the week’s news events. When the discussion turned to Jinja, I had a few things to say that ...

The story of Jinja town is a heartbreaking one narrating a fall from glory as the country’s industrial hub is a tale many elders recollect with emotion. In fact its loose description for ‘a rock’ is ...

THE recent Agricultural Trade Show in Jinja which ended on July 26 aroused memories of the past glory of Jinja town. The annual exhibition which had many exhibiters from all over East Africa provided ...

Jinja — HE sits on a veranda on Iganga Road in Jinja town, with his walking stick by his side. He seems to be in a pensive mood as I approach. Sheikh Anas Kinyiri, the man who has seen Jinja through ...

RECONSTRUCTION work on Main Street in Jinja town has resumed. The exercise, which was flagged off last year by the now embattled mayor, Muhammed Kezaala Baswale, saw a stretch from Eng. Zikusoka to ...

A municipal infrastructure development program has enhanced urban infrastructure planning and investment in the eastern town of Jinja Jinja is one of 14 municipalities across the country are getting ...

Jinja — Acrid fumes of burning garbage fill the air around Napier Road, deep in the centre of Jinja town's commercial area. The fumes emanate from two garbage skips on which businessmen and residents ...