Poems & Short Stories

They say I was born with words in my mouth, A chatterbox, they say, But what do they know of the echoes that chase me, from the cracks in my bones to the deepest part of my soul? I speak, and these words, they rise like a fire not to burn, but to light the […]

When I was young, I saw hope in the eyes of nearly every adult Hope—pure, untainted hope, With a certainty that the National Budget would be their salvation. A plan, they said, to lift everyone from the jaws of poverty. They would say Bajeti ekwata ku buli muntu, A way out, they called it A […]

The numbers are scary! According to statistics from National Planning Authority, fresh graduates are churned out every year, but sadly 87% of them never get to find employment. This flood of jobless graduates joins an already-deep pool of unemployed youth, making the numbers soar. “Many of them end up getting themselves in unscrupulous means of […]

The evening sun cast a thick, golden haze over Kampala, stretching long shadows across the city. Nanziri Precious navigated through the crowd of boda-boda drivers, each calling out to her, competing for her business. She waved them away, preferring to walk despite the heaviness in her limbs. The familiar weight of her engineering textbooks in […]

Before the first light of dawn kissed the earth, Jabeli was already awake, his resolve steeled for another day of hardship. At precisely 5:00 a.m., he would slip quietly out of their small home, the weight of the world pressing down on his shoulders, yet his heart was unwavering. The morning air was still cool, […]