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Dickson Tumuramye writes that life's challenges, whether small or deeply painful, can cloud judgment and pull people toward hopelessness, fear, and emotional exhaustion if left unchecked. He argues that positive thinking isn't denial of problems but a deliberate choice to face them with hope, resilience, and reflection, asking constructive questions rather than surrendering to blame and self-pity. He warns that negative thinking drains motivation and damages relationships, and that children raised in critical or hopeless environments often absorb those same patterns. Because children learn more from what they observe than what they're told, he calls on parents to model calm, hopeful responses to difficulty, hold open conversations that build children's confidence, and root the family's resilience in faith and prayer, citing several scripture references. His central message: a positive mindset doesn't remove life's challenges, but it equips people, and the children watching them, to face those challenges with courage and hope.

Dickson Tumuramye argues that as children head back to school, parents should watch for a pattern of escalating, unreasonable demands, excessive pocket money, expensive gadgets, pressure to keep up with peers or social media trends. He traces this behaviour to peer pressure, social media influence, and homes without boundaries, and warns that uncontrolled pocket money in particular can expose students to alcohol, drugs, betting, and harmful friendships. He cautions against parenting through guilt or competing with other families, and urges parents to teach the difference between needs and wants, set firm but loving boundaries, model gratitude and responsibility, stay alert to sudden behavioural changes, and build strong emotional relationships with their children. His central message: real love isn't measured by how much a parent gives, but by the boundaries, values, and character they instill.

Uganda has named a deep 30 rider squad for the FIM Africa Motocross of African Nations, set for 29 and 30 August at Gallina Motocross Park near Windhoek, Namibia, as the Motocross Cranes look to build on last year's bronze medal finish. With medal contenders spread across nearly every class, from Jamaira Makumbi's dominant WMX season to Gift Sebuguzi's specialised training in the 125cc division, Uganda arrives with genuine strength in depth against defending champions South Africa and hosts Namibia, aiming to push back into the top two of the continental standings.

Stop raising children who only behave when you're watching. That's the challenge parenting coach Dickson Tumuramye puts to parents in a new opinion piece, arguing that real discipline shows up in the moments no one is supervising, not the moments someone is. He warns that "surveillance parenting," solving every problem, monitoring every move, rescuing kids from every consequence, produces children who comply under pressure but collapse the moment that pressure disappears. His prescription: let children carry real responsibility early, let them face the natural consequences of their choices, and build the kind of internal conviction that holds up once parents, teachers, and cameras are out of the picture.

Dr. Miria Matembe, one of the framers of Uganda's 1995 Constitution and a former Ethics Minister, has publicly detailed the ordeal that preceded her sectarianism charge, including days in hiding, a blindfolded transfer, and near starvation before she was dumped at a CID office. Her account, paired with reporting on the sectarianism case against her, the CDF's conflicting "impersonation" claim, and her subsequent bail, places her prosecution within a wider pattern of arrests targeting opposition figures, lawyers, and activists in Uganda.

A parenting coach argues that professional and financial success doesn't guarantee good parenting, and that children need presence, guidance, and character formation, not just school fees and comfort.

Uganda's Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Eng. Jonard Asiimwe, on Tuesday chaired a high-level briefing on the performance of National Innovation Fund projects, an independent assessment ordered by President Museveni whose findings will feed into a new STI Policy and a forthcoming Cabinet Paper on government investment in innovation.