Paschal's blog

After ten months without any new content you are probably wondering if my hiatus was some sort of poorly written epilogue to this short-lived but well-recieved blog. Not so.

Ok, maybe a little bit.

You may have noticed that things have sort of slowed down here, and if you are wondering what is going on, well it's life actually. There is just too much going on for me to pay attention to this blog right now. I would tell you what exactly is keeping me so busy lately but that is not what this blog is really about; just trust that is all socially constructive. Mostly.

You can still poke around the site and look through the Archives while I am away. And if you happen to wander off somewhere else, well, that is fine too. You'll be back. I hope.

The polls are closed and the votes are in. No, I am not talking about Super Tuesday. I am talking about a poll on the future of The Kampalan, a fledgling Ugandan blog written by a group of contributors. The voting has been going on for about a month following a brief debate about the future of this blog.

Kofi Annan is in Kenya to lead talks between President Mwai Kibaki and ODM opposition leader Raila Odinga. Thus far the two men have failed to find any common ground upon which they can work to bring stability back to the country and to the region. Now though they have Mr. Annan in their midst and you can be sure that the international community (specifically the G8) expects his presence to make a difference.

The Greatest Silence

Lisa F. Jackson's documentary The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo won Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize. Watch a clip from the movie and it is not hard to see why.

I wrote about Ugandan Insomniac a while back and noted that it was a lot of fun to read, but with this new look, it is now much easier to read too. Lots of whitespace. Loving it.

Andrew Mwenda has set out to create something new and compelling in Uganda's news media industry. I cannot say whether he has succeeded in print, but on the web, he has failed. The Independent launched in December 2007 with some challenges, but its the newspaper's website that I will be discussing here. And not favorably.

Afrigadget is sporting a fresh look and a new online store. The blog's editors are looking contributors from all over Africa. Their plan is set them up with a mobile phone with which to take pictures and do interviews. So, if you have always wanted to be a tech journalist in your spare time, now might be your chance.