Following the fall of the local currency, the Shilling, in recent weeks, businesses across the Ugandan capital, Kampala, have been adversely affected. - The consequences are yet to be assessed but the fact that many small-scale traders have vacated their shops to sell directly from their cars is established. The question now is to know whether the authorities will allow this new money-saving strategy to continue.

The slum of Bwaise, in the capital Kampala, has been experiencing repeated floods in the last months following the construction of a road that neglected to put in place a better water evacuation system. - ‘We used not to be like this before the construction of the new road (Northern bypass)’, says Kironde, a resident. He adds that since the water cannot be evacuated properly, it keeps turning back to find its own way causing flooding everywhere.

12-year old Ssemwanga Javilla owns a motor bike which he purchased himself, without any assistance. He lives in Kisenyi, a slum of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, where he has been collecting and selling scrap of slum traders. - Javilla says that the motorcycle generates even more money for him as it transports passengers for money. Many other people, including children who have dropped out of schools, are involved in this flourishing trade. One trade invites more people to get involved to make money.

Venders working along the Kafumbe -Mukasa road and other traders including Boda-Boda cyclists were very happy when they saw bulldozers at work in the Kisenyi slum. The long-awaited tarmacking has began. - Mr. Paul Byarugaba, a Boda-Boda cyclist said: ‘Cycling has been very difficult along the street because at times we have been slipping down with our customers. They stopped using us as they became afraid’. Mr Patrick Asaba, a seller, added: ‘Our customers had run out of this place, because of the poor road, but I think they will get back too’.

Thousands of bottles are being fished out of rivers or collected from the streets of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, and reused to package water or juice. - This practice, which is very common in the slum of Kisenyi, has brought prices down and made packaged liquids affordable. At the same, time, due to low hygiene standards and any control, there are fears that this practice might pose a public health hazard.

Taking advantage of political unrest in the country market venders, composed mostly of former soldiers have stormed the Lubigi-Namugoona swamp, near the Ugandan capital, Kampala, to turn it into a market place - The venders ad hoc chairman Hajji Khasim Kassasa said: ‘We are here to work, to get what to eat and pay school fees for our children’. It really sounds good if their intention is to work, but the big question remains how they place will be managed without the involvement of authorities.

Pupils of class 7 at the Nairobi primary school travelled to Uganda for an educational tour to see the 7 hills composing Kampala city. Each of these hills bears an event that is worthy visiting. - When they reached Mengo hills, they had an opportunity to visit the Buganda kingdom palace.

Bwaise residents in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, will not forget the last week of April, when they powerlessly saw their houses and properties disappear under muddy waters. - Drainage canals were simply not up to the task. All the people migrated to the nearby villages like Kawempe and Kazo. Other sought shelter in nearby churches and await humanitarian aid.

The residents in Kisenyi, a slum of Kampala, recently received food unexpectedly, when a South Africa-based food company promoted its packaged meals through free distributions. - The promotion campaign targeted the elderly, women and children. An official of the company in Uganda said: ‘The food is in flour form packed in a yellow packet with its water to mix it to make paste like porridge’.

13-year old Ocheng Ronald works several hours a day to earn only Ksh 1,500 per day. He lives in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, where he came after the death of his parents. - He sells goods belonging to a relative of his, who does not bother send him to school. Another child, called Ongang left the Tororo countryside and came to Kampala to collect scrap in the slums. This report tells the stories of the two children.

One can really wonder how a house goes sinking but it was found in Bwaise a suburb of Kampala city. - Bwaise is a slum characterized with real muddy and sandy soils underneath where the house was constructed. It was built with eucalyptus poles, mud and cow dung to act as a binder. It was roofed with old iron sheets and no single nail was used, only big stones were put on top of the roof to give it some weight to avoid the iron sheets to be driven away by the winds. "we have cried for help from community leaders but in vain, no feed back yet", said Zaam Nakiwala, the widow who lives in the house with her three children.

Kampala-Gayaza-Zirobwe road construction is in progress funded by the World Bank and IMF. The construction started in 2007 coming to 3 years now. It has 52kms and its now in its final stages that the contractors have reached in towns where it's supposed to stop 2 km from the city centre. - Due to its delays, it has caused a number of hindrances and problems to the people near and around it. Mr. Tushabe John a Bodaboda cyclist along the road is particularly unhappy because his usual trajectory is blocked on many points.

- I am Ismael Asiimwe Mustapha, a journalist based in Kampala, Uganda. I am currently following a mobile reporting training.