VIOLAH NAHURIRA
The protection of God
The protection of God for his people is evident throughout Scripture. We see it with the Israelites as they moved from Egypt in captivity to the promised land, with Abraham, David, Nehemiah, Daniel, Esther, Paul, etc. In our daily lives, it’s the testimonies we carry or the testimonies of others. However many times, we are […]
FAITH IN GOD
Our Faith is shaped by different things. For some it’s the promises of God written throughout scripture, what God has done in our lives previously, the testimonies of others, or because it’s the last choice/option left for us to take. Romans 4:18 GNT says that “Abraham believed and hoped, even when there was no reason […]
Fasting
Fasting is a time when we give up something we love (like food), and use that time to be in fellowship with God through prayer, worship, and reading the Word. It’s our investment in the spirit. We sacrifice something and petition for something. Jesus told us that a time would come for us to fast. […]
Giving to God
In the body of Christ, we can give in different ways, including money (offerings, tithes, and thanksgiving), our time, our talents, etc. Giving does not come easily for many of us as Christians. And we often will need the grace of God upon us for us to be able to give willingly and cheerfully. As […]
The poor Patient
Recently at a coffee bar,I overheard a doctor say that his monthly taxes to the national revenue authority via the Pay as you Earn (P.A.Y.E) mandatory tax deductions could buy hypertension ( high blood pressure) drugs for two, level two health centers in Uganda for about half a year. A level four health center in Uganda is meant to serve a population […]
Contraception by Financial slavery
This week, there was a unique scenario of, a 32-year-old woman who came to the hospital for an elective cesarean section delivery and asked her obstetrician to conduct a permanent family planning method commonly known as Bilateral Tubal Ligation (BTL) during the cesarean delivery. The uncommon social issues that surround the case are that this […]
We want it all….. all of it.
On April 7th, 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as the first black woman in the history of America to serve in the United States supreme court as associate Justice. For days, her speech has been ringing in my head. Of the many things she mentioned, she thanked her husband for being very supportive, and […]
Borrowing from the Tanzania Traditions.
Children are loved, but they are not invited is a famous statement that you will come across on many wedding or traditional ceremony invitations in Tanzania. I have for a long time reserved my comments about weddings and other marriage ceremonies and the expectations they come with. Over the holidays, i learn’t about how our […]
The Meatyness of Meat
Goat meat, cow meat, chicken, pork, shark meat, rabbit meat, fish, donkey meat, hippo meat, are the meats i remember to have eaten. I swallowed all except shark meat. Yes, i weighed between an experience and a gag reflex embarrassment. I chose safety. While visiting Ethiopia, my friends mentioned how starstruck they were by how […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…Day 200. My HIV test fever!
Image showing a positive and negative test. (Image got from the internet) Its one thing asking your patients about their HIV status and declaring them serostatus unknown because their last test was over 3 months ago, and its another having to throw the same question to yourself as a health worker. I can confidently declare […]