The Eye Uganda                                                                                                                                                                                        

The Eye is a free bi-monthly magazine containing listings and directories, maps, reviews, tour and travel information plus articles of interest. It highlights everything to do with Uganda, from hospitals to hotels,shops to sporting events and from embassies to entertainment. It is distributed for readers and advertisers through national and regional airlines and tour operators, the airport information office, foreign diplomatic missions and NGOs, selected restaurants and bars, supermarkets and gift shops, all major hotels in Uganda, the Uganda Golf Club and government offices including the Uganda Wildlife Authority.

Articles in This Issue

The Eye Magazine Photography Contest Showcase

	We are fascinated by the people, places and things that surround us. In this gallery feature we are showcasing the inspired vision of different photographers from all over Uganda who submitted their photos for the photo contest.We are very grateful to all those who participated.                                                                                               More
Bunyonyi: The Lake of Many Stories
	They say we need to thank a volcano for it. Once upon a time a random eruption blocked a river’s flow to create an astonishing sight: a relatively narrow body of water sprinkled with tens of tiny islands, surrounded by green hills and guarded from a distance by the very same volcano that probably created it.                     More
Vehicle Review - Nissan X Trail
	X-treme driving X-citement – If enjoying life to the max is your motto, if you work hard and play twice as hard. If you revel in all the fun and freedom that practicability and beauty have to provide, then only one car can match your active lifestyle - The Nissan X-Trail AWD.                                                                                    More
Adrift: 25 Years
	It started to rain heavily in the fading light. Before long the downpour had drowned the fire, the last steam and smoke cocktail drifted through the heavy forest and the roar of the river grew louder. Sleep that night was fitful as the sound of the river grew almost deafening.                                                                                                          More
Tag Rugby In Uganda
	Tag rugby was started in Uganda in early 2002 by a few crazy British volunteers, under the name of XCL Group, who on a self-financed tour to the country introduced the game in Mbale and then Entebbe.                                            More
Driving: Electronically Challenged
	During my apprentice days, I came across the KISS principle. You found out what this meant as soon as you tried to offer up a complicated solution to a problem and met with the answer, “K(eep) I(t) S(imple) S(tupid)!”                                                  More
Charity: PLAN Uganda
	If a picture is worth a thousand words, then each piece of art created by students and community members in Tororo District deserves its own story – which is exactly what happened when Plan Uganda partnered with American artist Hilary Wallis and Ugandan Artist Justin Igala during last summer’s innovative ‘art for development’ programme.                                                                                                                                   More
Education: ‘What happens when school is over ?’
	At this time of the year the thoughts of many older students and their parents are focused on their post school career. In our changing world there is a wide variety of choice for young adults as they leave school.                                                                    More
Dr. Stockley - Is Amoxyl a cough medicine? (Part 2)
	Kampala has just had a new flu virus hit us like a tidal wave. Hundreds of children and adults with high fevers, often up to 40 degrees, sore throats, red eyes and a cough. Half of them are told it is malaria and are given Artemether if they are lucky, and injection quinine if they are not, the rest are taking antibiotics.                     More
Miscellaneous: The BRA and what it supports
	If the BRA did not exist we would have to invent it. The support it offers may not be visible but you would soon notice problems it if it was not there. Other nationalities in Kampala are actually very interested in the BRA and wonder why they don’t have similar support.                                                                                                                          More