Edgar R. Batte

In Kampala’s fast-evolving food culture, the conversation around diets is shifting. While traditional meals still dominate many homes and eateries, a new wave of Ugandans, particularly young professionals and health-conscious urban dwellers, is experimenting with diet trends like keto, intermittent fasting, and detox cleanses.
From gym walls to WhatsApp group chats, the phrase “I’m on a diet” is no longer unusual. The age of the fad diet has reached Uganda, but what does this mean for a country where both undernutrition and obesity co-exist in different communities?
Dr. Robert Fungo Matanda, a respected Ugandan nutritionist and food scientist, believes the hype around fad diets may be doing more harm than good. “Fad diets are often promoted as quick fixes,” he explains.
“They are typically restrictive and eliminate key food groups, which is dangerous in the long term.” He notes that most of these dietary trends lack a strong scientific foundation and are heavily influenced by celebrity culture and social media.
In a country where the majority still rely on traditional, homegrown foods to nourish their families, blindly following these global trends can be misleading- and even risky.
To understand the debate, it’s important to define what a balanced diet is, especially in the Ugandan context. Zabina Nabirye, a public health promoter with The Diet Clinic in Kampala, explains that a balanced diet provides all the essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals required to maintain health, vitality, and wellbeing as Edgar R. Batte writes in Daily Monitor #

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I’m so excited to come and worship with you and lift the name of Jesus together on the More Than This World Tour. It’s going to be a powerful night of worship—you won’t want to miss it- CeCe Winans
said ahead of her arrival.
With her timeless voice, anthemic songs, and a career spanning decades — not to mention 15 Grammy Awards 31 GMA Dove Awards, and 16 Stellar Gospel Music Awards— CeCe Winans is set to make Kampala’s Lugogo Cricket Oval the epicentre of worship this August.
Uganda’s gospel music lovers are counting down the days to what promises to be one of the most powerful worship nights of the year.
Multi-Grammy Award-winning gospel icon CeCe Winans is returning to Kampala for the first time in years, bringing her More Than This Africa Tour to the city on Thursday, August 28, 2025.
But there’s been a change, instead of Kololo
Independence Grounds, the highly anticipated concert will now be held at Lugogo Cricket Oval Grounds, a shift prompted by an emergency state function scheduled at Kololo during the same week, writes Edgar R. Batte writes in Daily Monitor

An aerial photograph of part of Naguru neighbourhood taken from Lugogo House on a sunny Friday afternoon with blue skies

📸 Edgar R. Batte 🙂