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03 May '26
Judy Church knew her boyfriend Leroy Fowler was seeing another woman, but she stayed with him in the belief that one day he’d pick her. Church and Leroy had been together for around 10 years. They’d met when Leroy’s marriage ended and he moved into Church’s home in Salisbury, Massachusett
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02 May '26
Iran released a statement on Saturday, saying it will enforce “new rules” over waters along its coastline in the Arabian Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, making the waters “a source of security and prosperity for the region”.The announcement came as US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant
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02 May '26
The President argues that underutilised land and poor planning—not a lack of opportunities—drive unemployment, even as new labour law reforms spark fresh debate over minimum wage and worker protections.President Museveni has said Uganda’s unemployment challenge stems less from a shor
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02 May '26
The High Court has dismissed a defamation case filed by Lt Gen Charles Otema Awany and his wife, Elizabeth, against DFCU Bank, after the bank advertised their properties for sale over an uncleared loan.The case dates back more than a decade to when the couple entered into a banking relatio
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02 May '26
Ipswich Town's Marcelino Nunez celebrates following the Premier League match at Carrow Road, Norwich on Saturday April 11, 2026.Ipswich Town returned to the Premier League at the first time of asking as a 3-0 victory over visiting Queens Park Rangers on the final day of the regular Champio
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02 May '26
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has fired the Uganda Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (UEDCL) Board chairperson, Ms Lydia Ochieng Obbo and placed its managing director, Mr Paul Mwesigwa, on forced leave over alleged regression of the company.In a statement issued on Saturday
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01 May '26
The Police have arrested one of the bodyguards to the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, for allegedly shooting and injuring a female driver near her residence on MacKinnon Road, Kampala. Security sources say the suspect, Corporal Humphrey Muhanguzi, allegedly shot at a woman in her Toyota Harr
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01 May '26
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), through its Health Services, has rolled out lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drug for HIV prevention which is administered once every six months, in a move aimed at strengthening its HIV response efforts.Spea
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01 May '26
Media personality and deejay Sheilah Gashumba has said she was joking when she claimed she was three months pregnant.“The pregnancy thing was straight banter lol calm down!” Gashumba posted on X.Gashumba claimed she was three months pregnant during a TikTok live with socialite a
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01 May '26
At the break of dawn, before Mbale City fully wakes, the Mbale-Kampala road, which leads to Mbale-Sino Industrial Park, is already alive.Thousands of young men and women move from either direction of the road, most of them on foot and a few others on boda bodas, from their respective villa