Bukono County Member of Parliament Persis Namuganza has formally declared her interest in contesting for the position of Speaker of Parliament for the 2026–2031 term.In a statement issued on Tuesday, Namuganza said she is seeking the speakership to promote unity, transparency, and inclus
The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate in the Masaka City Woman MP election, Rose Nalubowa, has withdrawn her High Court application challenging the vote recount after Justice Simon Peter Kinobe declined to recuse himself from the case.Nalubowa had filed the application see
Uganda’s CAA collects an aviation security fee of about $65 (roughly Shs240,000–Shs245,000) from the cost of each departing international passenger’s ticketEntebbe International Airport runwayUgandan aviation police are investigating how an unidentified man ended up dead on th
Outgoing Mawokota South Member of Parliament Yusuf Nsibambi has revealed that the recent meeting between President Yoweri Museveni and several opposition figures at State House was not impromptu, but the result of a carefully coordinated process that involved the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda
The government has unveiled plans to repatriate up to 500 Ugandans stranded in Cambodia after they fell victim to human trafficking syndicates that lured them with false employment promises.The stranded group is part of a larger number of migrants from Africa and Asia who were trafficked t
While digital tax collections from giants like Apple and Meta have hit 29.5 billion shillings, the Auditor General warns that a lack of independent verification is causing significant revenue leakage.Uganda has successfully collected 29.5 billion shillings from global tech firms, but the c
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has issued a sharply worded statement rejecting what it described as an attempt by incoming Chief Justice Flavian Zeija to silence critics on social media, escalating tensions between the bar and the judiciary at the start of the new legal year.In a public rele
Uganda’s flag carrier has this week made headlines for all the wrong reasons after it was revealed that Jenifer Bamuturaki, the Chief Executive Officer, will not serve in the position beyond July. The departure comes after the national carrier received a bad rap following a string of governance
KAMPALA – On December 12th, 2024, the Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Nyombi Thembo outed a letter addressed to among others all televisions broadcasters in Uganda. The letter was titled “Directive not to broadcast, promote and or share vulgar obscene and othe
The project is aimed at easing access to the gorilla-tracking destinations of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National ParkPresident Museveni has said Uganda plans to build new international airports in the country’s southwestern region, including a tourism-focused
