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10 Apr '26
Ordinarily, the typical script at the NRM retreat should have read like this. Journalists are locked out as MPs converge at Kyankwanzi under the guise of induction ahead of their swearing-in week. While there, they are cajoled and stampeded into passing resolutions cementing the ruling party’s
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08 Apr '26
Hajjati Rehema Nankya, the brain behind Fortress Hardware in Maya. She started with a small shop with capital worth UGX1.5M.Fortress Hardware, located in Maya Trading Centre along the Kampala–Masaka Highway, isn’t an ordinary enterprise. There’s a unique and inspiring story behind it
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06 Apr '26
The Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has mourned the sudden and tragic passing of Peter Banura Araali Kyaligonza, who died in a road accident yesterday. The news has come as a shock to many across the country, leaving family, f
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03 Apr '26
The president was quoted by a senior military official as confirming that his wife was recuperating steadily following health scare.President Yoweri Museveni has addressed rumours about the health of First Lady Janet Museveni following days of speculation in the media.The president
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02 Apr '26
Col Deo Akiiki, a close aide and Military Assistant to Gen Muhoozi, is among the notable new appointees and is set to serve as Uganda’s Military Attaché in Washington, D.C.Some of the newly appointed UPDF military attachés deployed to represent Uganda in foreign missions. L to R: Col A
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02 Apr '26
Dr Ezra Suruma (left) earns Shs 100 per month while Amama Mbabazi gets Shs 20 millionDr Ezra Suruma is the highest-paid senior presidential advisor in Uganda, records show.According to the ministerial policy statement for the Office of the President, Suruma, a senior presidential ad
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01 Apr '26
A Ugandan MP has told Museveni to appoint Muhoozi vice president. Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, aged 81 and Uganda’s ruler since 1986, is expected to unveil his 2026-2031 cabinet in coming months.Currently, Maj (rtd) Jessica Alupo is the vice president, having taken office in 2021
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29 Mar '26
The Ugandan government has secured UGX 422 billion to acquire 10 new aircraft for the national carrier, Uganda Airlines, as part of efforts to strengthen its operational capacity and expand its international route network.The funding, approved under a supplementary budget, will primarily b
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27 Mar '26
Security minister Maj Gen (Rtd) Jim Muhwezi’s wife Susan Muhwezi Kabonero has landed a new juicy job. Susan Muhwezi has been appointed a Board Member of the Private Sector Foundation (PSFU) representing the tourism and hospitality sector.Uganda’s apex body for the private sector, the P
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27 Mar '26
Thousands of National Resistance Movement (NRM) mobilizers in Southwestern Uganda have raised concern over unpaid dues, accusing Senior Presidential Advisor on Agriculture and Local People, Peace Rugambwa, of failing to compensate them for campaign work.The mobilizers say they played a key