As mobile money services finally flicker back to life, one thing remains completely offline: accountability.For nearly a week during the tense election period, millions of Ugandans were left stranded — unable to withdraw their own money, forced to beg agents, ration transactions, or in s
Mwenda says unless radical changes are implemented within the next three months, the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) will be forced to ground the fleet or face global blacklisting by international regulators.Uganda Airlines is teetering on the brink of an international aviation ban
She said Besigye was unable to walk from his cell to the visitors’ reception and had to be seen in a small office near his cell, later struggling back while “clinging to the walls to avoid falling” before returning to what she described as an “oven-hot, dark, bedbug-infested cell.”
It’s been decades since I read a book as compelling as Prof Mahmood Mamdani’s extraordinary tour de force on Uganda. For most open-minded readers, this book will shake some deeply-entrenched mainstream myths and fallacies that have been inculcated and nurtured by powerful national and global
Uganda’s ruling establishment has dismissed calls by the United States to sanction General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, branding Washington’s response to the 2026 General Elections as hypocritical, self-interested, and a direct assault on Uganda’s sovereignty.Uganda’s ruling establishment
KAMPALA, Uganda — Security agencies have launched a massive investigation into a sophisticated gold-smuggling ring allegedly used to funnel untraceable international funds into the 2026 general election, sparking fears of a foreign-backed plot to destabilize the country.At the center of
The High Court in Accra has granted a perpetual injunction against Afia Schwarzenegger and Shatta Wale, preventing them from making or repeating defamatory statements about broadcast journalist Kwasi Aboagye. The ruling followed their failure to enter an appearance or file a defence after being p
Wataka claims he was erroneously diagnosed with the virus back in 2016 and forced to commence Antiretroviral treatment for over 7 years, only to discover that he was negative.A man in Jinja district has sued The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) over an alleged erroneous HIV diagnosis that
The Internal Security Organisation ISO has asked Parliament for an additional Shs218 billion in the 2026/27 financial year to strengthen intelligence collection and improve monitoring of the Parish Development Model PDM amid growing concerns over corruption and weak oversight.The request w
Bobi Wine’s NUP Is About Business, Not Power – Frank Gashumba CFrank Gashumba has accused the National Unity Platform (NUP) and its president Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) of prioritizing financial gain over actual political power.Media commentator and politician Frank Gashumba has acc
