Finance State Minister Amos Lugoloobi has finally walked free after the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) dropped all charges against him in the famous Karamoja iron sheets scandal, a case that once shook the government and angered millions of Ugandans.The DPP’s decision comes at
Nearly two years after the World Bank Group suspended new funding to Uganda over the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, the international lender has lifted the ban.Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa was among the first to welcome the development, congratulating the Ministry
Last week, violent clashes broke out in Yumbe district over, of all things, pork.It is a poorly kept national secret that many Ugandans treat this as a delicacy. Indeed, many lifelong friendships (not to mention marriages) and other abiding ties have been forged, and strengthened over the
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has publicly pledged to intervene in the payment dispute between comedian and fashion designer Sammy Kioko and the Machakos County Government. Kioko is allegedly owed a staggering Ksh19 million for an embroidery tender completed nearly two years ago.Speak
Katy Perry brushed off the viral photo of ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom cosying up to an actress dressed as her for Halloween as she took to the stage in Barcelona on Sunday.The singer, 41, headed to the city as part of her global Lifetimes Tour and turned heads in a futuristic catsuit.
Mia Hamant, a goalie for the University of Washington soccer team, has diedThe 21-year-old was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer in AprilHamant attended a Huskies football game and sounded the siren at Husky Stadium just two weeks before her deathMia Hamant, a goalk
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a growing number of Eastern Europeans - particularly Poles - have been buying homes on the Spanish mainland and the Balearic Islands, according to new property data. Figures from Spain’s College of Registrars show that Poles are increasingly favouri
Tanzanian Star Singer Diamond Platnumz Dumped By His Fiancée Zari on Valentine's DayTanzanian star musician, Diamond Platnumz has been dumped by his fiancée and mother to his two children, Zari Hassan.In an Instagram post on Valentine's Day, Zari, a Ugandan socialite, said she arr
THERE is a particular theatre to South African political life: we know how to gather, how to convene, how to fill auditoriums when history arrives clothed in urgency. We clap where we should clap. We nod with seriousness. We ask familiar questions with grave voices. And then we go home fee
Nov. 23First of all, what you see is exactly what he was from the very beginning. Brandon was full of life," Cindy Lake says. "It was a great thing. I remember my mom one day telling me — she said, 'Cindy, don't you realize that Brandon never stops?' And I said, 'Well, isn't that what he's supp
