Search Results

BREAKING: Starlink gets license in Uganda

BREAKING: Starlink gets license in Uganda

President Museveni has today witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and operational license agreement between the Uganda Communications Commission and Starlink.The president in an X post said this marks "an important step towards the commencement of their operations in Ug

Ultimate Uganda

PLU’s Andrew Mwenda on why Anita Among cannot be defeated in open speaker race

PLU’s Andrew Mwenda on why Anita Among cannot be defeated in open speaker race

Andrew Mwenda says Anita Among remains a dominate candidate and that in a free and fair election, she's likely to get 90% voteAndrew Mwenda, the Director of Communications for the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), has warned party supporters and the public against writing off Speaker of Pa

Ultimate Uganda

Kyambogo University Third-Year Student Found Dead in Hostel Room

Kyambogo University Third-Year Student Found Dead in Hostel Room

Kyambogo University is mourning the passing of Mr. Kamugisha Brighton, a third-year, second-semester student in the Bachelor of Textiles and Apparel Design programme, attached to Kulubya Hall.In a death announcement dated May 14, 2026 and addressed to Vice Chancellor Prof. Eli Katunguka, D

Ultimate Uganda

Special NRM CEC Meeting — Excluding Anita Among and Her Allies — Held Ahead of State House Meeting to Decide Speaker’s Fate — Sources

Special NRM CEC Meeting — Excluding Anita Among and Her Allies — Held Ahead of State House Meeting to Decide Speaker’s Fate — Sources

Sources indicate that the meeting was deliberately exclusive, with Among herself conspicuously left out alongside several of her closest allies. Those reportedly excluded include NRM Women’s League head Adrine Kobusingye and Eastern Uganda Vice Chairperson Calvin Echodu—figures considered cen

Ultimate Uganda

Let NRM CEC Members Vote for Speaker Race Flagbearer: Anita Among Pleads with Museveni During State House Meeting

Let NRM CEC Members Vote for Speaker Race Flagbearer: Anita Among Pleads with Museveni During State House Meeting

The speaker of the 11th parliament of Uganda, Anita Among has used today’s State House Entebbe meeting between her and Yoweri Museveni to tell the president to allow NRM CEC members vote for speaker flagbearer, The Pearl Times has learnt.Anita Among understands the power of NRM CEC’s e

Ultimate Uganda

Xenophobic Violence: It Seems South African Government Is Complicit By Inaction

Xenophobic Violence: It Seems South African Government Is Complicit By Inaction

There are few tragedies more painful than betrayal from those who once stood shoulder to shoulder in a common struggle. That is precisely what Africa witnesses each time xenophobic violence erupts in South Africa. When mobs descend on Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Ghanaians, Ethiopians, Somalis, Mozamb

Ultimate Uganda

Panic As Luwero District Dismisses 20 Staff

Panic As Luwero District Dismisses 20 Staff

At least 20 civil servants have been dismissed from public service in Luwero District over abandonment of duty and drunkenness. ‎‎According to a report by Luwero District LC5 Chairperson Erastus Kibirango covering the period between November 2025 and February 2026, the District Service Commis

Ultimate Uganda

Guide to MPs’ swearing-in ceremony

Guide to MPs’ swearing-in ceremony

day after the swearing-in of the President, the Parliament of Uganda commences the swearing-in of its newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs). Over 500 legislators of the 12th Parliament, will take the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Member of Parliament in three days running from May 13 to 15 a

Ultimate Uganda

Bukomansimbi vendors demand permanent market after years of unfulfilled promises

Bukomansimbi vendors demand permanent market after years of unfulfilled promises

Traders and leaders in Bukomansimbi Town Council are appealing for government intervention to secure land for a permanent market, saying years of operating on rented premises have left vendors exposed to poor conditions and uncertainty.Leaders of Bukomansimbi Town Council together with tra

Ultimate Uganda

Kabale Traders in Limbo as Trade order Leaves Businesses Without Alternative Space

Kabale Traders in Limbo as Trade order Leaves Businesses Without Alternative Space

Traders operating in the Butcher area and timber dealers in Kabale Municipality are stranded following the implementation of the trade order, which has left them uncertain about where to relocate their businesses. Kabale Municipality authorities had scheduled Monday, May 11, 2026, as the date to

Ultimate Uganda