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02 Jan '26
Mbale City, Uganda | The spokesperson of the Bugisu Cultural Institution, Hon. Steven Masiga, has warned sections of the Bamasaaba community against using the cultural institution to undermine ongoing and planned government projects in the Bugisu sub-region.Masiga said there is a group ta
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02 Jan '26
The Electoral Commission (EC) recently ejected Mathias Walukaga from the Busiro East parliamentary race.It argued that the academic document he relied on for his nomination did not meet the minimum academic qualification set out under Section 4 (1)(c) of the Parliamentary Elections Act (PE
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02 Jan '26
Security agencies are on high alert following reports of a planned women-led protest in Kampala over the arrest of Centre for Constitutional Governance director Sarah Bireete.detained human rights activist Sarah Bireete, the Executive Director of the Centre for Constitutional Governance (C
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31 Dec '25
ZOMBO — Health authorities in Zombo District have called on political leaders and Members of Parliament to urgently lobby for the extension of national grid electricity to the newly commissioned Amwonyu Health Centre III in Akaa Sub-County, citing the need for reliable power to fully optimize s
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30 Dec '25
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, also the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Presidential flagbearer for 2026 general elections, has proposed the enactment of a law recalling non-performing leaders from their assumed positions.“Now I have a suggestion, there’s what we call “right to
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30 Dec '25
Gashumba revealed he had Shs1.2 billion and spent over Shs240 million during Patience Malaika Mutoni’s introduction ceremonySocial commentator Gashumba says he had over Shs1 billion when Malaika Mutoni introduced him to her family"At the time of my introduction ceremony with Malai
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30 Dec '25
The NRM presidential candidate, Mr Yoweri Museveni, has hit out at Opposition politicians who he described as inferior and inexperienced to lead the masses.Mr Museveni cautioned voters to desist from giving mandate to inexperienced politicians, especially from the Opposition whose focus he
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29 Dec '25
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged to inject Shs1 billion into each mechanics’ Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation (SACCO) operating within Kampala, in a move aimed at strengthening the informal automotive sector and improving access to affordable financing.The commitme
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29 Dec '25
Uganda faces a multibillion-dollar deadlock as charcoal remains the primary fuel for 82 percent of Kampala households.KAMPALA, Uganda — Behind the heavy scent of woodsmoke that hangs over Kampala every evening lies a multibillion-dollar economic deadlock. Despite a flurry of executive or
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29 Dec '25
In Kampala and Wakiso, politics has narrowed to something brutally simple.Voters are no longer weighing ideology or history. They are measuring clinics without drugs, schools without teachers, roads that flood, and services that exist on paper but not in life.For President Museveni,