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02 Jun '25
The NRM Secretary General, Richard Todwong has received former Makerere University guild president, Lawrence Alionzi, commonly known as Dangote to the ruling NRM party.Alionzi on Monday formally joined NRM and also picked nomination forms from the party electoral commission to stand f
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02 Jun '25
As we get close to the annual Uganda Martyrs’ Day celebrations on June 3, the Namugongo Catholic Martyrs’ Shrine is buzzing with preparations and heightened security measures.The Deputy Inspector General of Police James Ocaya delivered his final safety guidelines ahead of tom
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02 Jun '25
The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) has called on clergy and pilgrims attending Namugongo Martyrs Day to disassociate from the NRM government’s “devil-like” actions and to pressure President Museveni to release political prisoners, drawing parallels to the historic persecution under Kaba
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02 Jun '25
In Uganda, the geopolitical rivalry between the West on one hand, and Russia plus China on the other, is threatening to spill full-blown into the media if recent reports are anything to go by.For decades, it has always been known that the geopolitics is m
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31 May '25
Harvard University has agreed to hand over a set of historic photos believed to be among the earliest depicting enslaved people in the United States.The agreement ends a long legal battle between the institution and Tamara Lanier, an author from Connecticut who argues she
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31 May '25
Pilgrims from the Northern Lango sub-region have finally arrived at the Namugongo Martyrs’ Shrines after a gruelling month-long walk, joining tens of thousands of other faithful preparing for this year’s Uganda Martyrs Day on Tuesday, June 3.Among those who welcomed an
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29 May '25
A senior presidential aide has called on Ugandans to stop attaching conditions to the recent public apology offered by President Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni, insisting that the gesture was voluntary and should be accepted in good faith.Faruk Kirunda, Deputy Presidential Press Se
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28 May '25
In a series of emotionally charged public prayers, President Yoweri Museveni, First Lady Janet Museveni, and senior NRM figures have issued sweeping apologies to several regions, admitting to historical failures, neglect, and corruption.Framed as spiritual repentance, the prayers carried u
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28 May '25
Reach A Hand Uganda has officially launched the GN Trybe, a community of empowered young people.GN Trybe, short for Generation Now Trybe, is a community for the Gen Z (1997–2012) and Gen Alpha (2013–2015) is a youth-centered behavioral change communication initiative designed to r
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28 May '25
PostBank Uganda has donated several items to the Muslim community across different regions, where the bank has a branch in recognition of the upcoming Eid celebration.The donated animals were extended to major mosques across the regions where they operate through their branches in Arua, Mb