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The Rise And Fall Of The Aponye Business Empire: From Agro Giant To Debt Distress

The Rise And Fall Of The Aponye Business Empire: From Agro Giant To Debt Distress

For decades, the name Aponye stood tall in Uganda’s business circles, synonymous with agro-processing success, expansive real estate investments, and strategic government supply contracts.Founded by the late Apollo Nyegamehe, commonly

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Bobi Wine Rallies Ugandans for Campaign Fundraising at Makerere Kavule

Bobi Wine Rallies Ugandans for Campaign Fundraising at Makerere Kavule

The President of the National Unity Platform (NUP), H.E. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has rallied Ugandans to support the party’s upcoming campaign 

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How Frank Gashumba Reacted After Govt Gazetted a Salary Increament to Prison Officers

How Frank Gashumba Reacted After Govt Gazetted a Salary Increament to Prison Officers

PHOTO/COURTESYFrank Gashumba, a polarizing Ugandan social commentator and businessman, has never shied away from voicing his opinions on matters of governance, often stirring controversy with his outspoken critiques.Recently, Gashumba has taken to social

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Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia to Headline UK-Africa business Summit in London

Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia to Headline UK-Africa business Summit in London

Dr Sudhir will share his business success at the UK-Africa investment summit in London after attending the PAP awards in Kampala. (file photo)Uganda’s business magnate Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia will headline the much-anticipated UK-Africa Business Summit set

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Muntu Warns of Worsening Election Violence Ahead of 2026 Polls

Muntu Warns of Worsening Election Violence Ahead of 2026 Polls

Muntu is raising alarm over Uganda’s electoral trajectory, warning that the country is heading toward a more violent and repressive election in 2026 if current patterns persist.Muntu, who now leads the opposition Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), made the remarks during a confe

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Mao: Police Should Regulate Not Ban Political Gatherings

Mao: Police Should Regulate Not Ban Political Gatherings

Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Norbert Mao has cautioned against the continued suppression of political gatherings, warning that such actions risk derailing Uganda’s democratic trajectory as the country heads toward the 2026 general elections.Speaking at a multi-stakeholder

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Electoral integrity at risk due to security violence and vote buying

Electoral integrity at risk due to security violence and vote buying

Uganda’s upcoming 2026 general elections face serious threats to credibility and public trust due to persistent security-related violence, vote buying, and a lack of transparency in the electoral process, according to governance experts.Speaking at a stakeholders’ dialogue organised in

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Enoch Byaruhanga Proposes Sweeping Reforms in Bid for NRM Vice Chairperson Western

Enoch Byaruhanga Proposes Sweeping Reforms in Bid for NRM Vice Chairperson Western

Enoch Byaruhanga Barigye’s nomination for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Vice Chairperson of the Western Region brings forward bold governance reforms, including a proposal to reduce Uganda’s Parliament to 250 members and limit the Cabinet to just 10 ministers.Barigye’s propo

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Gulu University Officials Arrested Over Sh530 Million Financial Loss

Gulu University Officials Arrested Over Sh530 Million Financial Loss

Four officials from Gulu University, among them Accounting Officer David Obol Otori, have been arrested on the orders of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament after being implicated in a Sh530 million financial loss to the Government.The arrests were made at Parliament followin

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EU, WFP Boost Food Security and Self-Reliance for Refugees in Uganda

EU, WFP Boost Food Security and Self-Reliance for Refugees in Uganda

The European Union has committed EUR 5 million to support the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in delivering income-generating and nutritional initiatives for refugees and host communities in Uganda.Uganda is home to 1.9 million refugees and asylum seekers, making it the largest r

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