Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni inspects a guard of honour during the flagging-off of Uganda’s first AU peacekeeping contingent to Somalia on March 1, 2007. East Africa remains the backbone of global peacekeeping despite shrinking troop numbers and funding.Despite the decline in number
The FIFA World Cup is the biggest stage in sports, and thanks to an expanded 48-team format for 2026, every player knows this is the biggest audience they'll ever command.It's the kind of spectacle that can launch careers and generate blockbuster transfers, as excitement over particular pl
General Katumba Wamala’s appointment as Minister of Public Service comes at a time when the ministry is reeling from scandals involving ghost workers, pension fraud, and wage overruns. Recent audits revealed over UGX 24 billion lost to ghost employees and nearly 24,000 suspected ghost pensioner
The ferry corridor, which links communities across the Lake Kyoga basin, was commissioned by the Prime Minister in early March 2026 as part of government efforts to improve transport connectivity and ease the movement of people and goods in the region.However, shortly after commissioning,
Chris Obore, the long-serving and outspoken director of Communications at Parliament, is said to be navigating one of the most delicate moments of his career following the election of Jacob Oboth-Oboth as speaker of the 12th Parliament.Sources within Parliament told Bbeg Media that in rece
During a BBS TV interview, Ssemujju Nganda elaborated why Ugandans shouldn’t expect much good from President YK Museveni’s ‘new cabinet.’The PFF Secretary General asserted that Gen Museveni’s determination to be inclusive of women and having them empowered via cabinet level posit
Former State Minister for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi, has been recalled to active military service by the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) leadership, paving the way for his redeployment within the armed forces following his omission from the recently announced Cabinet reshuffle.
Axios’s account of an expletive-laden phone call between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu has landed at a fraught moment. According to a U.S. official’s summary cited by Axios, Trump told Netanyahu: “You’re fucking crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m savi
The appointment of Balaam Barugahara as Uganda's minister for Local Government has raised expectations that he will confront corruption widely viewed as entrenched within district administrations, where recruitment scandals, procurement irregularities and misuse of public funds continue to underm
His Excellency the President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni,I write this open letter at a defining moment in Uganda’s governance journey, following the recent Cabinet reshuffle and swearing-in of ministers. This renewed administrative phase presents an opportunity to r
