Maj Gen (rtd) Kahinda Otafiire, the former minister of Internal Affairs, didn’t mince his words about the leadership of the Uganda Police Force as he handed over office to the new minister last week.As Prof Ephraim Kamuntu officially took the reins from Gen Otafiire as minister of Intern
The head of the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in China is H.E. Oliver Wonekha (L). She serves as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) while Uganda's official diplomatic representation in G
Release clauses could soon become standard practice in players' contracts after FIFA reached an agreement with players' union FIFPRO to introduce a series of amendments to the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players. The arrangement is already commonplace in Spain but is set to be rolle
The Government of Uganda has downplayed a decision by the State of Kuwait to ban the recruitment of domestic workers from Uganda and 26 other nations, stating that the country has no formal bilateral ties with the Gulf state.Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior recently announced a sweeping ove
The Church of Uganda is preparing for a major leadership transition as Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba approaches retirement in August next year.Kaziimba is expected to retire on August 14, 2027, a day before his 65th birthday. His departure will pave the way for the election of the Church of
The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) Ethics and Disciplinary Committee has extended the provisional suspension of four football personalities by an additional 45 days as investigations into alleged match manipulation continue. The affected individuals are Mike Mutyaba, Ashraf Mii
The government has earmarked Shs2.26 trillion for agro-industrialisation in the 2026/27 financial year, targeting irrigation, value addition, agro-processing and agricultural research as part of efforts to transform Uganda’s agriculture sector into a more commercial and export-driven engine of
Investigative journalist Solomon Sserwanja, Executive Director of the African Centre for Investigative Journalism, has been arrested by plain-clothes security personnel, his team has confirmed.Sserwanja represents non-governmental organizations whose accounts were blocked by security agenc
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
Mariam Wangadya the Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) addressing the press during the release of the report on abductions. This was at the UHRC offices Kampala on January 19, 2023. Photo by Lawrence MulondoKAMPALA – A cloud of uncertainty continues to hang over the
