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Afcon exit: What Uganda Cranes need to learn from failure

Afcon exit: What Uganda Cranes need to learn from failure

Sport is a miserable business in which few characters are successful, and then only fleetingly. The Nigerians for instance didn’t even qualify for the World Cup but are one of the favourites to win the title in Morocco.While some teams celebrate qualifying for the Afcon in this era, Ugan

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Tributes pour in for Richard Obore, early mind behind mobile money idea

Tributes pour in for Richard Obore, early mind behind mobile money idea

Uganda’s tech community is mourning Richard Obore, a quiet innovator credited by friends as an early mind behind the mobile money concept, whose ideas went largely unrecognised during his lifetime.On January 2, 2026, tributes flooded in after the death of Richard Obore, a Ugandan compute

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Don’t Quote Us Wrong! EC Defends Its Position on Voting and Going Home

Don’t Quote Us Wrong! EC Defends Its Position on Voting and Going Home

The Electoral Commission (EC) has come out to clarify its position on the guidance given to voters about casting their ballots and leaving polling stations. Speaking during a media briefing, EC Chairperson Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon said the Commission has been widely misunderstood and misqu

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NEMA Cracks Down on Wetland Encroachment, Arrests Prominent Jinja Investor

NEMA Cracks Down on Wetland Encroachment, Arrests Prominent Jinja Investor

JUganda’s environmental watchdog has sent a strong warning to developers after the arrest of prominent Jinja businessman Magan M. Patel over alleged illegal encroachment on the Bugembe wetland, a critical ecosystem along the Jinja–Iganga Highway.The National Environment Management Auth

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Besigye decries persecution as High Court proceeds with treason trial

Besigye decries persecution as High Court proceeds with treason trial

KAMPALA, Uganda — Opposition leader Kizza Besigye decried what he called ongoing persecution Tuesday as the High Court entered not guilty pleas on his behalf after he and two co-accused refused to respond to amended treason charges.The retired colonel told Justice Emmanuel Baguma that he

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Abryanz Clears the Air on Sheilah Gashumba Dating Rumours: “She’s Not My Type”

Abryanz Clears the Air on Sheilah Gashumba Dating Rumours: “She’s Not My Type”

Fashion entrepreneur Bryan Ahumuza, better known as Abryanz, has finally spoken out about the long-running rumours linking him romantically to media personality and socialite Sheilah Gashumba. And according to him, the speculation has been blown way out of proportion.For years, Abryanz and

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President Museveni proposes enactment of law recalling non-performing leaders

President Museveni proposes enactment of law recalling non-performing leaders

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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Kadaga Pins Museveni’s Busoga Comeback on Sugarcane Prices, FPU Exit

Kadaga Pins Museveni’s Busoga Comeback on Sugarcane Prices, FPU Exit

Kadaga, who is heading Museveni’s vote-mobilisation team in Busoga, says one of the biggest challenges that affected the ruling party in 2021 was the sharp decline in sugarcane prices. At the time, prices fell to as low as 50,000 Shillings per tonne, forcing many farmers to either give away the

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Woman proposes to boyfriend, leaves internet divided over his unenthusiastic response: Watch video

Woman proposes to boyfriend, leaves internet divided over his unenthusiastic response: Watch video

woman flipped the traditional script of proposals by popping the question herself, but the man's response left netizens disappointed. Proposals are usually associated with grand reactions, from loud gasps, tears of happiness, to shaky hands and nervous giggles. The emotions become palpabl

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Dr.Ayub Mukisa: Are Kyagulanyi’s Supporters Losing Hope in the Face of Museveni’s Tactics?

Dr.Ayub Mukisa: Are Kyagulanyi’s Supporters Losing Hope in the Face of Museveni’s Tactics?

In this article, when I refer to Kyagulanyi’s supporters, I am referring to individuals who align with the National Unity Platform (NUP). Available evidence suggests that since Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, declared himself as a presidential candidate, his message to

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