The 2021–2026 cabinet has concluded its term, with ministers directed to hand over their offices to permanent secretaries following their final meeting on Monday.President Yoweri Museveni thanked the outgoing ministers for what he described as a job well done. This was the cabinet he onc
Children in Uganda’s eastern district of Budaka arrive at school each day in neat uniforms, exercise books in hand, ready for lessons. But for many, the school day has long been marked by something less visible: hunger.Teachers say signs are familiar, drooping heads by mid-morning, decli
man often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it,” the French poet Jean de La Fontaine famously said. The idea is that, despite one’s best efforts to avoid a certain path in life, they end up facing it anyway.That pretty much sums up Paul Mwesigwa’s one-year tenure as Mana
President Museveni is seen on a giant screen as he delivers remarks during what he described as the final Cabinet meeting and luncheon of the outgoing government at State House Uganda on May 4, 2026. PHOTO/HANDOUTThe curtain came down on the last Cabinet sitting of the current government o
From left, Betty Nakisita, Persis Namuganza, and Yona Kayogera. Their parliamentary election victories are being challenged in court.Four candidates who lost parliamentary races in Namutumba District have filed petitions at the High Court in Iganga, challenging the election of newly declar
National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General, Mr Richard Todwong, has announced May 12 as a Public Holiday, as party leader and president-elect, Mr Yoweri Museveni, is sworn in for his seventh elective term of office.Mr Museveni, who won the January 15 presidential election with 7,
Jonathan Odur (Erute South) is the fearless legislator who read out one of the minority reports as hundreds of MPs gathered to debate and vote on the controversial protection of sovereignty bill. He was allocated 35 minutes yet he still wanted more after exhausting the same.Speaker Anita A
Bobi Wine told US students he once admired Museveni but now warns against leaders who overstay in power and weaken democracyBobi Wine spoke at Columbia University on democracy and leadership in AfricaHe said he once admired Museveni, like Kizza Besigye did in the pastHe also
Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects struck in the early hours of Monday, gaining access through a gate opposite City Square before entering the bank’s commercial offices, where they reportedly spent nearly three hours undetected.Bank of Uganda headquarters in Kampala (P
Security forces have arrested dozens of suspects in a coordinated crackdown on alleged stolen mobile phone networks, targeting major commercial buildings in central Kampala including Mutaasa Kafeero Plaza, City House, and Kalungi Plaza.Security forces have arrested dozens of suspects durin
