The cross-border heist signifies a new frontier in the evolving nature of financial crime, where digital fraud is increasingly sophisticated, fast-moving and now, transnational. The arrests may mark a breakthrough in the Equity Bank Rwanda probe, but they also expose a deeper reality: in a digita
Kampala resident, Matsiko Brian, is locked in a frustrating battle with telecom companies after a mobile money transaction worth UGX 4.5 million allegedly disappeared from the system despite a court order directing its recovery.Matsiko Brian, a resident of Mengo, says he has spent weeks pu
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba criticised Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine) over his stay in the United States, where the opposition leader says he has begun international engagements, sparking wider debate.Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor
Lawyers representing maverick city lawyer Male Mabirizi are stranded after Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Ritah Kidasa Wanyama set tough conditions if she is to dismiss criminal charges against him basing on the decision of the Constitutional Court.Male Mabirizi with his lawyers and magistr
Bobi Wine and Barbie Kyagulanyi during meal timeMain opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine and his wife Barbie Kyagulanyi Itungo celebrated Eid al-Fitr with the Muslim community in Washington DC.Bobi Wine fled Uganda to the United States recently after hiding for two mon
The debate surrounding Uganda’s newly amended Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2025 has escalated into a heated exchange between artists and political leaders.The latest clash involves singer King Saha and Daudi Kabanda, highlighting growing tensions over how the law i
The Uganda Police Corporate Team secured a 2–1 victory over the Sheikhs to win the second edition of the Eid Cup at the Kira Road Police Arena, in a match aimed at strengthening community policing and fostering unity through sport.The closely contested fixture brought together members of
Youth and Children Affairs Minister Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi claims that opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has homes in London and Boston, and that he left Uganda on election day.Balaam Barugahara also alleges that the photos of Bobi Wine eating Fene (jackfruit) t
A disgruntled mobiliser for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Northern Uganda has come out with a detailed account of frustration and financial strain, accusing senior officials in Kyadondo of blocking his efforts to meet party chairman Yoweri Museveni after he convinced a group of opposi
The presidential race was widely viewed as a two-horse contest between Museveni and Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine), but the semblance of openness was tempered by the heavy policing of the political field.COMMENT | DR JUDE KAGORO | The 2026 general election in Uganda followed a familiar patt
