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Over 7,000 Former Special Police Constables Begin Training for Private Security Roles

Over 7,000 Former Special Police Constables Begin Training for Private Security Roles

More than 7,000 former Election Special Police Constables have started a one-month intensive training program to transition into Uganda’s private security sector, enhancing both employment opportunities and sector professionalism.Over 7,000 former Election Special Police Constables have

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Five student athletes dead in highway crash

Five student athletes dead in highway crash

A dark cloud has settled over the Ugandan sports community following a horrific road accident on Tuesday that claimed the lives of five students from Iki-Iki Senior Secondary School.The tragedy occurred along the Mbale–Tirinya Highway at Jami, located within the Kamonkoli Town Council, a

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BWANIKA JOSEPH: Are Bobi Wine’s critics ready to offer real solutions to Uganda’s challenges?

BWANIKA JOSEPH: Are Bobi Wine’s critics ready to offer real solutions to Uganda’s challenges?

Uganda’s political conversation is increasingly defined by sharp bombastic and personalized attacks, with National Unity Platform Leader H.E Bobi Wine often at the Centre of it. Yet under the noise lies a deeper concern, the steady weathering of meaningful, policy driven debate.At a time

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Science Teachers On Government Payroll To Earn Shs8 Million A Month As Uganda Moves To Make Teaching One Of Its Best-Paid Professions

Science Teachers On Government Payroll To Earn Shs8 Million A Month As Uganda Moves To Make Teaching One Of Its Best-Paid Professions

For years, Uganda’s brightest university students have steered away from education degrees, gravitating instead toward medicine, law, and engineering — courses perceived to offer better financial returns. The government is now moving decisively to change that calculation.In a landmark

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Ragga Dee Urges Artists to Treat Music as Business Amid Copyright Reforms

Ragga Dee Urges Artists to Treat Music as Business Amid Copyright Reforms

Renowned Ugandan musician Daniel Kazibwe, popularly known as Ragga Dee, has called on upcoming artists to approach their craft with a business mindset, emphasising the importance of strategic distribution and legal protection of their work.Speaking during NBS Eagle on Sunday, Ragga Dee hig

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Using Artistes’ Work Without Paying Royalties Should Be Made A Risky Business, Says Odonga Otto

Using Artistes’ Work Without Paying Royalties Should Be Made A Risky Business, Says Odonga Otto

This bill is a game-changer for our creative industry. It will provide stronger protection for creators, streamline the sector and introduce tougher penalties for piracy and copyright infringementFormer Aruu County Member of Parliament, Odonga Otto has argued that patriotism is not about d

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 Tayebwa takes deputy speaker battle to West Nile to stem Alenyo’s rise

Tayebwa takes deputy speaker battle to West Nile to stem Alenyo’s rise

Thomas Tayebwa (C) in AruaThe deputy speaker of parliament Thomas Tayebwa spent the weekend in West Nile in what insiders describe as a calculated move to consolidate support as the race for the next deputy speaker intensifies.Publicly, Tayebwa travelled to Arua City to celebrate th

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Speakership Race: Inside Oboth Oboth’s Strategic Silence

Speakership Race: Inside Oboth Oboth’s Strategic Silence

Defence Minister Jacob Oboth Oboth has maintained silence amid growing debate over the race for Speaker of the 12th Parliament, sparking speculation about his next move.In 2021, Oboth had positioned himself to contest for the speakership against the late Jacob Oulanyah. However, he later s

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CABINET FEVER: Museveni’s VP Dilemma – and Why Northern, Busoga And Buganda Could Complicate Things For Alupo

CABINET FEVER: Museveni’s VP Dilemma – and Why Northern, Busoga And Buganda Could Complicate Things For Alupo

Following his confirmation as President in the gazette and the impending swearing‑in ceremony at Kololo, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni now turns to the delicate, almost ritualistic task of assembling the cabinet that will carry him through the next five years. In a series of projection repor

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Heavy container trucks, fuel tankers must get off Ugandan roads - Museveni declares in Kenya

Heavy container trucks, fuel tankers must get off Ugandan roads - Museveni declares in Kenya

Museveni explained that Uganda’s roads currently carry passengers, light cargo, heavy goods and petroleum products at the same time, creating congestion and inefficiency.President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda is moving toward a shift in its transport system, where heavy cargo and fuel

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