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Bobi Wine Announces Temporary Exit from Uganda After Two Months in Hiding

Bobi Wine Announces Temporary Exit from Uganda After Two Months in Hiding

Bobi Wine has announced that he has temporarily left Uganda after spending the past two months in hiding, following what he described as a military crackdown after the disputed 2026 presidential election.In a statement shared publicly via his official social media accounts, the opposition

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Court rules caretaker who refuses to vacate land is trespasser

Court rules caretaker who refuses to vacate land is trespasser

Kampala, Uganda: The High Court of Uganda has ruled that a caretaker who continues occupying land after the owner withdraws consent becomes a trespasser and cannot claim compensation for expenses allegedly incurred on the property without proof of a valid agreement.The ruling was delivered

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BREAKING! Gov’t Cracks Down On Constructors Employing Timber Composite Building Method in Kampala

BREAKING! Gov’t Cracks Down On Constructors Employing Timber Composite Building Method in Kampala

The National Building Review Board, (NBRB) has intensified a crackdown on illegal construction in Greater Kampala Metropolitan, focusing mainly on the prohibited Steel Timber Composite Building Method (STC).The method was banned in 2022 by the minister of Works and Transport, Gen Katumba W

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Rakai RDC Sarah Kiyimba Takes on Land Grabbers, Eyes Bigger Role in Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s Next Government

Rakai RDC Sarah Kiyimba Takes on Land Grabbers, Eyes Bigger Role in Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s Next Government

RAKAI — In a region long plagued by bitter land wrangles and fraud, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Rakai, Sarah Kiyimba, has emerged as one of the most vocal government officials confronting land grabbers while positioning herself as a rising political figure within the ruling esta

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Meet Bashir Humphreys: The Burnley FC defender who is eligible to play for Uganda

Meet Bashir Humphreys: The Burnley FC defender who is eligible to play for Uganda

Rising defender Bashir Humphreys has steadily built a reputation as one of the promising young centre-backs developed in England in recent years. But beyond his progress in European football, the 22-year-old also has a strong link to East Africa — a connection that could make him eligible to re

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MPs warn it could take 48 years to clear Uganda’s Shs8.4t domestic arrears

MPs warn it could take 48 years to clear Uganda’s Shs8.4t domestic arrears

Appearing before Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, Ramathan Ggoobi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, and Secretary to the Treasury.Parliament has been told that at the current rate of funding allocated to settle government domestic arrears, it could take more than four deca

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Four suspects remanded in Wakiso for 170 million shilling land sale scam

Four suspects remanded in Wakiso for 170 million shilling land sale scam

WAKISO, Uganda — Four people were arraigned Wednesday at the Wakiso Chief Magistrates Court on charges of theft and conspiracy after allegedly conning an elderly man out of 170 million Ugandan shillings.The accused — Sendi Jamil, Juuku Anderson, Namuli Fatuma and Nalunjogi Jamilah —

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UPC’s Jimmy Akena Rejects Lumu’s Administration of Parliament Amendment Bill

UPC’s Jimmy Akena Rejects Lumu’s Administration of Parliament Amendment Bill

Jimmy Akena Obote, President of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), has firmly rejected the controversial Administration of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2024, describing it as unnecessary and unhelpful to Uganda’s parliamentary system.In an interview on Next Radio’s Next Big Talk pro

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Uganda has minerals the US needs – so why is there no trade deal?

Uganda has minerals the US needs – so why is there no trade deal?

Unlike its approach to Rwanda, Kenya, DR Congo, and Tanzania, the United States has not been intentional in pursuing commercial engagement with Uganda.Different from its neighbours, Uganda is not a direct party to any binding trade agreements with the U.S. and relies on regional arrangemen

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Security located Bobi Wine but Museveni stopped arrest – reports

Security located Bobi Wine but Museveni stopped arrest – reports

Reports indicate that the president was approached with a request from intelligence agencies to proceed and apprehend the NUP leader after they successfully tracked and located him.President Yoweri Museveni reportedly blocked a plan by Ugandan security agencies to arrest opposition leader

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