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05 May '26
Arua, Uganda: A revered matriarch from Arua District has been laid to rest amid claims of extraordinary longevity, with family and community members celebrating a life they say spanned 139 years and touched generations across West Nile.Mama Luiza Omene Nafura Aya, a respected Traditional B
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05 May '26
Uganda is deepening its involvement in the International Criminal Court through judicial nominations and representation, but shifting global power dynamics, US opposition, and strained alliances raise questions about whether the country’s participation serves its long-term political and economi
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05 May '26
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
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05 May '26
The Minister for the Presidency, Hon. Milly Babirye Babalanda, has announced that 30 international delegations have already confirmed their attendance for the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on May 12, 2026.The event, which marks the start of the 2026–2031
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05 May '26
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
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05 May '26
Tensions peaked today, Monday, when President Museveni chaired the final Cabinet meeting of the outgoing government (2021–2026) at State House, Entebbe—a decisive moment that effectively marked the end of the current ministers’ tenure.By presiding over this last sitting ahead of a ne
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05 May '26
Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) has spoken out on figures on new salary structure and taxes following news of teachers’ salary increment.Government secondary school arts teachers, primary school teachers as well as headteachers and deputy headteachers at both levels have been w
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05 May '26
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
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05 May '26
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
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05 May '26
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,