public speeches, President Museveni likes using statistics to persuade and sway even sceptics about the economic dividends of accelerated investments in infrastructure. Whether it is railways, roads or hydro-dams, Mr Museveni specifies an expected drop in haulage costs, the internal rate of retu
Reading The East African, I wondered why a newspaper, which I used to rate highly, would lower its journalistic ethics and standards to start quoting mere intellectual conmen and masqueraders in the names of Mukasa Mbidde and Simon Kayitana instead of doing research to identify credible people to
The fight, held at the Sarit Expo Centre on June 20, 2026, ended in the second round after the referee stopped the contest following sustained pressure from Shakib.Ugandan businessman and socialite Shakib Cham Lutaaya delivered a dominant performance on Saturday night, knocking out Kenyan
The Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu-OBR has announced a four-day period of official mourning following the death of Kibaba Lodrick Ngangasi. Ngangasi has been the Royal Deputy Minister of Culture Heritage, Native Administration. He passed away on Sunday at the age of 46.Family members confirmed th
David Greenhalgh, the British businessman who shot to fame in Uganda through his turbulent, high-spending romance with city socialite Shanita Namuyimbwa, popularly known as "Bad Black," faces a long prison sentence in the United Kingdom after being convicted of running a massive international ill
Uruguay's national team plane was refused entry into the United States ahead of their 2026 World Cup clash with Saudi Arabia. Uruguay are scheduled to face Saudi Arabia in their opening Group H fixture in Miami, Florida, at 11pm on Monday, having been based in Cancun, Mexico, for pre-match traini
The newly appointed Nakasongola Cantonment Commander, Brigadier General Kosia Kuteesa, has assumed office, taking over from Colonel David Mugisha at a ceremony held at the Air Force College in Nakasongola Barracks.The ceremony was witnessed by the Commander of the Motorised Infantry Divisi
— It began as a routine ministerial handover on paper, but quickly morphed into one of those uniquely Ugandan moments where politics, philosophy, and pastoral economics collide in full public view. Kahinda Otafiire and Ephraim Kamuntu are veteran politicians and friends. Replacing each other i
Officials from Roko, Irish Embassy and Kelly Steel work inspecting the parliamentary chambers under construction this weekNew Parliament Chambers works have entered into the final phase as contractor completes steel works and embarks on roofing .Construction of the new parliament ch
SHAKIRA has kicked off the biggest ever World Cup football fiesta ahead of co-host nation Mexico’s curtain-raiser clash against South Africa tonight.The Colombian beauty and Nigerian rapper Burna Boy performed the new tournament anthem “Dai Dai” – or “Let’s Go”, heralding fiv
