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
group of Independent MPs is set to formalize cooperation with the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) in a memorandum of understanding, signaling continued political realignments ahead of the 12th Parliament.The Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda, Anita Among, is today expected to w
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
The National Oil Palm Project (NOPP), once hailed as a transformative agro-industrial lifeline for Uganda’s rural farmers, is now sinking under the weight of delays, underperformance and questionable management, after the Auditor General’s December 2025 report exposed deep cracks in one of go
Dr Jane Ruth Aceng is PO 015Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng and her Agriculture counterpart Frank Tumwebaze have been assigned number-based ranks in General Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) newly unveiled leadership structure.Tumwebaze designated Patriotic Of
'Boda-bodas have provided employment. If tomorrow we decided to remove them, what would happen to the young men who depend on them? Each rider supports several people. So, they have benefits, but they also present challenges. They need to be better organised, and we had already started that proce
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
More than a year after the Supreme Court barred trials of civilians in Uganda’s military courts, hundreds of cases remain unresolved as the Judiciary and DPP trade blame over stalled transfers.A year after the Supreme Court of Uganda ruled that civilians cannot be tried in military court
Police in Nsangi have arrested four suspects in connection with a series of phone and bag snatching incidents along the Kampala–Masaka Highway, particularly within the Busega–Kyengera swamp corridor.According to Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson SP Rachel Kawala, the arrests fol
National Resistance Movement (NRM) political activists who also double as the chairperson of the children and grandchildren of the 1981 war veterans in the Luwero Triangle Muwada Kanamwangi has warned President Yoweri Museveni and wife Janet Kataha Museveni to be careful when attending endless 20
