Sarah Bireete and the price of speaking truth to power
When Dr Sarah Bireete was rounded up from her house and taken to Natete Police station, I received nervous messages from friends asking me whether I was safe.Because Dr B...
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Police Bust EC Staff, Student With Hundreds of Voter Slips
Police in Mityana have arrested two Electoral Commission (EC) supervisors and a student after recovering hundreds of voter allocation slips and issuance forms under suspi...
Jailed NUP’s Mufumbiro Further Remanded, Misses Chance to Vote
The others are: Edward Ssebufu also known as Eddie Mutwe Acleo Kivumbi, Doreen Kaija (Principal of the NUP Leadership School), Saudah Madada (who was absent today), Tasi...
JUMPING THE SHIP! Key opposition bigwigs defect to NRM, vow to hunt votes for M7
Key opposition parliamentary candidates have defected to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), pledging to mobilise votes for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ah...
Tributes pour in for Richard Obore, early mind behind mobile money idea
Uganda’s tech community is mourning Richard Obore, a quiet innovator credited by friends as an early mind behind the mobile money concept, whose ideas went largely unre...
Fighting escalates around DR Congo’s Uvira despite M23 withdrawal claims
Fighting has intensified in recent days around the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) city of Uvira, despite claims by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group...
DEAN LUBOWA SAAVA: Here Is What UCC Boss Nyombi Thembo Wants Ugandans to Know About the Difference Between Personal Vendetta & the Commission Merely Doing Its Regulatory Work
DEAN LUBOWA SAAVA: Here Is What UCC Boss NOn 24th December, UCC Executive Director Hon Nyombi Thembo posted a message on his X in reference to the private meeting he had...
Crypto saw record $8.6B in deals in 2025 with growth under Trump: FT
The crypto sector reportedly saw a record $8.6 billion worth of deals in 2025, as the crypto-friendly Trump administration gave confidence to crypto-focused mergers and a...
UCC ED Meets Family of Embattled Journalist Dean Lubowa Saava, Urges Accountability and Compassion Amid Ongoing Case
Hon Nyombi Thembo, the Executive Director (ED), Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has met the family of Dean Lubowa Saava, whose ongoing legal case has sparked wides...
Gov’t opts for UGX 5M Cash Payout per Household in Cattle Restocking Programme
According to a 2024 report from the government assurance and implementation committee, there are 92,634 war debt claimants in Northern and Eastern Uganda. Out of the tota...