ONC Launches Empowerment Initiative to Curb Youth Unemployment and Poverty
President Museveni, through the Office of the National Chairman (ONC), has unveiled a new empowerment initiative dubbed “Bannaku Tweyambe – Wealth Creation...
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Father Kiibi Issues Direct Warning to Sheikh Kiti in Rare Public Statement
Tension is brewing within Uganda’s religious circles following a strong-worded caution issued by renowned Catholic cleric, Father Deogratias Kiibi Kateregga, direc...
Muteesa I’s Tree Replanted at Kyambogo University
A living symbol of Uganda’s educational and cultural history has been restored at Kyambogo University with the replanting of a historic tree believed to have been...
Rukiga Celebrates Senior Economist Patrick Katabazi
Residents gathered at Buzooba Church of Uganda in Rukiga District to celebrate senior economist Patrick Kiconco Katabazi during a thanksgiving event.Community members pra...
Rapper GNL Zamba Questions Martyrs Day Narrative, Says Kabaka Mwanga Was Framed
Rapper and cultural critic GNL Zamba has ignited debate with a bold assertion that Kabaka Mwanga, long vilified in the official accounts of the Uganda Martyrs’ dea...
Two killed in Munyonyo Martyrs' Day explosion
Ugandan authorities have in recent years stepped up surveillance during major public events, citing threats from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group linked...
Museveni And His Wife Janet Arrive at Martyrs Mass Under High Security
President Yoweri Museveni, accompanied by First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni, arrived at the Anglican Martyrs Site in Namugongo today to part...
Why Do Thousands Walk Hundreds of Kilometres to Namugongo? The Deep Faith Behind Uganda Martyrs Day
Every 3rd of June, Uganda’s Namugongo becomes the epicenter of African Christianity. From as far as 500 kilometers away, pilgrims make their way there on foot endu...
PFF urges clergy to pressure NRM over ‘Muwanga-like’ behaviour and call for release of political prisoners
The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) has called on clergy and pilgrims attending Namugongo Martyrs Day to disassociate from the NRM government’s “devi...
Lango pilgrims' month-long trek to Namugongo a ‘humbling experience’
Pilgrims from the Northern Lango sub-region have finally arrived at the Namugongo Martyrs’ Shrines after a gruelling month-long walk, joining tens of thousands of...