Silenced markets: Street traders count losses after city evictions
dawn, the usual bustle of business across Uganda’s blossoming cities and towns is missing.Where voices once competed with the clatter of weighing scales and the bargain...
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Fuel Hits Shs 20,000 Per Litre as Gov’t Urges Calm
Fuel prices in Uganda are reaching record highs, with motorists in Moroto, Karamoja reporting pump prices as steep as Shs 20,000 per litre. The spike has triggered long q...
Why Ainomugisha cut her tubes at age of 24
At 25, Mary Ashley Ainomugisha is sure of herself, her body, and the life she wants to lead. A self-proclaimed feminist, she describes herself as an online activist for w...
Balancing Sovereignty and Openness: Regulating Foreign Influence without Stifling Growth
No man is an island, Entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.”The European poet who wrote those words 400 years ago has become relev...
Fuel at shs8,000! Adjumani transporters cry out as fuel prices start biting
They say the situation is choking their livelihoods and pushing many into financial distress.Drivers operating at major stages say the sharp increase in fuel prices has m...
Babalanda warns against rumour-mongering in NRM ranks
Left to Right: Milly Babalanda, Aloysius Bugingo and Minsa KabandaThe minister for the Presidency, Milly Babirye Babalanda, has warned Ugandans against spreading rumours...
Ugandan Banks Reject Sovereignty Bill, Cite Seven Grounds
Uganda’s banking industry has mounted a formal and detailed opposition to the proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, warning that its provisions could disrupt f...
The geography of power and the price of ignorance
When commenting on the 1980–1988 Iraq–Iran war, Henry Kissinger once remarked that it was “a pity both sides can’t lose”. It was a chilling distillation of a wo...
There is a Level of Familiarity Politicians Engage With Speaker Among
As a public spat between Speaker Anita Among and Norbert Mao dominates headlines, it reveals a deeper shift in parliamentary power—from Rebecca Kadaga’s tightly contr...
Parents of Baby Born Holding Devotion Medal Seek Church's Help
Parents of a two-month-old baby reportedly born holding a Catholic rosary have appealed to Church authorities to urgently investigate what they describe as strange and fr...