New Year; Political attire, rhetoric banned at Buganda Kingdom’s Enkuuka
With the country gripped by election fever, organisers and police say they plan to ensure the event remains a cultural rather than a partisan affair.Security forces and B...
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Ssemakadde Defends Endorsing Bobi Wine, Lashes At Senior Lawyers
Ssemakadde’s remarks drew attention not just for their content, but for their style—an unrelenting mixture of legal reasoning, political argument, and rhetorical flou...
Dismissed Prisons Officer Joins Bobi Wine on Campaign Trail
Barely a day after his dismissal from the Uganda Prisons Service, former prisons officer Lawrence Ampe has announced that he will join the opposition National Unity Platf...
Why Mityana Needs Judith Nabakooba As It’s Next Woman MP
As Mityana District prepares for the next parliamentary elections, a strong case is emerging for Judith Nabakooba to reclaim her position as Woman Member of Parliament. H...
Big story: Uganda to Borrow $2bn (Shs7.6 tn) from Oil Trading Giant Vitol for Oil, Roads Projects
“UNOC will be able to generate revenues of up to USD 5.6 billion” (about Shs21.3 trillion) from the projects when implemented," the ministry said, adding that the loa...
Social Media Celebrities That Didn't Make It to 2026
From politics and business to music, media, and nightlife, Uganda and the wider East African region endured a year marked by repeated loss as prominent figures passed awa...
Betty Nambooze Bakireke: How a Political Icon Drifted into a Fourth-Term Survival Crisis
Hon. Betty Bakireke Nambooze was once among the clearest symbols of defiance in Uganda’s opposition politics. Her courage under repression, sharp tongue, and legislativ...
Aids at 44: will HIV-negative people take anti-HIV jabs?
Twenty-five years ago, South Africans battled for ARVs to keep people alive. Now the focus has shifted to medicines that can prevent HIV altogether. Health Beat looks how...
My husband slept with our daughpjter and I’m yet to heal’
When Nakagwa speaks about the darkest chapter of her life, her voice trembles, but her resolve remains firm.“I still cannot believe a father could do that to his own ch...
Bobi Wine Is a Better Replacement for Museveni - Ssemujju
For more than two decades, Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has challenged presidential power, and in this wide-ranging conversation he warns that Uganda is a...