All posts tagged "featured"

Kiryandongo youth empowered in media literacy, mobile journalism skills

By Stephen Jamugisha Kiryandongo, Uganda: A group of young people from both refugee and host communities in Kiryandongo District have embarked on...

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Kabuleta suspended as NEED President over misconduct, financial irregularities

Kampala, Uganda: The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) party has suspended its president, Joseph Kiiza Kabuleta, for at least 90 days over...

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Mbarara to host 2025 International Week and Day of the Deaf

Mbarara, Uganda: Mbarara City has been confirmed as the host of this year’s International Week of Deaf People (IWDP2025) and the International...

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Lifestyle

Smartphone Hacks: How to Detect Hidden Cameras in Airbnb, Lodges, or Even Your Home

Kampala, Uganda: As Uganda’s tourism and Airbnb market booms, a growing number of travelers and homeowners are raising alarms over the threat...

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Mbale RCC faults extension workers for sabotaging PDM progress

Mbale City, Uganda: The Deputy Resident City Commissioner for Northern Division, Mr. Were Yahaya, has accused agricultural extension workers of frustrating the...

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Mbale school gangs wreak havoc as students, parents cry out for protection

Gangs such as the “Kayondo Boys” and “Virgin Breakers” have taken hold in schools, including Nkoma SS and Mbale High School, threatening...

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Improve agricultural practices to earn more – Bamasaaba farmers told

Mbale, Uganda: Bamasaaba farmers have been challenged to improve their agricultural practices if they are to benefit meaningfully from farming, especially in...

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CEC aspirants oppose NRM vetting process, demand joint campaigns, party constitutional reforms

Kampala, Uganda: A group of youthful aspirants contesting for top Central Executive Committee (CEC) positions in the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM)...

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LIST: Inside seven new deals signed by Kenya, Uganda to spur bilateral relations

Nairobi, Kenya: Uganda’s President H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Kenyan counterpart, H.E. William Ruto Wednesday signed a new set of bilateral agreements...

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Crime

Man posing as UPDF General arrested for defrauding foreign investors billions of shillings

Kampala, Uganda: The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has confirmed the arrest of a notorious conman who has been impersonating a senior...

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Businessman King Ceasor Mulenga pledges Shs 0.6 billion for NRM SACCOs

Kampala, Uganda: The aspiring National Chairperson of the NRM Entrepreneurs League, renowned businessman King Ceasor Augustus Mulenga, has pledged to inject Shs 600 million...

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Amuriat steps down for Nandala to carry FDC presidential flag in 2026

Mbale, Uganda: The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has fronted its Secretary General, Nathan Nandala Mafabi, as the party’s presidential flag...

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SPA Namyalo honors Kabaka’s 32nd Coronation, urges youth to take lead in HIV prevention

Kampala, Uganda: As Buganda prepares to mark 32 years since the restoration and coronation of His Majesty Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, the...

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Prof. Kateregga accuses police of siding with wife in multi-billion property dispute

Kampala, Uganda: Prominent academic and founder of Kampala University, Prof. Badru Dungu Kateregga, has accused the Uganda Police Force of siding with...

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The Bazzukulu Effect: How Namyalo’s fierce mobilisation reawakened the NRM youth wave ahead of 2026

Central to Hajjat’s mobilisation strategy was the Tova Ku Main campaign, a defiant youth-driven movement that President Museveni would later officially endorse...

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Breaking

4 dead, 13 injured after taxi plunges into river on Busia-Tororo highway

Busia, Uganda: Four people have been confirmed dead and 13 others seriously injured following a tragic road accident at Amungura Bridge along...

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Ugandan passport ranked 71st globally, offers visa-free destinations to 67 countries

Kampala, Uganda: The Ugandan passport has made a significant leap in global mobility, climbing to the 71st position in the latest Henley...

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East Africa

LIST: Tanzania bans non-citizens from running these local businesses, here’s why

Dodoma, Tanzania: The Tanzanian government has issued a sweeping ban on foreigners operating in at least 15 business sectors traditionally reserved for...

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Bigirwa defends Common Party’s ‘Lusaniya’ symbol, says it reflects unity, ideological depth

Kampala, Uganda: The Secretary General of the newly formed Common Man’s Party, Moses Bigirwa, has come out to clarify the deeper meaning...

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NARO signs landmark deal with China to transform Uganda’s tea sector

Entebbe, Uganda: The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has partnered with China’s Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) to establish a China-Uganda...

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