United Nations job cuts rock Uganda workers

Several reasons have been cited to justify the job cuts, including the global socio-political...

Why is your partner selfish and how do you relate with them?

Naturally, we are all selfish to a certain degree and that is apparently healthy

Walking a mile in a ranger’s shoes

Wildlife rangers are pivotal in tourism and conservation. Their unparalleled efforts and roles...

Uganda’s Economy Expected to Grow by 6% in 2023/24 FY

The Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development says that the country’s economy grew by 5.3% in the Financial Year 2022/23. While updating the country on the state of the economy and the expenditure limits for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2023/24, Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Ramathan Ggoobi, said …

Artists hold human rights festival

By Alfred Byenkya Ugandan artists held the second edition of the Human Rights Are Universal Festival, independence edition at Goethe Zentrum, Kampala on Friday,…

Gov’t should listen to demands of teachers

A well-motivated workforce is necessary if Uganda is to improve the quality of its education

Why it’s time to drill Uganda’s oil

Our oil potential represents more than just economic growth; it signifies a step towards...

Booker shortlist offers full range of lived experiences

The authors’ bodies of work address many of 2023’s most pressing concerns—climate change...

Omusinga Mumbere returns home with pomp, pageantry

We only pray that the kingdom leadership and the central government have picked lessons...

Why rapper Drake is taking break from music

Canadian rapper Drake said Friday he is taking a break from music, just hours after dropping his latest album, in order to focus on recurring stomach issues. “I probably won’t make music for a little bit, I’m gonna be honest,” he said on his SiriusXM radio show Table For One, adding: “I need to focus on […]

Nigeria’s police on Friday named an unregistered nurse as the principal suspect in the death of rising music star MohBad, accusing her of injecting him with medications in a “professionally negligent” way. Investigators this week also arrested global Afrobeats star Naira Marley among others for questioning in the case which has shaken up Nigeria’s fast-growing […]

FDC: Amuriat, Nandala Retain NEC Positions

By Nickson Maberi Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) conducted National Executive Committee (NEC) elections on October 6, 2023, that saw Patrick Amuriat and Nandala Mafabi retain their positions. Patrick Oboi Amuriat and Nandala Mafabi will remain the party’s president and secretary general, respectively, despite being at the center of the ongoing divisions within the party …

Happy Independence, Happy Africa’s Political Circus

By Crispin Kaheru Political parties in Africa are the casual, not-so-organic creations of our colonial overlords. To our colonial masters, it was like teaching a fish to climb a tree—utterly ridiculous, yet they tried anyway. Their playbook was straight out of a cartoon: gather a bunch of folks, slap a “political party” sticker on them, …

UCC, MUBS Wrap Up E-Booster Boot Camp 

By Nickson Maberi Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and Makerere University Business School (MUBS) climaxed the 2023 E-booster boot camp on October 6th, 2023. The two-day boot camp that started on October 5th was aimed at helping applicants refine their projects to better serve the unserved and undeserved communities and sectors in Uganda. The boot camp …

9 Bobi Wine Supporters Granted Bail

By Nickson Maberi At least nine supporters and diehards of Bobi Wine (real name: Robert Kyagulanyi) have been granted bail by Entebbe Court following their arrest on October 5, 2023. The nine, who are part of a larger group arrested on Thursday, were arraigned before Entebbe Court on October 6, 2023 and charged with unlawful …

Museveni To Give Start-Up Capital To PISGBC Beneficiaries As 16,797 Youth Graduate From Skilling Program

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged to offer startup capital to the beneficiaries of the Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl and Boy Child (PISGBC) project. “I want to assure you that we are going to give you start-up capital,” President Museveni assured. The President made the remarks today while officiating at the 4th graduation …

Kisoro: 3 Arrested For Possessing Ivory

Police in Kisoro have detained three men after they were intercepted with illegal elephant ivory weighing up to 60 kg in a sack. The identity of the suspects was concealed to avoid jeopardizing investigations, but reliable information is that the suspects, all men, are residents of Kanombe Village, Gisozi Parish, Muramba Sub County, in Kisoro …

NUP lists more than 100 supporters detained over Bobi return march

The opposition NUP claims over 100 of its supporters were allegedly arrested over a planned...

Why rapper Drake is taking break from music

Drake mentioned that he would meet unspecified commitments.

Algeria begins anti-bedbug campaign amid French panic

Bedbugs had largely disappeared from daily life in developed countries by the 1950s, but they...