Kigezi In Famine Scare After Drought Hits The Region

Farmers in Rubanda district are living in fear that they may be hit by famine due to the prolonged drought that has greatly affected the area. This comes after the area was hit by heavy rains in the month of May 2023, which left most of the gardens washed away, and since then the dry …

UNRA Opens Katonga Bridge for Buses

Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has announced that passenger buses can now use River Katonga Bridge along Kampala-Masaka highway.  The authority said this followed the continuous technical monitoring and recent assessment conducted for the old existing bridge at Katonga. “It has been established that the bridge can withstand loading up to 30 tonnes,” said UNRA …

6 Locally Made Bombs Recovered As Number Of Suspects Rises 6

Six improvised explosive devices have been recovered from the Central Business District in two days. According to police spokesman Fred Enanga, the first IED was recovered on Sunday at the Miracle Center Cathedral in Rubaga. This was after a terrorist disguised as a churchgoer He was, however, intercepted, and the bomb was safely detonated. “Immediately …

Three players who could step up for Brighton after summer raid

By this stage, Brighton and Hove Albion fans have become accustomed to their top talent being lured away by the riches of the Premier League’s top sides. In the last three years, Arsenal have signed Ben White and Leandro Trossard, Yves Bissouma joined Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool landed Alexis Mac Allister and Chelsea swooped in for …

Shs 37bn Uganda Coffee Consortium Develops Cracks 

The much-touted Coffee Investment Consortium Initiative, which is set to receive Shs 37bn in the new 2023/24 budget to promote Uganda’s coffee exports, has developed cracks with its founder members throwing in the towel. One of the founding members of the Consortium, Jackie Arinda of Jada Coffee, said the “consortium has lost direction and members …

Police Put Father Who Killed His 2 Children Under Lock & Key After He Attempts Suicide

The Territorial Police in Greater Masaka and Kalungu districts are guarding a father, identified as Ssenyondo George, a 37-year-old persant, at Kyamulibwa Health Centre IV for injuries from an attempted suicide. The suspect allegedly killed his two children, aged 5 and 3 years, respectively, and attempted to murder a third. On August 2, 2023, the …

I Feel Betrayed By “Cheap, Greedy” Amuriat, Nandala – FDC’s Doreen Nyanjura

Deputy Lord Mayor of Kampala and a National Executive Member of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Doreen Nyanjura, has insinuated that she feels betrayed by her party leadership. The FDC is currently under the leadership of Patrick Oboi Amuriat (Party President). He works very closely with his Secretary General, Nathan Nandala Mafabi. Both Amuriat …

Cultivating Success through dfcu Bank’s Rising Woman Initiative: The Inspiring Story of Christine Atieno and Mt. Elgon Women Specialty Coffee

In the heart of Uganda’s eastern region, a remarkable transformation is brewing, led by a visionary entrepreneur, Christine Atieno Muga. As the CEO of Mt. Elgon Women Specialty Coffee, Christine Atieno Muga exemplifies the very spirit of entrepreneurship, demonstrating how a potent combination of determination and vision can lead to remarkable success. Christine and her …

Bell Lager Throws Mega Bash For Newly Crowned CEO

Crowned Chief Enjoyments Officer (CEO) Abu Sufian Kimbugwe and some of the contestants were treated to extreme enjoyment at the recently concluded victory party organized by Bell Lager at Supremacy Lounge in Makerere. The bash started on a high with the queen of happiness, Lynda Dane, on the decks together with the event MC, Daggy …

Australian Living In Uganda Charged Over Rape, Human Trafficking

The Sexual and Gender-Based Violent Department of CID Headquarters, in coordination with the office of the DPP, has charged a foreign national with rape and trafficking in persons. The suspect, identified as Jones Robert Williams, is an Australian and Managing Director of Jinja Marine Supplies Co. Ltd. He was arraigned in Jinja Chief Magistrates Court …

EAC Partner States Agree On 11 Actions To Strengthen Food Safety

The high-level East African Community (EAC) regional meeting for policy and decision makers on Food Safety and Codex activities in the EAC has resolved to implement eleven actions, in a bid to intensify Food Safety and Codex in the region. The meeting also adopted 4 (four) policy briefs that provide recommendations on mitigating the impact …

Fate Of Masaka Priest Ordained In Cameroon Hangs In The Balance

The fate of Francis Xervier Luyinda hangs in the balance after his ordination was put under question. Luyinda is claimed to have been ordained in Cameroon. However, Lugazi Diocese says that in a communication with the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, Archbishop Andrew Nkeya said that “from the photos we sent him, the bishop who …

Police Officer Arrested For Shooting Wife To Death

Jinja Road Police have arrested a police officer on allegations of murder by shooting that happened today at the barracks. It’s alleged that today, September 5, 2023, at around 1715 hours, AIP Ogwang, a police officer attached to Counter Terrorism Police, shot his wife dead with a pistol (number not yet identified) while at the …

Navio Cements Position In Uganda’s Hip-Hop

Singer Navio, real name Daniel Lubwama Kigozi, has yet again stamped his position as the top hip-hop singer in Uganda. With his just-concluded concert, there’s absolutely no doubt that he is still keeping his position, and even his competitors are aware! Navio is one of the pioneers of rap music in Uganda and has been …

11th University Football League Returns 

The Pepsi University Football League will resume for its 11th season, and this season will run in alignment with the university academic calendar, which runs from September to May. Speaking at a press conference to announce the resumption of the league, UFL LOC Chairman Kisenyi Vincent said that starting this season, the league will be …

‘The Old Should Give Way to the Young’: Gen Kale Kayihura’s Full Retirement Speech at State House 

Former Police boss, Gen Kale Kayihura on August 31 delivered a lengthy speech at the retirement of UPDF Generals at State House Entebbe. Kayihura said he was “the happiest human being on  earth” after being relieved from military service and appealed to the elderly leaders to pave the way for the young people to serve …

Bobi Wine: The People’s President review – electric insight into Ugandan power struggle

This gripping documentary follows the Afrobeats star as he spearheads a campaign to oust Uganda’s corrupt regime

Once Upon a Time in Uganda review – celebrating the simple joy of exploding heads on film

Cathryne Czubek’s documentary about an impoverished film-maker and an American superfan veers towards a white saviour narrative but the low-budget movie mogul’s charisma wins out

Here is a documentary about a self-taught film-maker from impoverished edgetown Wakaliga, near Kampala in Uganda, and the American fan who comes to meet him and becomes a collaborator. At first it looks like a bouncy, bright feelgood story barely disguising a white-saviour narrative under the surface; after all, that is what both director Cathryne Czubek and former publicist (and now fan) Alan Hofmanis are. That said, Czubek makes a concerted effort to crosscut between the viewpoints of Hofmanis and the charismatic figure who draws him to Uganda from New York in the first place: uber-low-budget movie mogul Isaac Nabwana, whose story rightly dominates.

Although former brickmaker Nabwana made thousands of bricks by hand (he demonstrates his technique with mud and frames for the camera) to be able to buy his first cameras, don’t mistake his lack of formal film education for naivety. He’s clearly absorbed most of what he needs to know from watching the action films popular in Uganda, featuring the likes of Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee and Sylvester Stallone. Working with an all-volunteer-crew recruited from his neighbourhood, Nabwana started out making endearingly shonky features with off-the-shelf visual effects, miniatures, and green screens so that he could drop in his trademark exploding head VFX. The propmaster lovingly shows off the guns he constructs from scrap metal and wood, while Nabwana’s cheerful wife Harriet helps out whenever she can, as an actor or cameraperson or effectively a producer who raises funds by making cakes. The finished films often are accompanied by live voiceover tracks supplied by local VJs who chuckle away and deliver a steady stream of patter, like Mystery Science Theatre 3000 characters.

Locals up in arms against UNRA over abandoning repair of Collapsed Kabale-Kisoro Road

Locals in Rubanda District are up in arms against the...

NUP leaders, supporters feud with security over driving convoy through Kabale main street.

Supporters and leaders subscribing to the National Unity Platform (NUP)...