Uganda President’s Car Attacked, Damaged in Campaign
A hotly contested by-election in Northern Uganda turned violent Monday evening, when unknown assailants shot a driver on the opposition side. A window in President Yoweri Museveni’s car was smashed in the chaos. Police have since arrested two journalists and dozens of opposition supporters, an act that human rights groups are calling an abuse of […]
Uganda Survey Reveals High Prevalence of Child Abuse
The first national survey in Uganda on child abuse reveals that violence against children – ranging from physical, sexual and emotional – is occurring at all levels in society. Mary Komugisha, 40, a single mother and food vendor in Kiswa, a Kampala suburb, became a grandmother under terrible circumstances. Her 11-year-old daughter was raped. She […]
Ugandan Police, CMI recover five bodies from Kayunga shrine, healer arrested
Police in Naggalama, Mukono District and operatives from Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) have arrested a traditional healer and also recovered five bodies from his shrine in Kisoga village, Nazigo sub-county, Kayunga District. The Naggalama police division police commander, Ms Jesca Naawe, identified the suspect as a 27-year-old a renowned youthful traditional healer. Ms Naawe […]
22-Year-Old Quinn Abenakyo Crowned Miss Uganda
Quinn Abenakyo, 22, was crowned Miss Uganda 2018/2019 at the finale event on Friday night at Sheraton Kampala hotel . She emerged winner after beating 21 other contestants. Tyra Margach, aged 20, emerged first runner up while Patience Aheebwa, 20, emerged second runner up. A computer science student, Abenakyo, hails from Mayuge district in Eastern […]
Locals Accuse President Yoweri Museveni of Grabbing Their Land
Residents of Rupa Sub County in Moroto District in Karamoja sub region have said that President Museveni is backing prominent Karimojong business man Mr Cornelius Kodet and some ministers to grab their land. The protesting residents on Thursday rejected a plan by Mr Kodet to build a cement factory called Ateker cement covering a total […]
Looking Back At Constitutional Court Ruling On Age Limit
When the 1995 Constitution was promulgated, President Museveni termed it, “the best Constitution in the world” and promised to protect it and ensure that Uganda does not again descend into its dark post-independence history, characterised by anarchy and misrule. It was no doubt a much more inclusive constitution than its predecessors – the 1962 and […]
Hacked Again? Obscene Image Posted On Zari’s Instagram Page
It appears Ugandan socialite Zari Hassan’s trouble with her hacked Instagram account are far from over after a pornographic photo found its way into her account on Tuesday morning. The mother of five lost her account to hackers on Monday morning while she was uploading pictures of her daughter Latiffa’s birthday. For several hours, the […]
Could Oil Overtake Agriculture as East Africa’s Economic Giant?
Holger A. Kray is the lead agricultural economist for Africa in the World Bank’s Agriculture Global Practice and head of the Africa Agricultural Policy Unit, which carries out and oversees economic and other policy work related to agriculture in the region. The World Bank economist was in Uganda and spoke to Charles Mpagi on the […]
The African Airlines That’ll Win Are Those That Aren’t Too Posh
Recent years have been brutal for African airlines but, in spite of that, there is a new rush to resurrect dead national carriers (in Uganda) or to put bedridden ones in the air again (in Tanzania). However, Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s biggest and currently most successful airline, is kind of going in the opposite direction. A […]
Ugandan MP Sylvia Rwabwogo Says Love Texts From College Student Was an Assassination Attempt
A Ugandan MP who cried in court while narrating her experience with a smitten young man has finally spoken out on the arrest and detention of a 25-year-old YMCA student who confessed his “too much love” for her. Brian Isiko was handed a two year prison sentence after pleading guilty of cyber harassment and offensive […]
