On Friday, May 23, 2025, Annet Nabirye was overwhelmingly elected as the new Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Women’s League for Luuka District, marking a pivotal moment in the region’s political landscape and reinforcing her growing momentum ahead of the 2026 Woman MP race. Nabirye’s commanding victory is the latest in a string…
On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, something unusual happened at Christ’s Cathedral Bugembe in Jinja. A 25-year-old man named Stuart Maganda shocked everyone when he climbed to the top of the cathedral roof. The situation quickly drew attention from church members, police, and the public. According to a statement from the Cathedral, efforts by the Uganda…
President Yoweri Museveni has spoken out about the brutal killings that occurred in the Masaka region following the 2021 general elections, where over 20 people lost their lives. Addressing a gathering in Luweero Town, the President alleged that opposition members orchestrated the killings as a way to intimidate the government. He claimed that the attackers…
Recently, a high-level meeting took place in Gulu between the European Union (EU) Delegation and General Salim Saleh, the brother of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. During the discussions, the German Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Matthias Schauer, along with other EU diplomats, expressed serious concern over threatening social media posts made by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba President…
This week, Prince Kassim Nakibinge, the cultural leader of Muslims in Uganda, spoke to a group of Muslim leaders at Kibuli Hill. These leaders support him instead of the group based in Old Kampala led by Sheikh Mubaje. Nakibinge spoke about several issues, including the rise in torture and human rights abuses in Uganda. He…
In a dramatic turn of events, Soroti City has delivered a shocking blow to Mike Mukula and his campaign team. Team New Energy, led by Mr. Calvin Echodu, has completely swept the District Chairperson elections leaving Mukula’s team without even a single delegate in Soroti. This stunning result has not only shaken Mukula’s camp but…
Entebbe International Airport successfully conducted a full-scale emergency exercise on Friday, May 23, 2025, aimed at testing the airport’s and stakeholders’ capacity to effectively respond to an aviation disaster. The simulation, activated at 13:09 hours, involved a presumed crash of an East Sky Airlines Embraer 190 aircraft near runway 12/30. The mock flight carried 95…
New information has been shared about how security officers arrested Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nickson Agasirwe Karuhanga. He used to be the head of the Police Special Operations Unit. Now, he is being investigated for the murder of top prosecutor Joan Kagezi in 2015. Joan Kagezi was a well-known Senior State Prosecutor. On March…
If you were near Entebbe International Airport this Friday afternoon and saw smoke, fire trucks, or heard sirens, don’t worry, it wasn’t a real emergency. The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) carried out a full-scale emergency simulation exercise to test how well the airport and its staff can respond to serious emergencies. The drill started…
The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has had a serious disagreement with famous singer Moses Sali, also known as Bebe Cool, over money linked to the Rwabogo coffee project. Sources from both sides say the fight began when Bebe Cool was blocked from meeting Gen Muhoozi by people like Minister Balaam Barugahare….
