Africa: Meet Ms. Yolanda Cuba MTN's New Southern and E.Africa Vice President

At the tail end of last year, MTN announced changes to the regional structure and the MTN Group executive committee in which Ms. Yolanda Cuba was appointed as the MTN vice… Read more »

Uganda: Winnie Nwangi Sues MTN Over Kwata Esimu Caller Tune

Telecommunications giant MTN Uganda has been dragged to court over the alleged sale of "Kwata Esimu" song, which belongs to Winnie Nwagi and Mubarak Adams Mandela alias Free Boy as… Read more »

Uganda: Covid-19 Aftershocks - Schools Open With Over 100,000 Pregnant Learners

On March 1, schools will open for the semi-candidate classes as the government eases restrictions on education institutions almost a year since President Museveni announced their… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda Baati Seeks to Cut Down Construction Costs

Uganda Baati Limited recently launched SAFBUILD, a new building solution designed to reduce property development delivery time and expenses incurred by contractors and customers. Read more »

Uganda: Angry Losing MPs Withdraw Ambulances

To strengthen her re-election bid last September ahead of the NRM parliamentary primaries, outspoken minister of state for Investment and Privatisation, Evelyn Anite donated an… Read more »

Uganda: Bobi Wine Withdraws Election Petition Citing Court Bias

National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has announced the withdrawal of his election petition challenging President Yoweri Museveni's election… Read more »

Uganda: Ugandan Musician Nambala Arrested With 48 Passports At Sheraton Hotel

Local female musician Ameria Nambala is under investigation after she was found in possession of 48 genuine passports whose owners can't be traced. Read more »

Uganda: Kyagulanyi Petition Dealt Another Blow As Court Rejects New Evidence

In a majority ruling of 8:1, justices of the Supreme court have declined to allow an application by former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu to file more evidence… Read more »

Uganda: Bobi Wine Wants 'Biased' Chief Justice, 2 Others Off His Case

National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has threatened to withdraw his election petition from the Supreme court over alleged bias on the… Read more »

Uganda: Ghetto TV's Ashraf Recovers Memory, Recalls Moments Before Shooting

The morning of December 27, 2020, was like any other daybreak for Ashiraf Saif-Allah Kasirye, a reporter working with and for Ghetto Media, an online, TV affiliated to National… Read more »

Uganda: Bushenyi Radio Presenter Stabbed to Death By Girlfriend

The police in Bushenyi have arrested Loice Tihainomwangire on allegations of killing her boyfriend. Read more »

Uganda: Human Rights Activist Rukirabashaija Tells of 'Horror in Kidnap Drone'

Drones, not aerial ones, but Super Custom-type road delivery vans, have become a darling of security service-men kidnapping young men across the country nowadays. Read more »

Uganda: Ugandan Wins International Award in HIV Research Advocacy

Winifred Ikilai, 29, a Ugandan HIV research activist advancing global efforts to end HIV/Aids, has won the Omololu Falobi Award for her excellence in HIV/Aids prevention research… Read more »

Uganda: Petition - Bobi Wine Faces 5 Hurdles

On February 1, former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine petitioned the Supreme court to cancel the January 16 election victory of President Yoweri… Read more »

Uganda: HIV Research Has Fast-Tracked Development of Covid-19 Vaccine - Prof Kaleebu

Prof PONTIANO KALEEBU is the executive director of the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), the lead agency in Uganda's race to get the Covid-19 vaccine and at the same time the… Read more »

Uganda: Govt Seeks to Train Locals Along Oil Pipeline Route

Some of the Ugandans living along the East African crude oil pipeline route are to be trained in how to exploit the immense opportunities that the sector is about to present. Read more »

Uganda: 8.3 Million People Are Middle Class

About 8.3 million Ugandans (22% of the population) are in the more rarefied world of middle-class. Read more »

Uganda: Closing Nursery, Pre-Primary Schools More Harmful

UNICEF-Uganda acknowledges that 'Early Childhood Development (ECD) is key to a full and productive life, and to the progress of a nation. Read more »

Uganda: Arrests and Abductions - Soldiers Not Spared

Arbitrary arrests and kidnappings in the country have entered a boundary-shattering episode; not even men-in-uniform are spared. Read more »

Uganda: DGF Needs Second Chance

President Yoweri Museveni wrote recently to the minister of Finance advising him to suspend the activities of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF). Read more »

Uganda: Is Buganda's Non-Partisan Approach Paying Off Dividends?

During the run-up to the 2021 elections, presidential candidates turned Bulange, the headquarters of the Kingdom of Buganda, a place of pilgrimage. Read more »

Uganda: 4 Soldiers Injured in Helicopter Crash in Somalia

The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) has launched investigations into circumstances under which its helicopter crashed on Friday in southern Somalia injuring four Uganda… Read more »

Uganda: MTN Renews Onduparaka FC Sponsorship

MTN Uganda has renewed its sponsorship contract with Onduparaka FC for another year. The renewed sponsorship deal from MTN also entailed the unveiling of a new jersey for the club… Read more »

Uganda: Bobi Wine Approached for Talks With Museveni

The acrimonious exchanges of insults between the ruling NRM, which won the January 2021 presidential election, and the losing opposition National Unity Platform has further… Read more »

Uganda: Terror of Kidnaps Grips Ugandans - Haunted 'Vegas' Lubega Speaks

In towns, cities and villages, young men are disappearing, especially known supporters of the opposition National Unity Platform led by Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the fiercest… Read more »