Nakimuli’s family endorses sister for Kalangala Woman MP by-election
The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has set May 14 as the date for aspiring candidates to officially express interest in the forthcoming Kalangala District…
Court dismisses case challenging NRM endorsement of Among, Tayebwa
The High court has dismissed an application filed by aggrieved National Resistance Movement (NRM) member, Jack Ali Nsubuga, challenging the endorsement of Anita Annet Among and Thomas Tayebwa as party flag bearers for speaker and deputy speaker positions in the upcoming 12th parliament. In a ruling delivered electronically on Monday, Civil Division judge Collins Acellam…
Business
Jamie Magezi could have perfect solution to Uganda’s bad roads
“From a young age, I would find myself looking at buildings, roads and noticing the difference. I always thought I wanted to do Architecture and later on decided to do Civil Engineering upon advice from an uncle,” says 20-year-old Jamie Mbabazi Magezi. He wants to be his own person and build a name for himself…
Uganda pushes for regional gaming standards as illegal operators thrive
Uganda has called for the establishment of a regional framework to harmonise gaming standards across East Africa as regulators contend…
Equity leaders program challenges youth on integrity and purpose
The 100 young leaders participating in the Equity Leaders Program taking place at Africa Bible University Lubowa were challenged to…
Uganda is more than boda bodas, traffic jam, Mayiga tells Jamaican star Spice
Charles Peter Mayiga, the premier of Buganda kingdom, has urged international visitors to look beyond common stereotypes about Uganda, saying…
Education
Equity Bank commissions 100 new scholars
Equity Bank Uganda has commissioned 100 scholars into the fifth cohort of its flagship Equity Leaders Program (ELP), while simultaneously…
Mengo SS, Victoria University position MDD as a driver of future creative jobs
Dr Lawrence Muganga, the vice chancellor of Victoria University, says there is a need for an urgent repositioning of music,…
Top Ugandan scholars join Equity Leaders Program
A hundred of Uganda’s top-performing students have begun a new journey in leadership, mentorship, and career development. They are the…
TECHNOLOGY
Can One Tech Hub rewrite Uganda’s youth employment story?
Uganda’s youth unemployment crisis is no longer just a statistic—it is a daily reality for millions. The 2024 census lays it bare: 16.1 per cent of young people are out of work, more than 10 million are neither employed nor in training, and another 700,000 enter the job market each year. Yet inside the National…
Uganda to maintain Facebook ban — ICT minister
The government will maintain the suspension of Facebook in Uganda, minister of state for ICT and National Guidance, Godfrey Kabbyanga Baluku, has said. Facebook, owned by Meta, was blocked in January 2021 after the platform removed hundreds of accounts it described as fake and linked to the ministry of ICT and pro-government influencers ahead of…
Kenya’s AI Bill is a wake-up call for Uganda
Early this year, Kenya’s Senate introduced the Artificial Intelligence Bill, 2026. This is a comprehensive framework for how AI should be developed, deployed, and governed. It is a landmark moment, not just for Kenya, but for East Africa. And Uganda should be paying close attention. Our two countries not only share a border but a…
Lifestyle
Sex Talk: Don’t just do; bring some skill!
I will never forget the wife who ditched her newlywed husband two days after their wedding. His crime? Bringing a dull fizzle to the wedding night and even the night after that, “when I gave him a chance to redeem himself”. True Ugandan story, by the way. They had booked the honeymoon suite in one…
As a man thinketh
I saw that video on social media, of a content creator who found an owl in his kitchen and panicked. His enemies were after him. Someone was bewitching him. He paid boda boda guys to kill the poor owl. Ugandans! Life is too short and precious to be scared of every shadow. And the day…
Ambassador Juju launches her docu-film at Mestil
By four o’clock on Saturday afternoon, Mestil Hotel had stopped looking like a hotel and started looking like a statement. The guests arriving for the national premiere of Back to the Source: Documentary were dressed by African designers and unapologetically bold. Ambassadors greeted one another near the door. A DJ kept the energy somewhere between…
Sports
Tamasha is markedly an embodiment of JKL Lady Dolphins undying spirit!
This weekend, JKL Lady Dolphins have to brace themselves for back-to- back league games against UPDF Lady Tomahawks and Angels basketball club in Lubowa and YMCA on Saturday, May 9 and Sunday, May 10 respectively. By then, JKL will probably have recovered enough from the rigours of last Sunday, May 3, when they had to…
Other News
One month on, the science fraternity grapples with Dr Kiggundu’s passing
Scientist Dr ANDREW KIGGUNDU, who last month tragically died after falling off a ladder as he repaired a dysfunctional water…
Museveni inauguration: police announce road closures in Kampala
Security agencies have warned of traffic disruptions and heightened security across Kampala ahead of President Yoweri Museveni’s swearing-in for a…
Museveni offers to increase RDC salaries to Shs 9m/month
Taxpayers could soon shoulder an additional Shs 29.079 billion annually if parliament approves a proposed salary enhancement for resident district…