Court grants Kitara more time to serve ‘elusive’ minister Mao via newspaper
The High court in Gulu has granted Tony Kitara, a former parliamentary candidate for Laroo-Pece Division, additional time to serve his election petition against his…
Experts urge caution as govt moves to link teacher pay to attendance
As the government prepares to overhaul teacher payment by linking pay more closely to days attended or lessons delivered, education experts and union leaders are urging a more thought-through approach. They warn that over-reliance on financial penalties risks demotivating teachers without addressing deeper structural problems. The proposal, first reported by New Vision, aims to tackle…
Business
Uganda, World Bank discuss developmement reforms
A Ugandan government delegation attending the 2026 IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington D.C. has held discussions with World Bank officials on a proposed Development Policy Operation (DPO) aimed at supporting the country’s socio-economic transformation agenda under the Tenfold Growth Strategy. According to a statement from the ministry of Finance, the Development Policy Financing (DPF)…
Jubilee seeks bigger Uganda footprint with merged business
Jubilee Insurance has said its recent merger of the life and health businesses will help it consolidate its top position…
How Protection of Sovereignty Bill could leave Uganda’s economy in despair
A billion-dollar industry, on whose existence many ordinary lives are anchored, faces its most potent threat as Uganda prepares to…
Gov’t rejects proposal to cut mobile money withdrawal tax
Ugandans will continue to pay the 0.5 per cent excise duty on mobile money withdrawals after the government declined to…
Education
Prof Musanabera appointed Kabale University deputy VC
Associate Prof Helen Musanabera Byamugisha has been appointed deputy vice chancellor in charge of finance and administration at Kabale University.…
Inside Kazibwe’s four fulfilling years as King’s College Budo headmaster
On November 29, 2021, Can JOHN FRED KAZIBWE was appointed headmaster of King’s College Budo. A lay canon and lawyer…
Here’s why AI is Uganda’s fastest route to a $500 billion economy
This article is specially addressed to President Museveni. It is a bold call to embrace the one laptop per child…
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
Not the toxic fandoms again!
Fandoms are the one subject we have probably dissected to death. We agreed in the past that fandoms bring unrivaled joy to the soul. They create an avenue for us to share our passions with like-minded people. At the same time, fandoms are more trouble than they are worth, nurturing pointless arguments that inevitably poison…
An Enid Blyton classic now in cinema
The Magic Faraway Tree is a fantasy adventure film based on the Enid Blyton novel of the same name. Andrew Garfield plays a father who thinks relocating his family to a remote corner of the English countryside will force them to reconnect. He does not expect his three children to discover a tree that opens…
Celebrities must return to the shadows
We love Milly Alcock. The 25-year-old actress was so magnetic as a young Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon that some viewers wanted to abandon the show after Emma D’Arcy replaced her. No one batted an eye when James Gunn announced that she would play Kara Zor-El in Supergirl (2026). If anything, they celebrated…
Sports
All 2026 World Cup matches to be available to all DStv subscribers
SuperSport, a subsidiary of MultiChoice Group and part of CANAL+, has announced that, for the first time, all FIFA World Cup matches will be available in full to DStv subscribers across all packages – from DStv Access to DStv Premium. The broadcaster said the coverage will include all 104 matches, along with highlights and repeats,…
Other News
Nakapiripirit man arrested over wife’s death
The police in Nakapiripirit district, northern Uganda, have arrested a 40-year-old man in connection with the death of his wife…
Police deny plot arrest Bobi Wine ahead of return from self-exile
Uganda Police has said it has no plans to arrest National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known…
Supreme court rebukes DPP for ‘not taking job seriously’
The Supreme Court has issued a strongly worded rebuke to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), faulting…
