King Oyo buried as Omusuuga reaffirms new monarch
Thousands of mourners gathered at St John’s Cathedral in Fort Portal on Saturday to pay their final respects to the late King of Tooro, Oyo…
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Journalists walk out on police over blockade at Tooro palace
Journalists deployed to cover the burial and succession programmes at the Tooro Kingdom on Friday declined to attend a police briefing after they were barred from entering the royal palace with cameras and other media equipment. Security at the palace was intensified on Friday, preventing journalists and some mourners from taking cameras and mobile phones…
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Business
Pearl Bank loan book crosses Shs 1 trillion milestone
Pearl Bank’s loan book has crossed the Shs 1 trillion mark, a milestone that underscores the lender’s rapid growth and expanding role in financing Ugandan businesses, households and productive sectors of the economy. The milestone represents significant growth from the Shs 749 billion loan portfolio reported at the end of December 2025, reflecting the bank’s…
UBOS signs MoU with Bugwe, Adhola to strengthen community data collection
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has entered into partnerships with Obwen’engo bwa Bugwe and Tieng Adhola cultural institutions to…
UEDCL rewires western grid to power 700 businesses
Across Isingiro, Ntungamo, Rukungiri and parts of Rwampara, unreliable electricity has disrupted businesses, caused unstable voltage and exposed the limitations…
Why Uganda’s coffee ambitions may depend on bees
Uganda’s push to dramatically increase coffee production could depend on an agricultural worker that rarely features in government plans: the…
Education
Only 2,790 out of 10,615 approved for education loans
Only 2,790 students have been approved for government higher education loans for the 2026/27 academic year, leaving thousands of applicants…
Tour ban leaves schools crying over practical learning
The suspension of school trips and educational tours following the July 16 tragic accident involving learners of King David Junior…
EACOP awards 16 scholarships to Kyambogo, Makerere students
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd has awarded scholarships to 16 underprivileged students at Kyambogo University and Makerere…
TECHNOLOGY
Tecno unveils new devices, wins two IFA Innovation Awards
Tecno made a strong showing at IFA 2026 in Berlin, unveiling a new lineup of smartphones, laptops and smart devices while securing two IFA Global Product Technology Innovation Gold Awards. The Chinese technology company showcased a range of new and concept devices, from an award-winning modular smartphone and a compact gaming PC to a 0mm…
Tecno pushes AI limits at IFA 2026
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Tecno has showcased a new generation of smartphones and smart devices at IFA 2026 in Berlin, drawing attention with its Next-Gen Bezelless Concept phone. The concept, unveiled at IFA ShowStoppers 2026, builds on the company’s Modular Concept Phone presented at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, but takes a different approach by focusing…
Over 500,000 firms collecting Ugandans’ data illegally
Every day, thousands of Ugandans walk into office buildings, hand over their National Identification Cards at the reception desk, and watch security guards jot down their NINs, phone numbers, and home addresses into open registers. Others leave clear photocopies of their national IDs sitting on the counters of urban secretarial bureaus after printing a single…
Lifestyle
Lydia Jazmine turns Cricket Oval into a night of musical memories and surprises
Lugogo Cricket Oval came alive last Friday as thousands of music lovers gathered for Lydia Jazmine’s long-awaited ‘The One and Only’ concert, a night that brought together some of Uganda’s biggest names in music and a crowd eager to celebrate one of the country’s leading female artists. From the moment fans began arriving, the atmosphere…
Sex Talk: Understanding women’s obsession with physical looks
Contrary to what many believe, men are not the main reason behind the huge wave of women currently seeking to go over and beyond the hardware God installed, to alter their looks into someone completely different. Yes, I will later talk about how men have really ‘messed us up’ in a way, but what we…
Amaato ga Kabaka awakens deep-seated Kiganda pride
I had never heard about Bunjako white sand beach until a few months ago when Ben Misagga announced it would be the host of this year’s Buganda Royal Regatta, popularly known as Amaato ga Kabaka. As a resident of Kyotera, my initial thought was that Misagga selected a venue ‘on his route.’ Of course that…
Sports
Jogoos host Red Eagles
Some football rivalries are measured in trophies; others in history, emotion and the expectation that anything can happen when the sides meet. SC Villa against Express FC belongs firmly in the latter category. The latest chapter unfolds today, September 9 at 4pm at Muteesa II stadium, Wankulukuku, where Villa aka the Jogoos host the Red…
Other News
Musuuga’s sons reject Kijanangoma as new Tooro King
The sons of Babiito royal clan head Musuuga Charles Kamurasi have rejected the selection of Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as…
Kenya now shifts to 90-day regularisation after foreign traders backlash
Kenya has shifted from a controversial five-day ultimatum for foreigners engaged in “low-capital” businesses to a 90-day window for non-Kenyans…
Eleven NRM politicians remanded over State House trespass
Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s court has remanded 11 people to Luzira Prison until September 23 over allegations of criminal trespass…
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