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 new five-year term at Kololo…
Museveni offers to increase RDC salaries to Shs 9m/monthÂ
Taxpayers could soon shoulder an additional Shs 29.079 billion annually if parliament approves a proposed salary enhancement for resident district commissioners (RDCs), their deputies, and assistant RDCs. The proposal was presented by Alex Byarugaba, chairperson of parliament’s presidential affairs committee, during the tabling of the committee report on the 2026/27 Ministerial Policy Statement for the…
Business
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 the country offers far more than boda boda and traffic congestion. Mayiga made the remarks while hosting Jamaican dancehall star Grace Latoya Hamilton, professionally known as SPICE, at Bulange Mengo, the administrative seat of the…
Gov’t moves to eliminate agents in vehicle registration shake-up
The government is planning major reforms that could eliminate the role of middlemen and car agents in Uganda’s motor vehicle…
Joselynne Rwabwogo Rwakakooko is new UEDCL managing director
The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has a new acting managing director. Joselynne Rwabwogo Rwakakooko, formerly the company’s chief…
Majority shareholders of NIC Holdings seeking to exit company
National Insurance Corporation (NIC) Holdings Limited is on the verge of divesting its entire stake in Uganda, in a transaction…
Education
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…
Researchers push gov’t to embrace data-driven education planning
Education researchers have urged the government to institutionalise routine termly data collection for decision-making, and to promote data-driven planning and…
State House suddenly postpones reporting for Presidential Industrial Hubs trainees
The State House comptroller has postponed the reporting dates for the 5th and 6th intakes of the Presidential Industrial Hubs…
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
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…
Is ‘audience responsibility’ even a thing?
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an animated classic with enough whimsy and humour to entertain children while also engaging adults with an intricate fantasy landscape populated by complex, three-dimensional characters who must overcome challenging moral dilemmas. In a way, The Legend of Korra was destined to fail. We grew up with Aang and crew. We…
CinemaCon left us hopeful
Unlike ComicCon, which is geared towards fans, CinemaCon targets cinemas. Studios use the annual 4-day gathering to showcase their upcoming movie slates. The content that brings customers to the cinema comes from Hollywood. The better the movies, the more traffic cinemas can expect, the more money they will make. As such, studios use CinemaCon to…
Sports
Mbalangu expects URA FC to win its remain four league games
Coach Hussein Mbalangu did not feel that his URA side deserved to lose 0-2 to SC Villa in the first leg of the Stanbic Uganda Cup semi-final on the night of Monday, May 4 at Nakivubo stadium. Mbalangu insisted that luck was just not on their side. Compared to SC Villa, who actually will head…
Other News
BBC documentary: NIRA official remanded over data leak to Dubai sex trafficking ring
A National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) registration assistant has been remanded to prison over allegations of illegally disclosing citizens’…
It’s Atiak Sugar again as MPs approve Shs 1.1 trillion supplementary expenditure
Parliament has approved a supplementary budget of more than Shs 1.105 trillion, just weeks before the close of the 2025/2026…
Gunmen kill fuel station security guard, steal firearm in Gulu
Unknown gunmen have shot dead a security guard in Gulu city, northern Uganda and fled with his firearm. The deceased…