The optimism around super power potential for Uganda is ripe and our leaders and communities at all levels are immersed in debate and actions on how to achieve geometric economic growth and become a first world in our life time. Those late to the party need to show up. In nominal terms, Uganda’s ambition to…
President Museveni today played the role of peacemaker as Kenya’s leading political protagonists, President William Ruto and his nemesis Raila Odinga sought his blessings for the latter’s bid for the chairmanship of the African Union Commission. The historic meeting, which was kept under wraps, was held at Museveni’s Kisozi farm in Gomba. Just over a…
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leadership at Najjanankumbi has told their counterparts at Katonga Road that they are free to start another political organisation. During the weekly press briefing, John Kikonyogo (pictured above), the party spokesperson, also told the Dr Kizza Besigye-led group to stop provoking them with insults. Last week the president of…
Hot exchanges and insults have been traded during the ongoing social media campaign aimed at unearthing the rot and extravagance of the 11th Parliament. Trending on X under the hash tag, #UgandaParliamentExhibition, the campaign started on February 25. It has pitted two groups; one of activists who want Parliament to be closely scrutinized over its…
Chancellors and deputy chancellors of the 39 dioceses of the Church of Uganda have today begun their three days retreat on canon law at Lweza Training and Conference Center. While officially opening the retreat this morning, the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Rev Dr Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu commended the chancellors for their dedicated…
Opposition legislators led by their leader, Joel Ssenyonyi, have been blocked from accessing the construction site for Lubowa Specialized Hospital. Ssenyonyi told journalists outside the locked gate of the hospital they had come to inspect the progress of the work at the hospital only to be told by security personnel that they cannot progress further….
Unknown gunmen today evening shot and killed Daniel Bbosa, a prominent Kampala businessman as he approached his home in Lungujja, Lubaga Division. Bbosa was also the head of the ‘Ndiga’ clan and was commonly referred to as ‘Lwomwa’. It is believed the late was from an official clan assignment when he met his fate. Katikkiro…
They were influential men and women in their day. When they spoke, their words carried weight. Some of them became prominent for their antics, others for their principled stand on some issues. Yet with the passage of time and the rapidly changing political landscape, they seem to have vanished from the scene. Today, we highlight…
The optimism around super power potential for Uganda is ripe and our leaders and communities at all levels are immersed in debate and actions on how to achieve geometric economic growth and become a first world in our lifetime. Those late to the party need to show up. In nominal terms, Uganda’s ambition to grow…
President Museveni has intructed the responsible authorities to offer Luzira Prison land to a chinese investor who manufacturers matressess. The investor Tian Tang Group wants to construct a five-star hotel on the land. According to a letter to minister of Internal Affairs, Gen Kahinda Otafiire, Museveni indicated he had a received a request from the…
