The Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) has summoned its senior leader Frank Gashumba to appear before its disciplinary committee over a post on X attacking security chiefs for the rising wave of insecurity in the city. PLU is incensed that Gashumba’s post featured a photo of Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the CDF and chairman of PLU….
To fully understand the latest standoff between NUP and Next Media over the alleged brutality of journalists in Lwengo, one has to go back to the aftermath of the 2021 elections. It started with a letter written by Robert Kyagulanyi, the president of NUP to the CEO of Next Media, Kin Kariisa, in which the…
President Museveni has called for the manufacturing of more Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine doses in order to deal with the contagious viral livestock infection. “You should make more vaccines, because Uganda has a lot of livestock. Uganda has 44 million livestock,” Museveni requested the Egyptian government. The president who was accompanied by the…
Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi is currently being treated at Okonguarri Psychotherapeutic Centre, a private mental health facility in Namibia. This has been confirmed by Namibia’s ambassador to Germany, Martin Andjaba in reply to a May 21 letter from a concerned Ugandan (names withheld) seeking to clarify reports that Kabaka is being “held in Namibia.” The…
Lawrence Mukiibi was a prominent educationist in Uganda. Whatever his imperfections that were laid bare after his death in 2017, Mukiibi was the first person to set up modern schools that were compared to four-star hotels. His schools, the St Lawrence Schools, were not only about beautiful buildings. Mukiibi minded about academic standards, too. Yet…
In the global arena, strategic partnerships are pivotal for national development. Uganda, a country rich in natural resources and potential, has been exploring alliances that can propel its economic and security objectives. Among its various international partners, Russia stands out as a particularly promising ally. Over the past six decades, Uganda and Russia have nurtured…
The Minister of Kampala Minsa Kabanda, has warned schools under the UPE and USE scheme not to levy extra fees on pupils. Kabanda was meeting with government school leaders in Kampala to address the contentious issue of school fees levies. The meeting was prompted by complaints from parents about the financial burdens imposed by some…
The Lobito corridor project has been touted to Angola, Zambia, and DRC as a game changer for their socio-economic needs. In rearity, it pursues interests of the West. The EU and the U.S. are mainly interested in, in providing quicker and more effective routes for valuable and strategic resources from Africa to their markets. It…
Eight years after it opened its doors, Viva College School in Jinja is already making great academic strides. The school, this year, had two of its students admitted for the prestigious Bachelor of Laws degree on government sponsorship at Makerere University. To put this achievement into perspective, Viva College had more students admitted to the…
Ugandans love mob justice. This is the only reason why some of them are over the moon about financial and immigration sanctions that the United Kingdom’s deputy foreign secretary, Andrew Mitchell, two weeks ago unnecessarily imposed on the Ugandan Speaker and two former cabinet ministers. Put simply, we are confronted with an acute display of…
