Staff at Standard Group Kenya, publishers of The Standard and owners of KTN TV, have gone eight months without pay underlining the financial hardships that the once powerful media group is facing. Information from Kenya shows that staff were last paid in November 2023. Before then, they had gone six months without pay. Over the…
Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga has said Kabaka Ronald Mutebi’s health has greatly improved and there should be no cause for alarm. He however said the Kabaka was under a close watch of doctors. In a cautiously written statement aimed at instilling optimism among subjects of the king who have been questioning his long absence from…
Francis Ojok, a teacher and concerned catholic from Gulu Archdiocese has written to Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere of Kampala Archdiocese wondering why the catholic church has been quiet over Mathias Mpuuga’s Shs 500 million service award which some critics have described as graft. In a letter asking Ssemogerere to stop catholic priests from celebrating mass at…
A city lawyer, Muzamil Bikanga, has sued government seeking to know how Rai Holding came to own the majority of shares in Kinyara Sugar Works, a firm which was previously public owned. Under the initial agreement, Bikanga says government owned 51% of shares in Kinyara but along the way, its stake was acquired by Rai…
Police in Rukungiri are holding a mother and her two children, for the alleged brutal murder of her husband Byamukama Vincent, a 53 year old fromfMushuga village, Nyakisenyi sub-county. The victim is said to habe been hacked to death and his body burnt beyond recognition. Police said on June 4, the victim who was said…
President Museveni has given Buganda Shs413 million to boost the kingdom’s coffee project known as “Mwanyi Terimba”. Museveni’s donation was delivered by Jane Barekye, the State House Comptroller. Museveni welcomed Buganda’s interest in coffee, saying such efforts had already been undertaken by the government through operation wealth creation that has already boosted the production of…
The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council splinter group headed by Sheikh Ibrahim Ssemambo has petitioned the Judicial Service Commission questioning the “biased” behaviour of Principal Judge Flavian Zeija in their leadership legal dispute with Sheikh Shaban Mubaje. In the petition to Justice Benjamin Kabiito, the chair of JSC, the group says that Zeija went against a court…
Trade tensions within the East African Community continue to cripple the dairy industry amidst noticeable local growth in milk production, not matched with in-country demand. During his state of the nation address last week, President Museveni highlighted that milk production in Uganda is at 5.3 billion litres with an internal market of 800 million litres,…
If you lived in Kampala or its environs between the late 1980s to the early 90s and you owned a TV set, chances are high that you could have stumbled upon one of the most popular comedy shows at the time: Didi’s Comedy Show. It aired on UTV and featured a comic character, Didi, a…
Stephen Kwikiriza, a member of the community affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) who was abducted by unknown people a week ago before being released on June 9 has narrated his ordeal at the hands of the captors. Kwikiriza who has been outspoken against the social and economic impact of EACOP was…
