Why the Equity Leaders Program should become Africa’s benchmark for Corporate cial Responsibility

Bbeg Media1 week ago04 mins

By Catherine Psomgen For decades, corporate social responsibility (CSR) across Africa has largely revolved around donations, charity drives, and short-term community interventions. While these initiatives remain important, they often fall short of creating lasting, systemic change. Increasingly, the future of impactful corporate responsibility lies in sustainable investments that develop people, strengthen institutions, and shape future…

Dual Citizenship: Why the appointment of Dr Muganga to cabinet is constitutional

Bbeg Media1 week ago06 mins

By Rashid Ssemambo Uganda once again finds itself at a familiar intellectual crossroads following the appointment of Dr Lawrence Muganga as Minister of State for Internal Affairs while holding dual citizenship of Uganda and Canada. The storm in a teacup stems from supposed “constitutional” and “legal” interpretations circulating on social media regarding the Uganda Citizenship…

Women in leadership deserve fair scrutiny, not patriarchal backlash

Bbeg Media2 weeks ago02 mins

By Sarah Bireete In recent debates on leadership and accountability, male chauvinists have increasingly weaponised the case of Anita Among to discredit women in leadership as a whole. Instead of interrogating individual conduct on its own merits, they present her example as “proof” that women are unfit to lead. This line of argument is not…

Which female politician named her child after Besigye…but later joined NRM?

Bbeg Media4 weeks ago4 weeks ago01 mins

Two prominent people have named their children after Dr Kizza Besigye, the former FDC president. One of them is Simon Muyanga Lutaaya, a journalist-cum-politician, who was once a staunch supporter of Besigye. Lutaaya decamped to NRM. The second is a female politician, who, like Lutaaya, has since left FDC. Which two prominent independence-era politicians died…

Karugaba: A sovereign Uganda must protect dissent, not silence it

Bbeg Media1 month ago07 mins

By Phillip Karugaba Your Excellency, you congratulated NRM MPs for passing the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, and dismissed its critics as shameful and disgusting. You invoked the 1971 coup as a cautionary tale about foreign interference. Respectfully, this response addresses not only what your statement said, but also what it did not say. There…

Four years of service and a toxic colleague: Why I resigned from Nile Basin Initiative

Bbeg Media1 month ago1 month ago04 mins

Everything that had been built over nearly four years at the Nile Basin Initiative was taken away. “I believed in the work. I believed in the organisation,” said Matthew Rumanyika, who had joined NBI on 15 September 2020 as an accountant on a one-year renewable contract. Year after year, the required performance standard was met,…

Bireete: Flawed finance certificate puts Sovereignty Bill on shaky ground

Bbeg Media1 month ago05 mins

By Dr Sarah Bireete The Attorney General has significantly amended the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill. However, no amount of redrafting can cure what remains its Achilles heel. The certificate of financial implications that accompanied the Bill to Parliament does not comply with the law. The Bill is therefore invalid. A certificate of financial implications…

Uganda adopts climate adaptation plan for water and sanitation

Bbeg Media1 month ago03 mins

Before the water system arrived, 17-year-old Daniel would herd his family’s cattle over 10 kilometres across the parched landscape of Kotido District, searching for water, every day. The journey consumed hours. The animals struggled. His family barely had enough water for basic needs. Daniel’s experience mirrors the reality for communities across Uganda’s cattle corridor, where…

Uganda’s coffee exports to China increase

Bbeg Media1 month ago1 month ago02 mins

Surging coffee consumption in China is driving a sharp increase in Uganda’s coffee exports to the Asian market, Chinese officials have said. Fan Xuecheng, charge d’affaires ad interim of the Chinese Embassy in Uganda, told the meeting, which was also attended by a delegation of Chinese investors, that a growing number of Chinese companies operating…

The Alchemist’s Gavel: Industrialisation, value addition, and Uganda’s economic awakening

Bbeg Media1 month ago05 mins

By Asiimwe Jonard “The person who eats the grain before the harvest will always be a slave to the one who owns the granary.” This African proverb reflects the economic history of the continent. For decades, Africa has exported its wealth in raw form, only to import finished goods at higher prices. Uganda now stands…

Turning oil into opportunity: Stanbic Bank’s role in Uganda’s first oil journey

Bbeg Media1 month ago04 mins

By Mumba Kalifungwa As Uganda approaches the long-anticipated milestone of first oil, it does so at a moment of contradiction in the global energy narrative. On one hand, the world is accelerating towards a low-carbon future, with growing consensus on the need to scale up renewable energy. On the other hand, recent geopolitical shocks, including…

How to craft your authentic Ugandan personal brand

Bbeg Media2 months ago04 mins

By Priscilla Najjuma Forget stiff corporate headshots and formulaic social media feeds. In Uganda, where hospitality runs deep, the entrepreneurial spirit is vibrant, and the handshake still carries weight, personal branding is less about a manufactured persona and more about an authentic, deeply rooted legacy. It is about being the delicious, consistent, and memorable “matooke”…

Absa Uganda froze my bank accounts. I froze them out of my life

Bbeg Media2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

By Magelah Peter Gwayaka In 2021, Absa Uganda froze both my personal and organizational accounts without any prior communication. No one reached out to explain what was happening. It felt like arrogance, like we didn’t matter enough to deserve even a basic explanation. Their compliance officer showed no interest in resolving the issue and kept…

Inside Uganda’s $500 billion GDP tenfold growth strategy

Bbeg Media2 months ago2 months ago05 mins

By Dr Patrick Wakida Uganda has set out an ambitious economic transformation plan aimed at expanding its economy tenfold, from $50bn in the 2023/24 financial year to $500bn by 2040, under what is known as the Tenfold Growth Strategy. The strategy, launched in 2023, is designed to position the country as a competitive player in…

QUIZ: Which minister moved out of the hall in 2014 after Anite tabled Museveni’s sole candidate motion?

Bbeg Media2 months ago2 months ago01 mins

During the NRM Kyakwanzi retreat of February 2014, Evelyn Anite tabled the motion to have President Museveni as the sole party candidate in 2016. The move was meant to weaken Amama Mbabazi’s bid for the presidency, which it did. Yet as Anite started garnering signatures from MPs for her motion, two ministers said to be…

How EACOP, a smart oil pipeline, is pumping life into East Africa

Bbeg Media2 months ago04 mins

By John B. Habumugisha Uganda’s ambition to connect with the global economy dates back to the 1850s, during the era of early explorers. The railways and ports built then laid the foundation for regional trade and integration, many of which still support African economies today. More than a century later, East Africa is undergoing another…

Who captured Uganda and how can it be reclaimed?

Bbeg Media2 months ago04 mins

ASUMAN KIYINGI Gawaya Tegulle’s recent warning about judicial appointments should dispel any lingering belief that Uganda’s governance crisis is accidental. He argues that tampering with the bench is equivalent to snapping the spinal cord of a republic. The question is no longer whether the republic is in danger, but whether it still meaningfully exists. Earlier…

QUIZ: Which member on Buganda’s federo team irked Museveni?

Bbeg Media2 months ago01 mins

During one of the meetings in the negotiations for ‘federo’ between Buganda and the government in 2004, President Museveni took Katikkiro Joseph Mulwanyamuli Ssemwogerere aside. Museveni told him that he would cancel the talks if Ssemwogerere insisted on retaining a certain member on his team, whom Museveni said had a lot of lugezigezi. In the…

TB risk should not depend on where you are born

Bbeg Media3 months ago3 months ago04 mins

By Alemnew Dagnew Tuberculosis (TB) should not depend on where a person is born, as the global burden of the disease remains heavily shaped by inequality. In high-income countries, even a small number of tuberculosis (TB) cases can trigger headlines and swift public health action. Recent incidents in cities such as Seattle and San Francisco…

Joel Isabirye: Here is why radio stations should pay musicians for playing their music

Bbeg Media3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

Dr. Joel Isabirye The debate on the Copyright and Neighboring Rights Amendment Bill 2025 is ongoing in Parliament, and the results of the discussions will be a reform of the act that is expected to improve its contribution to the creative sector in Uganda. However, clause 9 is proving to be contentious. The main issue…

Corruption scandals and ties with Ruto: The billionaire who has taken over NMG

Bbeg Media3 months ago3 months ago010 mins

The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) issued a statement from Geneva on Tuesday that was polite, dignified, and retrospective. It spoke of six decades of editorial independence, of a free press built from a Kiswahili-language weekly purchased in 1959, of 30 brands and 62 million digital users, and a legacy of democratic contribution….

Why Museveni’s cash handouts may fail Uganda’s youth

Bbeg Media3 months ago3 months ago04 mins

BADRU WALUSANSA In recent years, President Museveni has increasingly focused on the challenges facing Uganda’s youth. The president appears to have taken a more deliberate approach to narrowing the gap between his government and young people. Time will tell whether this renewed focus is driven by genuine concern or political calculation. Among the approaches he…

U.S. sanctions risk silencing Rwanda’s legitimate security concerns

Bbeg Media3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

By Kungu Al-mahadi Adam The United States decision to impose sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and its senior commanders over alleged support for the March 23 Movement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has stirred controversy and deepened mistrust between Kigali and Washington. The sanctions accuse Rwanda’s military leadership of materially supporting an…

Explaining Muwema’s property saga to a friend who did MDD at university

Bbeg Media3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

On February 20, Justice Patricia Mutesi of the High Court ruled in favour of Downtown Investments in its rent dispute with prominent law firm Muwema & Co Advocates. The firm was ordered to vacate the property at Plot 50 Windsor Crescent Road in Kololo owned by Downtown Investments and pay Shs 1.3 billion in arrears…

Uganda’s debt rises to $32 billion due to oil sector spending

Bbeg Media4 months ago4 months ago01 mins

Uganda’s public debt has risen sharply, largely driven by heavy spending in preparation for the country’s first oil production, the ministry of Finance has said. According to the Debt Sustainability Analysis Report for the 2024/25 financial year, total public debt increased from $25.59 billion in the 2023/24 financial year to $32.24 billion as of June…

Why does school fees still feel like an emergency?

Bbeg Media4 months ago4 months ago04 mins

By Andrew Musanja As a parent, I live by two calendars. The first is the one on my wall, with birthdays, work deadlines, and family events. The second lives in my head and never lets me rest. It is the school calendar. Term opening dates. Deadline reminders. The quiet countdown to the moment when a…

Which two prominent independence-era politicians died in 2005?

Bbeg Media4 months ago4 months ago01 mins

In 2005, several prominent people in the region died, among them John Garang, the SPLA leader who perished in a chopper crash. There was also Patrick Musisi, the MP for Busiro South, who passed on in May 2025. Kevin Aliro, a very prominent journalist who co-founded Daily Monitor in 1992 and The Observer in 2004,…

Funding cuts push Uganda’s refugee health system to brink of collapse

Bbeg Media4 months ago02 mins

Severe funding cuts are pushing Uganda’s refugee health system to the brink of collapse, putting nearly two million refugees at risk of losing access to basic health and nutrition services. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said in a statement that the funding shortfalls have forced the closure of essential health services across refugee settlements in…

Auditor General says Uganda lost Shs 360 billion after missing out on global conferences

Bbeg Media4 months ago4 months ago03 mins

Uganda lost an estimated Shs 360 billion in potential revenue last year after failing to host several international conferences it had bid for, according to the latest Auditor General’s report. This loss occurred despite Uganda spending Shs 1.8 billion to try to attract conferences and international conventions to Uganda. The Auditor General faults the Uganda…

Which female MP asked Museveni: Why didn’t you appoint me a minister?

Bbeg Media4 months ago01 mins

She was highly educated and well-regarded in the education sector. In 2006, she joined Parliament as a legislator, and during one of the NRM caucus meetings, Museveni praised her and said he needed such people in cabinet. She told Museveni she preferred to be an Education minister hoping the president would shift Namirembe Bitamazire to…

Museveni and the meaning of a ninth term

Bbeg Media4 months ago05 mins

By John Musinguzi Deep felt congratulations, comrade Gen Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s ninth president, for winning the contest for your ninth term in office: 1986 to 1990, 1990 to 1996, 1996 to 2001, 2001 to 2006, 2006 to 2011, 2011 to 2016, 2016 to 2021, 2021 to 2026, and now 2026 to 2031. May you rise…

Which NRM official told Ofwono Opondo: “Never sit on my chair?”

Bbeg Media5 months ago01 mins

He was a senior NRM official, and in the early 90s, he worked with Ofwono Opondo at the Movement Secretariat. The official was one of the few who had a landline in his office. One day, after he went for a lunch break, Opondo sneaked into his office, sat on his chair, and proceeded to…

Which lecturer did not want Khiddu Makubuya awarded a first-class degree in Law?

Bbeg Media5 months ago01 mins

In 1974, Prof Khiddu Makubuya became the first Ugandan to be awarded a first-class degree in Law by Makerere University. However, before he could be awarded his first-class degree, the leadership of the Faculty of Law debated the matter. Three of them, including Sam Kalega Njuba, a law lecturer then, said in their view Makubuya…

Which minister sacked his long serving driver for trying to woo his daughter?

Bbeg Media5 months ago01 mins

He was a minister in President Museveni’s cabinet and had a driver who had served him loyally for more than 15 years. He trusted the elderly driver so much and often consulted him on some issues. One day, one of his daughters claimed the driver had made a pass at her. The daughter said the…

A petition, a phone call and how Ssenyonyi ‘survived’ a heart attack’

Bbeg Media5 months ago26 mins

Justice Collins Acellam today spared six Nakawa West contenders from being thrown out of the race, including the Leader of the Opposition and the incumbent, Joel Ssenyonyi. After the ruling, Ssenyonyi immediately telephoned the petitioner, Ivan Bwowe. In this imagined, satirical phone call, Bbeg Media captured the tension, relief, and biting humour that followed a…

Uganda eyes double-digit growth as oil production is set to begin

Bbeg Media5 months ago02 mins

Uganda has been racing to bring its oil and gas fields into commercial production, a long-awaited milestone that could propel it onto a path of double-digit economic growth from 2026. Oil and gas development is one of four strategic pillars underpinning Uganda’s long-term development plan to expand the economy tenfold — from about $ 50…

Which opposition MP made Janet Museveni smile sheepishly in Parliament?

Bbeg Media5 months ago01 mins

In the 8th Parliament, when Janet Museveni was minister of state for Karamoja, an opposition MP stood up and dramatically complained about the poor state of roads in Karamoja. He said he had been in Karamoja the previous week, which led other MPs to burst out into laughter because they had been with the same…

Who did Museveni decline to shake hands with during the 1985 Nairobi peace talks?

Bbeg Media5 months ago5 months ago01 mins

In December 1985, Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi tried to broker a peace deal between the NRA led by Museveni and Tito Okello Lutwa’s government that had overthrown Milton Obote. However, when the two sides assembled in Nairobi to start the talks, Museveni shook hands with everyone else on Lutwa’s delegation, apart from one person….

How the Biometric Voter Verification Kit will shape the 2026 elections

Bbeg Media5 months ago03 mins

As Uganda prepares for the 2026 general elections, a small handheld device is set to play an outsized role in safeguarding the country’s democratic process. Known as the Biometric Voter Verification Kit, or BVVK, the device will be deployed at every polling station to ensure that every vote cast is legitimate, secure and confidential. First…

Which minister refused to sit near Moses Ali because he said he reminded him of Idi Amin?

Bbeg Media5 months ago5 months ago01 mins

He was a minister in Museveni’s first cabinet, and during meetings, he was designated to sit near Gen. Moses Ali. But one time, he stood up and said he did not want to sit near Ali. “Why?” Museveni asked. “Your excellency, whenever I look at Hon Moses Ali closely, I see Idi Amin. I beg…

Which female politician had to kneel for her husband at rallies to win over conservative voters?

Bbeg Media5 months ago5 months ago01 mins

She was a very senior official who later stood for parliament. However initially she did not move with her husband, who was reserved, but at one of the rallies, some voters started asking her “Omwami aliwa?” She initially dodged the concerns, but when it became persistent, she started moving with her husband at her rallies….

Tayebwa, Bobi Wine hold tough conversation over withdrawal of NUP candidates

Bbeg Media5 months ago5 months ago03 mins

As several candidates of the National Unity Platform have quietly withdrawn from parliamentary races in western Uganda, a public war of words has ensued between NUP and the NRM. In this satirical exchange, Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, the architect of these withdrawals, insists the exits were voluntary, orderly, and innocent, while NUP president Bobi Wine…

Who asked gov’t to buy him a new suit before attending 2007 CHOGM dinner with the queen?

Bbeg Media5 months ago5 months ago01 mins

He is a prominent personality. A month before CHOGM in Kampala in 2007, someone hand-delivered to him an invitation to attend a special dinner with Queen Elizabeth at the Serena Hotel during the meeting. He told the emissary that he would attend the dinner on two conditions: First, the government must buy him a new…

Who was the third ‘yellow girl’ during debate on lifting term limits in 2005?

Bbeg Media5 months ago5 months ago01 mins

During the debate on lifting the presidential term limits in Parliament in 2005, three female legislators stood out and were eventually christened “The Yellow Girls”. They were vocal, often dressed in yellow clothing, and sometimes hung out together at Parliament. Two of them were Hope Mwesigye, the then Kabale Woman MP, and Anifa Kawooya from…

CHRISTMAS QUIZ: Can you guess the answers to these five questions?

Bbeg Media6 months ago41 mins

1. One Christmas came at a time when the country was still bitterly divided over a recent return to power. Families debated politics as much as they shared food. What national event had taken place shortly before that Christmas? 2. A man who would later be recognised by the Catholic Church as a martyr was…

Which female MP did Amama Mbabazi ask: “Who is your latest catch?”

Bbeg Media6 months ago5 months ago01 mins

During a tense NRM caucus meeting in 2014 as rumours of Amama Mbabazi’s presidential ambitions swirled, a female MP told him to be a “real man” and control his “women”, referring to his wife Jacqueline and sister-in-law Hope Mwesigye, accused of mobilising for his bid. An angered Mbabazi replied that he had only one woman,…

Natif, Tabz Vs Egesa: Inside the social media war surrounding Winstone Katushabe (our version)

Bbeg Media6 months ago6 months ago04 mins

Over the past week, Anthony Natif, an activist, and Ronald Leornard Egesa, a strategist, have gone for each other’s throats over the scandals in the ministry of Works and Transport that implicate Commissioner Winstone Katushabe. The Pandora’s box was opened by Andrew Natumanya, a rouble rouser who goes by the handle @NinyeTabz. Tabz and Natif…

Which former FDC official declined to invite Besigye to his wedding?

Bbeg Media6 months ago5 months ago01 mins

He was partly mentored by Dr Kizza Besigye (and even briefly stayed at his home in Mbuya). He was an active member of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). However, when he was organising his wedding in the 2000s, he invited most senior FDC officials to his wedding apart from Besigye. He said inviting Besigye…

Which minister asked Museveni for a ‘Waragi’ break during a cabinet meeting?

Bbeg Media6 months ago6 months ago01 mins

He was a senior minister but during one cabinet meeting in the 2000s, he ‘froze’ while submitting. At that point, he asked Museveni for a small break to ‘recharge’ himself with some Waragi since he had carried a small bottle. Museveni accepted and after 10 minutes the minister came back, sharp and made a moving…

Uganda projects 10.4% economic growth rate in 2026

Bbeg Media6 months ago01 mins

Uganda’s economy is forecast to expand by 10.4% by the end of the 2026/2027 financial year, up from an estimated 6.6% at the end of the 2025/2026 financial year. The Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development released a five-year National Budget Framework Paper last week, which indicates that the commencement of oil production will…

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