When Osward Kakande watched his mother suffer from persistent coughs and headaches caused by smoke from traditional cooking stoves, he never imagined that her experience would inspire a business now valued at more than Shs450 million. Today, the founder and director of Mubende Stoves is one of Uganda’s emerging clean energy entrepreneurs. His company is…
Business leader Charles Mbire has urged Ugandans to make integrity and good character the foundation of their financial and business success, saying trust has become one of the most valuable assets in today’s economy. Mbire made the remarks while delivering the keynote address at the inaugural SBG Securities Investor Day in Kampala. The event was…
Renowned social commentator and social critic, Timothy Kalyegira, has been missing since either Thursday or Friday last week. A message circulated in the Butenga Estate residents’ WhatsApp group on Sunday evening raised the alarm. It said Kalyegira, who lives in the estate located in Kira, had not been seen or heard from since around Thursday…
The High Court has dismissed a case lodged by G4S, a private security firm, against the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), protesting payment of tax on the meals it provides to its security guards at CNOOC and TotalEnergies facilities. However, the court also agreed that URA had wrongly used a blanket 30% tax rate in calculating…
Sarah Bireete, the executive director of the Centre for Constitutional Governance (CCG), and Eunice Musiime, the executive director of Akina Mama wa Afrika, have been arrested today by armed men under unclear circumstances. Sources said the two were allegedly picked up from their respective homes and driven to a yet-to-be-disclosed location. The identities of the…
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has called for talks with the government after Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the CDF, ordered the shutdown of Nation Media Group in Uganda. Muhoozi’s orders led to the closure of NTV Uganda, Spark TV, and Daily Monitor, a decision some press freedom advocates are calling one of the most serious…
A woman who sued Kampala Hospital after receiving conflicting Hepatitis B test results during pregnancy has lost her case after the High Court ruled that the hospital and its laboratory technician acted according to accepted medical practice and were not negligent. Justice Simon Peter Kinobe dismissed the case filed by Proscovia Namwanje against Kampala Hospital…
For many years, retirement savings have seemed beyond the reach of millions of Ugandans working in the informal sector. But that is beginning to change as the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) expands its SmartLife Flexi grassroots campaign, bringing social security services directly to communities across the country. The nationwide campaign is helping boda boda…
Uganda’s second school term is well underway, but many school administrators are still grappling with a familiar challenge: keeping schools running while waiting for parents to complete paying school fees. Schools must continue paying teachers’ salaries, buying food, purchasing learning materials and maintaining facilities, even when fee payments come in slowly. To help bridge this…
The Industrial Court has ordered All Saints Cathedral to compensate cleaners and security guards it fired during the Covid-19 pandemic, but failed to pay them the redundancy benefits promised under its own Human Resource Manual. The court, however, dismissed claims that the workers had been unfairly dismissed and rejected demands for overtime, general damages, severance…
Equity Bank Uganda and My Tree Initiative have strengthened their partnership to promote environmental conservation and climate resilience through a major tree-planting exercise in Mpigi District. The exercise was held at Kyasanku Hill College in Kasanje along the Kampala-Masaka highway. It forms part of Equity Bank Uganda’s contribution to Equity Group’s goal of planting 35…
Solomon Serwanjja, the executive director of the African Institute for Investigative Journalism (AIIJ), has become the latest person to be summoned by police in what appears to be a widening crackdown on civil society organisations in the media, governance and human rights space. Serwanjja founded AIIJ in 2021, an organisation dedicated to training and building…
The International Hospital Kampala (IHK) in Namuwongo has lost a court case in which it wanted to recover Shs82.6 million in unpaid medical bills after it treated, for five months, an employee of an American-based firm who had gotten involved in an accident. The case started after Robert Mugabe, who worked for Torres Advanced Enterprise…
Equity Bank has renewed its partnership with KPMG and Nation Media Group (NMG) for the 2026 Top 100 Mid-Sized Companies Survey, reaffirming its commitment to supporting Uganda’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The survey, launched on Thursday at KPMG’s headquarters in Kampala, is now in its 19th year. It is being held under the theme,…
Lawyers under the Uganda Law Society (ULS) have announced a nationwide demonstration scheduled for Friday to protest what they describe as continued violations of human rights and disregard for the rule of law in the country. The lawyers said they will wear black attire as a symbol of mourning and solidarity with Ugandans who they…
The High Court has awarded Shs 100 million to Anne Twinomugisha Muhairwe, the deputy IGG, after finding that social media commentator and journalist Dean Lubowa Saava defamed her through a series of TikTok videos. In her ruling, Justice Joyce Kavuma said that the statements made by Lubowa about Muhairwe were false, malicious, and damaging to…
MTN Uganda chairman Charles Mbire will headline the inaugural SBG Securities Investor Day on Friday, June 26, as the investment firm seeks to encourage more Ugandans to participate in the country’s financial markets. The event will be streamed live on the Stanbic Uganda YouTube channel from 12:00 pm East African Time. The forum comes at…
When Polland Food Centre opened in 2025, the aroma of freshly prepared meals quickly attracted customers. Behind the scenes, however, the restaurant was grappling with a costly challenge. Traditional charcoal stoves were consuming large amounts of fuel, filling the kitchen with smoke and increasing operating expenses. Like many growing restaurants, Polland Food Centre faced rising…
When Oliver Kabalisa’s young daughter fell seriously ill, the nurse faced a painful choice familiar to what many working parents face. Should she stay home and nurse her, or should she report to work and leave her sick daughter in the hands of other people? Kabalisa stayed away from work, and this cost her her…
Uganda is facing a serious household energy crisis, particularly in rural areas where access to modern cooking technology remains out of reach for most families. The vast majority of rural households depend on firewood and charcoal, burned on traditional three-stone fires or basic metal and clay stoves. These methods have sustained communities for generations, but…
Erias Lukwago, the former Kampala lord mayor, has been denied bail after the Makindye Chief Magistrate Court ruled that he could interfere with investigations if released. In a ruling delivered on Tuesday, Chief Magistrate Sarah Basemera ordered that Lukwago remain on remand but directed prison authorities to take him to Mulago Hospital within 24 hours…
Former Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko has claimed that former Speaker Anita Annet Among is in poor health and urgently requires medical attention. Speaking on his social media platforms, Nsereko alleged that Among is suffering from a serious medical condition, which he said has left her unable to walk. “ “Rt Hon Anita Annet Among…
The High Court has dismissed an application filed by Henry Banyenzaki, a former minister and MP, over a disagreement he has with Tropical Bank regarding a loan facility he took in 2013. Justice Patience Rubagumya said the legal procedure (of originating summons) that Banyenzaki was using to try to evade paying the bank Shs 600…
As the world marks World Refugee Day, a growing number of displaced families in Uganda are moving beyond survival and building sustainable livelihoods through access to financial services. Observed annually on June 20, World Refugee Day serves as a reminder that behind every refugee statistic is a human story. It is the story of a…
The Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) has cancelled a Shs 4.24 billion tax assessment imposed on Kuku Foods Uganda, the company behind the KFC franchise in Uganda, following changes in the fast-food firm’s ownership structure. Kuku Foods was originally owned almost entirely by Kuku Foods East Africa Holdings Limited (KFEAH), which held 999 of the company’s…
On the morning of December 13, 2005, Victoria Awor, then working as an assistant registrar at Makerere University, packed her bags and left her matrimonial home at Plot 415B Nakasero Hill Road in Kampala. She left behind her husband Alex Bwangamoi Okello and their three children. She moved into a house at the university, and…
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has awarded renowned media consultant and researcher Dr Joel Isabirye the contract to establish and operationalise its planned radio station after he emerged the best evaluated bidder in a competitive procurement process. According to information from KCCA, nine media service providers submitted bids for the project. Following the evaluation…
In one of the WhatsApp messages, he called his colleague a “skirt-chaser”. In another, he claimed the same colleague had fired bullets at some people in Kansagati over a woman and that the police were looking for him. All this was posted in a WhatsApp forum of senior managers at the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)….
Stakeholders in Uganda’s manufacturing sector have called for stronger collaboration, innovative financing solutions and increased investment in value addition to drive growth and improve the competitiveness of locally made products in regional markets. The call was made during Stanbic Bank Uganda’s inaugural Business Forum held in Kampala under the theme, “From Farm to Shelf: Financing…
The media fraternity is mourning the death of BBS Terefayina journalist Joseph Sseruwooza, who passed away on Friday morning at the Uganda Heart Institute in Mulago. Sseruwooza, said to be in his early 30s, was a reporter with BBS Terefayina and widely known for covering Parliament. He was also the host of the station’s popular…
For decades, cocoa cultivation was considered impossible in Lira and the wider Lango sub-region. Farmers believed the area’s rainfall patterns, high temperatures and soil conditions could not support a crop traditionally associated with wetter regions such as Bundibugyo and parts of West Africa. Today, that belief is gradually being challenged by one farmer’s determination and…
A quiet clean cooking revolution is taking place at St Andrew’s Secondary School in Rubindi, Mbarara District, where a new energy-saving cooking system is helping the school reduce costs, improve working conditions and protect the environment. For years, the school relied on traditional cookstoves and large quantities of firewood to prepare meals for students and…
Ernst & Young Uganda, one of the leading audit firms, has been ordered to pay the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Shs 3.48 billion as VAT from services it received from foreign companies within its global network. The dispute began after URA audited Ernst & Young Uganda for the period from January 2014 to June 2018….
Equity Bank Uganda has been named Corporate Business of the Year at the African Business Chamber (AfBC) African Business Awards 2026, in recognition of its contribution to financial inclusion, diaspora banking, cross-border trade, and investment facilitation across Africa. The award was presented during a gala dinner held on May 29, 2026, at the Royal Lancaster…
Former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has been charged with misprision of treason before the Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court and remanded to Luzira Prison until June 22, 2026. Misprision of treason is an offence that relates to a person allegedly having knowledge of a treasonous plan or activity but failing to report it to the…
Elizabeth Nyasuna, who worked as Team Leader at Stanbic Bank’s Entebbe branch, has been awarded Shs 40 million by the court after the bank unlawfully dismissed her over a suspicious Shs 75 million cash withdrawal in 2012. Justice Anthony Wabwire Musana of the Industrial Court said Stanbic Bank failed to follow a fair disciplinary process…
As schools across Uganda reopen for a new term, excitement has returned to classrooms, playgrounds and staffrooms. Behind the scenes, however, school administrators and parents are grappling with a familiar challenge: finding enough money to meet education-related expenses at the start of the academic term. For many schools, the beginning of a term is one…
Many people in Uganda woke up on Monday to news that the home of Erias Lukwago, the respected lawyer and former lord mayor of Kampala, had been surrounded by military men. Outside, two vans popularly known as Drones were on standby. Lukwago’s wife, Zawedde Lubwama, later told journalists she tried to stop the men who…
Corporate leaders and policy experts have urged Ugandan businesses to begin preparing for mandatory Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting requirements that will take effect for financial institutions in January 2027. The call was made during the second annual East Africa ESG Summit hosted by Capital One Group (COG) on June 11, 2026. Held virtually…
Equity Bank Uganda has supported the expansion of a tree nursery business in Lira City through a solar-powered irrigation project that has boosted production and promoted climate-resilient farming in northern Uganda. In Boroboro parish, Gwengbar area, Dopla tree nurseries has grown from a small backyard operation into a major supplier of tree seedlings, following the…
In 2006, Mariam Namutebi, who was living and working in Switzerland, wanted to construct a three-storeyed rental house on her land at Busega, Kampala. She started sending her sister Hadijja Nassuna money to oversee the project. Namutebi says she entered a verbal agreement with Nassuna under which she would receive money from her, buy building…
Leaders of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Bujumba sub-county have stepped up grassroots mobilisation efforts on Bunyama Island as they seek support for the party’s flag bearer, Idah Nabayiga, ahead of the Kalangala Woman MP by-election. Bujumba sub-county NRM chairman John Mike Yiga led the mobilisation drive. Party leaders and local structures moved…
Justice Celia Nagawa of the Family Division of the High Court has rejected an attempt by a man to challenge the paternity of three children that he has raised for years, saying his request came too late and was based largely on untested allegations. Her ruling arose from a bitter family dispute between Steven Mutyaba…
Sheila Orikiriza, a Kabale-based businesswoman who sued Mandela Millers, demanding Shs 50.8 million for goods she says were never delivered, has suffered a setback after filing the case in the wrong court. Orikiriza claimed she paid Mandela Millers Shs 37 million for goods that were never delivered to her. She also wanted court to give…
The construction of Uganda’s new parliament chambers has entered its final phase after the completion of major steelworks, paving the way for roofing and finishing works on the landmark project. The new chambers, being constructed by Roko Construction, are expected to be completed by the end of next year. A key milestone has been reached…
The High Court has dismissed a defamation case in which Beti Kamya, the former IGG, sued veteran politician Miria Matembe for calling her a “political prostitute” during various interviews on NTV and NBS TV. Justice Isaac Teko said Matembe’s comments were “protected political opinion and not defamatory” in any way. READ FULL RULING HERE..https://ulii.org/en/akn/ug/judgment/ughccd/2026/179/eng@2026-05-11 The…
The Uganda Performing Rights Society (UPRS) has acknowledged that many musicians are still earning less than expected from royalties, despite the organisation distributing Shs 216 million to music rights holders. Speaking during a media briefing in Kampala on Wednesday, UPRS board chairman Martin Nkoyoyo aka Yoyo said the latest payout shows progress in the management…
For years, Jian Namuhenge spent nearly Shs 80,000 every month on charcoal. Like millions of Ugandans, she relied on a traditional charcoal stove for daily cooking, unaware that a more efficient and affordable alternative existed. Today, the same sack of charcoal lasts her almost three months. The change did not come from earning more money…
Absa Bank has been ordered to pay a haulage firm Shs 77.5 million after it unlawfully seized the firm’s trailer in 2008 following a dispute over a loan. An earlier ruling by the High Court had ordered that Kawa Distributors pay the bank Shs 65 million, but the Court of Appeal overturned this ruling and…
One of the standout moments at the 20th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL) was the recognition of outgoing chief executive Francis Karuhanga. The AGM, held at Serena Hotel Kampala, had gathered shareholders to review another year of strong financial performance. However, attention also turned to Karuhanga, who is preparing to…
