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Ibrahim Musana who is accused of insulting Kabaka Mutebi will be charged with computer misuse, defamation and inciting violence, police have said. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga confirmed that Musana is in their custody. Musana using the name Pressure 24/7 posted more than 50 videos on TikTok calling the Kabaka all kinds of names. Police warned…

How are you Patience? I have decided to write this letter to you not because I can’t face you to say all these but I knew my mood would change and I may be very angry and I can’t predict what would happen afterwards. To avoid being violent that is why I have written this…

Uganda’s Deputy Speaker elected East Africa’s representative on the bureau of OACPS – EU Parliamentary General Assembly Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has been elected member of the bureau to represent East Africa to the Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) – European Union General Assembly. Tayebwa was elected during the 64th…

Pride College School in Mpigi has gifted its best student in the 2023 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) exams, Precious Nahurira a brand knew Toyota Spacio. Nahurira scored 8 aggregate out of eight subjects. The founder and director of  the school, Francisco Ssemwanga, said this was living testimony that the school rewards excellence. “At Pride…

If you are to give marks out of ten, how would you rank the performance of journalists-turned MPs in the 11th Parliament? The 11th Parliament has five journalists: Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda of Kira Municipality who cut his teeth at Daily Monitor and later, The Observer. Also in the mix is Kazibwe Bashir, the Kawempe South…

President Museveni has told district leaders from Gomba and Sembabule that they need to prioritise household income of the communities they lead, saying once this is done, development will follow. He was meeting them at his Kisozi farm in Gomba District. The meeting sought to outline how the nine villages from Gomba and Sembabule Districts…

Jailed Russian opposition figure and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who made global headlines when he was poisoned with a nerve agent in 2020, has died aged 47, the Russian prison service said. The cause of his reported death remained unclear, but the news drew a forceful reaction from Western leaders Friday, including US President…

Senegal’s highest court has dismissed President Macky Sall’s attempt to postpone elections and extend his term by nearly a year. The Constitutional Council dealt a setback to Sall, declaring that any delay in the scheduled elections for this month is unconstitutional. Earlier this month, President Macky Sall postponed the election originally scheduled for February 25…

George Musisi, a lawyer and supporter of the National Unity Platform has told Bbeg Media that he is ready to unseat Betty Nambooze Bakireke in Mukono Municipality come 2026. Musisi told us that he has already laid the groundwork for the campaigns. “I am ready and its true I am going to compete in the…