As the editor of Bbeg Media and previously as a news reporter, I have covered many stories about Uganda’s oil sector over the years. But nothing prepared me for the eye-opening tour I joined with about 20 other editors and senior journalists from 30 September to 3 October 2025. Organised by the Petroleum Authority of…
Since his incarceration in November 2024 over charges of treason, veteran opposition behemoth Dr. Kizza Besigye has endured trying times. His main lawyer, Martha Karua, had to be tossed up and down to secure a practicing licence while the case was still in the General Court Martial. His other lawyer, Eron Kiiza, was abruptly detained…
In the early 2000s, Kampala’s Garden City Mall on Yusuf Lule Road stood as a gleaming beacon of modernity, a symbol of Uganda’s burgeoning urban aspirations. Opened in November 2002, it was the first shopping and luxury mall in the country, heralded as a transformative space where the middle class could shop, dine, and revel…
Former speaker Rebecca Kadaga and Persis Namuganza, a minister once stood as bitter rivals in Busoga sub region. Their rivalry which was rooted in personal ambitions and ideological clashes, had long been a spectacle in Uganda’s political arena. Their differences crystallized over the contentious issue of the Kyabazingaship, the traditional leadership of Busoga, where their…
The friction between Uganda Law Society (ULS) President Isaac Ssemakadde and High Court judge Musa Ssekaana has escalated into one of the most high-profile legal battles in Uganda’s recent history. On Friday, Ssekaana sentenced Ssemakadde to a two-year prison sentence for contempt of court, deepening the conflict and polarising the legal fraternity. Ssemakadde, who was…
