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10 individuals Ugandan media houses fear to criticize

Running a media organization in Uganda can be quite challenging. Shrinking advertising revenues and the bleak economic environment mean that most media organizations must tread carefully. They must please a few people and organizations who pull the purse strings hoping…

Full list of 100 Ugandan workers stranded in Saudi Arabia

More than 100 Ugandans are stranded in jails and detention centres in Saudi Arabia, Bbeg Media can reveal. The majority of these were recruited by licensed companies in Uganda and once their contracts expired, they were expected to come back.…

Why does the “sodomy ghost” stalk Pastor Kayanja?

Over the last 14 years, one particular allegation has hang over Pastor Robert Kayanja’s head like the sword of Damocles: the claim that he sodomizes young men. The head of Rubaga Miracle Centre has always vehemently denied the charge and…

Watching 27 Guns six years later

History is not made by a single man or woman. The story of it though can be. The story remains long after the actors are gone. To thrill us. To make us remember. But what do we actually remember? This…

What next for Rigathi Gachagua after impeachment?

At least 281 MPs on Tuesday voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Speaker Moses Wetangula called the vote after only 44 of the required 117 MPs voted to save the DP. The vote followed a protracted debate as the…

Here is why these people apologised to Mengo

First it was  Robert Kabushenga the then CEO of Vision Group whose paper ran a story that Mengo  had mortgaged the Bulange land title to former Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa. After the backlash generated by the story, Kabushenga went…

Where did these newsmakers go?

They were the ultimate newsmakers in the early to late 2000s. Even when some of them whispered, it made headlines. Today, you may spend two months without reading about them in the newspapers or hearing a mention of their names…