On February 28th when President Museveni launched the NRM member registration exercise, he claimed the party had 11 million members. Today when the exercise officially kicked off, there was little evidence to back up that claim. Most centres visited by Bbeg Media had a handful of supporters. In others, those in charge of registration appeared…

President Museveni stressed the need to empower individuals with small pieces of land through the adoption of the innovative four-acre model type of farming. He made the remarks while meeting group of farmers from the districts of Ntungamo and Rukungiri at State House-Entebbe. The group was led by the Minister of Security and Rujumbura County…

Bukomansimbi Secondary School has excelled in the 2023 Uganda Advanced Certifcate of Examinations results which were released on March 7. According to the results, more than 10 candidates in the school scored above 14 points. The best candidate in the school, Faziirah Nakayiza scored 18 points in History, Economics, Divinity and ICT. She was followed…

Rev Can Wilson Kisekka is the new Bishop of Kasana- Luweero Diocese. Kisekka was elected by the House of Bishops headed by Archbishop Kaziimba Mugalu. Luweero diocese has been problematic with parishoners rejecting leaders who are not born in the area. They had prefered son of the soil Gofrey Kasana but he was eliminated by…

Mathias Mpuuga, the former Leader of Opposition, has dismissed calls to resign after his party, the National Unity Platform (NUP) asked him to sptep down following revelations that he irregularly pocketed Shs 500 million from Parliament. In a slap in the face, Mpuuga said there was a well orchestrated funded plan to destroy him politically…

The minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa has said government is considering cutting off power to its ministries and agencies that are deep in arrears. Nankabirwa made the remarks in a meeting with the board of Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) where some members complained that many agencies did not want to…

Vision Group journalist, Lemisa Moses, was reportedly roughed up by police officers who were carrying an eviction in Mulago. The journalist had gone to Kapapaali Police Post in Mulago to follow up on the story of the eviction. But before he could say anything, he was beaten up and his equipment including his camera were…

The headmistress of Kololo High School Amina Mukasa Buyinza has said the school’s relatively good performance in last year’s UCE exams can be attributed to the banning of hawkers by Kampala Capital City Authority. She said many of their students had concentrated on hawking as opposed to reading but when KCCA turned the screw on…

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…

The Inter Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) in partnership with Global Peace Foundation is organizing the first ever inter religious family festival this year. The aim of the festival is to celebrate the vision of a family as a fundamental and basic unit of society. According to the IRCU secretariat, the one day festival will…