More households in Western Uganda today grow coffee as a cash crop compared to other parts of the country including Buganda and Bugisu, the 2024 National Housing and Population Census has revealed. According to the findings of the 2024 Census, at least 5.4 households in Western Uganda grow either Arabica and Robusta Coffee while in…
The minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero, has said Uganda can manufacture vaccines for the Monkeypox virus, which is currently affecting several African nations. Dr. Musenero was speaking at the recently concluded Interdisciplinary Consortium For Epidemic Research (ICER) symposium at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The meeting brought together scientists, government officials, policymakers and…
There was a female news anchor who hopped from one TV station to another in Uganda. She is fairly talented and has passion for the industry. She is also beautiful. The trouble is wherever she worked, senior executives pestered her for sex. At one media institution, there was this short executive who used to compliment…
All roads today lead to the Mayor’s Parlour at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) where the sixth national heritage awards ceremony will be held. The event is organized by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, the Uganda National Cultural Centre (UNCC) and the Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU). Every 2-3 years, the Cross-Cultural…
Fred Mukasa Mbidde, the DP Vice President has said voters need to develop an “idiot detection system” if Uganda is to flourish as a country. Speaking at a social function over the weekend, Mbidde said Uganda nearly elected an idiot as a president in 2021 because there is no proper vetting method for candidates. Mbidde…
The four senior police officials sanctioned by the US government over violation of human rights have one thing in common: They featured prominently in a torture case filed by Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake in 2020. In May 2020, Zaake ran to the High Court accusing Bob Kagarura, former Wamala Regional Police Commander; Alex Mwine,…
New information has emerged regarding the NUP prisoners who recently pleaded guilty to treason charges. Reports indicate that the group led by Olivia Lutaaya Ssekitoleko (aka Machete) and Rashid Ssegujja was under the command of Waisswa Mufumbiro the current NUP spokesperson. Sources in intelligence allege that the group had hatched a plan to overthrow President…
The case of two black women who were allegedly shot and fed to pigs by a white farmer and two of his workers has caused outrage in South Africa. Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were allegedly looking for food on the farm near Polokwane in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province in August when…
Police are investigating Pride Microfinance and Trust Bank over the mysterious disappearance of a customer’s money which had been sent from abroad. It all started when Ramula Nassanga, a food vendor and resident of Kawempe Ttula, received Shs 5 million in September from her daughter in Dubai through MoneyGram. Nassanga says after receiving the message,…
A photograph can change the world. Bring down the government. Change perceptions. This has happened more than once. This is what happened on June 16, 1976 when photographer Sam Nzima took the iconic photo of the Soweto massacres where police shot and killed students protesting against the apartheid policy in South Africa. Nzima’s one photo…
