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…
There was a slight improvement in the performance of candidates who sat for 2023 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examination (UACE) compared to their counterparts of 2022. According to the results released by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), 80,643 scored at least two principal passes in 2023 compared to 67,815 in 2022. This means more…
Some of the 42 households affected by the Tilenga and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) oil project have accused the judicariary of paying a deaf ear to their concerns. Addressing the media in Kampala today, they said several meetings they said key stakeholders had failed to meet them despite organising several meetings to…
Fighters from the M23 rebel group have captured the town of Nyanzale from the military in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. “We are now in Nyanzale, the enemy has fled,” rebel spokesperson Willy Ngoma said, Army commander Jerome Chico Tshitambwe confirmed to the Reuters news agency that Nyanzale has been taken by the rebels….
President Museveni has assured the Muslim faithful that repayments for grants extended to their Saccos under the Parish Development Model (PDM) do not amount to riba. Under islamic law, riba is strictly forbidden. It refers to any increase of a debt or a loan until its repayment. Some Muslims had expressed worry that the PDM repayments…
For the last two weeks, the #UgandaParliamentExhibiton has been the most trending activity on X. Spearheaded by Agather Atuhaire, Dr Spire Ssentongo, Anthony Natif and Godwin Toko, it has brought to the fore the rot in the 11th Parliament most importantly the mismanagement of public resources. While revelations over Mathias Mpuuga’s Shs 500 million payment…
As the rift between Mathias Mpuuga, the former leader of opposition and his party, National Unity Platform (NUP) deepens, there is a growing belief that he could be sacked as the party’s deputy president in Buganda. The party asked Mpuuga to resign after he admitted that he received Shs 500 million as a service award…
Casual labourers who clean the city will be paid today, a meeting brokered by Speaker Anita Among with Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) leadership, resolved yesterday. The workers, who are demanding four months of pay, last week laid down their tools. Among announced in yesterday’s meeting with KCCA leaders that payments are to be made…
Councillors from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Kampala have were given Shs 20m each to mobilise people to register in the yellow book, reliable sources have told Bbeg Media. Sources said the facilitation was handed to the more than 200 councillors by Dr Tanga Odoi, the chairperson of the party’s electoral commission. We have…
Youth climate actvists from Uganda and Tanzania have urged members of the Insurance Consortium for Oil and Gas Uganda (ICOGU), not to provide insurance services related to EACOP projects again. They made the call last week as they celebrated the Global Week of Action. The consortium comprises 19 insurance companies that work together to provide…
