The Observer Media Limited, publishers of The Observer newspaper, has shifted its offices from Plot 1 Tagore Crescent in Kamwokya to Dale Johnson Road, Kira Road. They are now located between Rubis Petrol Station in Kamwokya and Kira Road Police Station. Sources told us that the shift was triggered by an unbearable increase in monthly…
As journalists, some became famous for their critical but objective coverage of excesses of public institutions. Along the way and in pursuit of better lives, some of them joined the very institutions they often critiqued. In worst case scenarios, a few have become avid defenders of the institutions they used to unsparingly cover and have…
Senior NRM leaders from various party organs have started arriving at the party headquarters along Kya Nakasero, Kampala for the official launch of the NRM membership registration exercise. President Museveni, the party chairman is expected to flag off the exercise. Here are some of the pictures
The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has said it will not be possible to organise special exams for candidates that failed the 2023 UCE exams in June/July as had been earlier planned. Instead, the examinations body in a circular dated February 27, said the candidates will have to sit the examinations in October/November alongside the…
Political and social activist, Jeje Odea, has reportedly gone into hiding after allegedly receiving threats over his participation in the ongoing campaign to expose the rot in Parliament. Agather Atuhaire, who is on the forefront of the campaign, wrote on X that she had received a call from a member of Odea’s family worried about…
As the #UgandaParliamentExhibition enters into the home stretch, sparks are starting to fly. Earlier today one of the organizers of the exhibition Dr Spire Ssentongo exchanged bitterly with NBS TV journalist Sam Ibanda Mugabi, who heads the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA) which has been accused of cozying up with Parliament and failing to ask…
The optimism around super power potential for Uganda is ripe and our leaders and communities at all levels are immersed in debate and actions on how to achieve geometric economic growth and become a first world in our life time. Those late to the party need to show up. In nominal terms, Uganda’s ambition to…
President Museveni today played the role of peacemaker as Kenya’s leading political protagonists, President William Ruto and his nemesis Raila Odinga sought his blessings for the latter’s bid for the chairmanship of the African Union Commission. The historic meeting, which was kept under wraps, was held at Museveni’s Kisozi farm in Gomba. Just over a…
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leadership at Najjanankumbi has told their counterparts at Katonga Road that they are free to start another political organisation. During the weekly press briefing, John Kikonyogo (pictured above), the party spokesperson, also told the Dr Kizza Besigye-led group to stop provoking them with insults. Last week the president of…
Hot exchanges and insults have been traded during the ongoing social media campaign aimed at unearthing the rot and extravagance of the 11th Parliament. Trending on X under the hash tag, #UgandaParliamentExhibition, the campaign started on February 25. It has pitted two groups; one of activists who want Parliament to be closely scrutinized over its…
