Pastor Patience Kokundeka Rwabwogo has been consecrated as an Episcopal Bishop of Covenant Nations Church, 20 years after she started the ministry as a small house fellowship. The consecration took place at Covenant Hill in Maya as Covenant Nations Church celebrated two decades of ministry. Bishop Dr LaDonna Osborn was the chief consecrator, with Archbishop…
For the second time in 40 years, Janet Kataha Museveni, the first lady and minister of Education, did not attend her husband’s swearing-in ceremony. Museveni was accompanied to Kololo Independence Grounds today by her daughter, Natasha Karugire. She stood beside him as he took the oath. Since late March 2026, Janet has been out of…
Uganda Women’s Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO) is set to mark 40 years of existence, highlighting decades of support to vulnerable children, youth, and women across the country. The organisation was founded in 1986 by the first lady, Janet Museveni, who also serves as minister of education and sports. It aimed to improve the lives…
First Lady Janet Museveni on Thursday launched the All Women for Museveni campaign at Kololo Independence Grounds, calling on women across the country to use their influence to promote peace and stability ahead of the forthcoming general elections. Addressing thousands of women drawn from different regions, Janet Museveni urged Ugandans to reject election-related violence, warning…
President Museveni officially commissioned Hoima City Stadium, marking a major milestone in Uganda’s preparations to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations alongside Kenya and Tanzania. The ceremony, held in Hoima City in the Bunyoro sub-region, drew thousands of residents, sports fans, government officials and dignitaries from within and outside the country. The president was…
President Museveni yesterday celebrated his 81st birthday with a vow to protect boda boda riders from exploitative boda loans and moneylenders. The birthday celebrations at Kol0lo ceremonial grounds were held concurrently with the first-ever Boda Union Festival and Expo. “My agreement with the boda bodas is that it is criminal for someone to give you…
Family ties are shaping Parliament. People who die in office are increasingly succeeded by close relatives — children, spouses or even siblings — and often with strong support from political parties and local communities. At least five members of the current Parliament have succeeded their relatives, and in previous Parliaments, multiple members did as well….
The CEO of Next Media, Kin Kariisa, has resigned as a member of the organising committee for the CHAN 2024 and AFCON 2027 tournament set to be held in Uganda. In a letter dated July 1, 2025, addressed to the chairperson of the committee, Kariisa cited personal reasons for his decision, effective immediately. Kariisa expressed…
Until she went against her husband’s advice in 2006 not to stand in Ruhaama, Janet Kataha Museveni had never wielded real political power. She was the archetypal first lady, content to stay in the background and fearful of getting in the way of her powerful companion, President Museveni. In the first two decades of her…
Morning and night preps in boarding primary and secondary schools could be banned or limited if the ministry of Education and Sports adopts a proposal to do so, sources in the ministry have told Bbeg Media. Sources have told us that the proposal was highlighted in the report of Education Review Commission (which has not…
First Lady Janet Museveni tends to invoke God whenever she wants to wriggle out of tight situations. When President Museveni opposed her intention to stand for Parliament in Ruhaama in 2006, she said she was “responding to God’s call to serve her people.” She won. It is within the same spirit in early 2019, at…
President Museveni and the First Lady Janet Museveni have performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Akii-Bua Olympic Stadium in Lira City. The construction of the $ 129 million state-of-the-art facility is to be undertaken by an Egyptian firm SAMCO National Construction Company and Khater Sports and is projected to take a record period…
