Defense and Internal Affairs committee member legislators will pay the jungles of the Democratic Republic of Congo a visit. They will be heading there to check on the UPDF soldiers who are currently battling the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels. Rosemary Nyakikongoro, the committee’s chairperson said they intend their visit to give the Ugandan soldiers motivation. Additionally, it’s their legislative ...

Mathias Mpuuga, the leader of the opposition in parliament has called out Ugandans asking why NUP has not done anything about commodity prices. He told them that they also have a duty to rise up and protest. In recent events, a section of Ugandans have been questioning why NUP has not joined the protests against rising commodity prices. Kizza Besigye, ...

Namugongo is home to Uganda’s Catholic and Anglican shrines. On the 3rd of June, Ugandans will celebrate the martyrs who died for their faith. This has always seen pilgrims move long distances to the Uganda Martyr’s Shrine in Namugongo to pay tribute to them. Over the years, the number of pilgrims has only kept in going higher for an unknown ...

Joseph Kabuleta, the principal of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) claimed that government has a group of people looking to turn Ugandans into slaves in about 3 decades from now. These remarks from Kabuleta followed comments from some westerners who dismissed a common narrative that the region is more privileged compared to others. According to Prossy Ayebare from Isingiro, ...

Taiwan said it has deployed fighter jets to warn off the 30 warplanes that China sent into its air defense zone. The Monday incident marked the biggest incursion since January. This incident came a few days after US President Joe Biden warned China against invading Taiwan. It also happened on the same day a US official visited the island to ...