President Museveni in an evening tweet on the 31st-Dec-2020 came out to reveal that a group of rogue officers from the Uganda Police Force are responsible for the killing of boxer Zebra Ssenyange, moments before their meeting. In his end of the year speech, the President said he was supposed to meet the late boxer. He said Zebra was a ...
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Vanessa Nakate: What You Didn’t Know About The Ugandan Climate Change Activist
Vanessa Nakate is a 24 year-old Ugandan climate change activist born on the 15 November 1996. She is the founder of Rise Up Climate Movement, a climate change activism initiative that aims at amplifying the voices of activists from Africa. Nakate is a graduate of Business Administration from Makerere University Business School. She grew up in Kampala and started her activism in ...
Read More »10 Influential Ugandans Who Died Of Covid-19 And Other Diseases In 2020
Scores of notable and influential Ugandans have passed away in 2020. From renown business men and women to politicians and many other groups. In this list, we bring you ten influential Ugandans who died as a result of Covid-19 or other illness. Shaban Bantariza, Bantariza, a teacher and war veteran was a Colonel in the Uganda People’s Defense Force. He ...
Read More »Ugandan Poet Wins Babishai 2020 Haiku Continental Award
The Babishai 2020 Haiku Continental Awards just concluded and the winner is none other than Ugandan poet, Andrew Herbert Omuna. Currently working with Record TV Uganda, Omuna was announced winner during a Facebook Live “Babishai 2020 Haiku Award-Giving Ceremony” on Tuesday 29 December, 2020. In second place came Adipo Sidang from Kenya. Meanwhile, other shortlisted poets included; Akello Charlotte-Uganda, Praise ...
Read More »Journalists Storm Out Of Security Presser At Media Centre In Protest To Police Brutality
Authorities had earlier today deployed heavily armed Police and Military officers at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala following a demonstration by journalists against brutality. This happened during the press conference by the UPDF Political Commissar Brig. Henry Matsiko. He was addressing the nation on the upcoming Tarehe Sita celebrations. According to Brig Matsiko, the celebrations will kick off in ...
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