Uganda news

Controversial senior presidential advisor, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has sounded out a strong warning to his father, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. According to Muhoozi, the UPDF is his army. He, therefore, wants it back. Muhoozi made sure to put the ‘my army’ in quotation marks to drive his point home. UPDF is still 'My' Army. Afande Mzee, I want my army ...

Concern is rising that budget cuts to key ministries like Agriculture may lead to food insecurity. In December 2022, the government tabled the draft budget estimates for the financial year 2023-24. The projected expenditure had been increased by Shs1.8 trillion from Shs48.1 trillion in the current financial year to Shs49.9 trillion. However, to note, if agriculture doesn’t receive more resources, ...

NRM spokesperson, Rogers Mulindwa, has revealed that the NRM is set to catch some big fish from NUP very soon. For a long time, we have seen political parties strengthen themselves at the expense of others. This is by poaching some of the strongest individuals from the rival political parties. A common character of the NRM, Mulindwa says that they ...

Sam Bambanza, an activist and executive director of Hopeful Victims of Road Accidents, is calling for a compensation policy for accident victims. This call comes at a time when the country is experiencing a steep rise in road accidents. The latest police report has showed that 79 people were killed in the first week of January 2023 and hundreds were ...

The first son, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has become well acquainted with comments that are often deemed controversial. These are even at times targeting his own family just like how he’s snubbed his father, Gen Museveni by calling his uncle Gen Saleh the greatest NRA General. While wishing Gen Salim Saleh a happy birthday, Muhoozi called his uncle the greatest General ...