Uganda news

Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, The leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP) has said visiting American actor, Terrence Howard, is conniving with Museveni to keep people poor. He says at such a time when some local actors, writers, poets and creatives are in exile for siding with oppressed masses, Howard has chosen the dictators’ side which says a lot ...

Women’s rights activist, Dr. Miria Matembe, has said men have frustrated gender equality and women empowerment. According to her, everytime equality for women tries to make any sound, men instead coil instead of coming through to help “When men see empowerment of women, they sort of coil. They do not look at it like a positive. That has destroyed the ...

Top managers at Tropical Bank are in hot soup after accusations of involvement in a scam to steal from a customer’s account. Previously, the blame had been put on seven former employees of the bank, but they also blamed it on the top management. The seven employees are; Mr Michael Kaggwa (sales officer), Mr Brian Anguni (customs service officer), Ms ...

Julius Mucunguzi, the head of communications at the office of the Prime Minister, has said the issue of Karamoja is not a recent phenomenon. He says people should stop blaming the government for what is going on because in any case, it’s better than it was several years ago. “The issue of Karamoja is not a recent phenomenon. The government ...

The woman MP of Tororo District, Hon Achieng Sarah Opendi, has raised concerns about the dress code of some musicians who have been invited to perform in schools. The MP said that Uganda is a religious country where the constitution is followed. And in this 1995 constitution, ethical values are supposed to be upheld. More so Ugandans are supposed to ...