Uganda news

A women group in Bwaise, a Kampala suburb, under their umbrella Empowered at Dusk Women’s Association (EADWA) have received equipment worth sh20m from International Planned Parenthood Federation. The donations come after their plea to Evelyne Petrus Barry to come to their rescue. Barry is the International Planned Parenthood Federation Africa Regional Director. They made this request in 2021 during her ...

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has intercepted over 10,000 kilograms of illegal cosmetics in the Central Business District of Kampala. They intercepted some of these in the district’s peripheries including Mini Price, Nalukolongo and Northern Bypass. A URA spokesperson, Ibrahim Bbosa, said the smugglers disguised cosmetics as Movit products. They then loaded them on two trucks with registration licenses UAU ...

The former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president, Dr Col Kiiza Besigye has come out to blast the involvement of family affairs in running two different independent states, Uganda and Rwanda. This follows Muhoozi’s constant reference to President Paul Kagame as his uncle. This usually happens even when addressing formal issues regarding Uganda and Rwanda. Besigye also finds this vulgar ...

Forget what your tutors told you that there is nothing as powerful as the power of the pen. According to the first son, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba the gun/sword is actually mightier than the pen and book. That was the message he sent out to an acclaimed journalist, Charles Onyango Obbo. The Commander of the Land Forces in a tweet directed ...

Court has cleared the case of illegal admission to Makerere University against Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. Lawyer Male Mabirizi filed a case against Bobi Wine who graduated from the university over 20 years ago with a Diploma in Music, Dance, and Drama-MDD. He says Bobi Wine graduated fraudulently since he was not eligible for admission to the university. Male ...