Uganda news

Today 12th February 2022 sees one of Uganda’s biggest music icons and political figures, Bobi Wine celebrate his 40th birthday. Born Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu in Gomba at Nkozi Hospital, the singer later traveled to Kampala and grew up in the slums of Kamwokya. He attended Kitante Hill School, Kololo SS and Makerere University for his education. Bobi Wine joined the ...

Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija who recently faced charges of insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba fled the country on Wednesday. Kakwenza says that while in custody, he faced torture after his December arrest. The public has been wondering how a man with no passport managed to leave the country. During an online interview with NTV, Kakwenza ...

The executive committee has been accused of delaying the Mining and Minerals Resources Bill 2021. The accusations have come from the Civil Society Organizations and Legislators on Parliament’s Natural Resources Committee. Many consider the bill a critical legal instrument in governing the country’s mining and mineral exploitation industry. The deadline for the parliamentary committee on Environment and Natural Resources to ...

Political activist and novelist, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has warned Museveni that his illegitimate power will collapse soon. The novelist who ran to exile apparently through Rwanda to go to Europe used his social media to sting Museveni and his son. He warned the two they touched the wrong person this time around. “Superannuated dictator Museveni and your pachydermatous curmudgeon son, you ...

President Museveni has said that every party that is not part of IPOD should not in any way share from the forum. He noted that although IPOD brings together all political parties represented in parliament, some do not want to cooperate with others. According to him, therefore, they should not qualify for government funding under IPOD arrangement. “It should even ...