- May 30, 2025
- John William Ogenda
Uganda Targets Wasteful Spending With New Budget Reforms
The Ugandan government has unveiled major public investment reforms aimed at curbing wasteful spending on infrastructure and other capital projects, as the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development launched…
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- May 30, 2025
- John William Ogenda
Gen. Saleh Calls For Transparency In Kampala Land Ownership
In a move to address longstanding speculations about land ownership in Uganda’s capital, General Salim Saleh, the National Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), has announced plans to initiate a…
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- May 30, 2025
- John William Ogenda
Ssebamala Takes On Mao As DP Votes For New Leader
The Democratic Party (DP) has kicked off its much-anticipated national delegates’ conference, drawing over 1,400 party delegates from across Uganda to decide on the future leadership of the country’s oldest…
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- May 30, 2025
- John William Ogenda
Museveni Donates Cash To Over 900 Roadside Vendors In Greater Luwero To Boost Small Businesses
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has once again extended direct financial support to roadside market vendors in a continued effort to improve household incomes across Uganda’s highway markets. Through a State…
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- May 30, 2025
- John William Ogenda
Parliament Approves €500 Million Loan Despite Fierce Opposition Criticism
Uganda’s Parliament has greenlit government plans to borrow €500 million (approximately UGX 2.1 trillion) from three financial institutions to support the 2024/2025 national budget, despite mounting objections from opposition MPs…
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- May 29, 2025
- John William Ogenda
Naguru Barracks Cop Shot Dead by Colleague, Suspect on the Run
Police authorities are investigating a suspected case of murder at the Naguru Police Barracks, where a serving officer, Police Constable Mohanji Arthur, was shot dead by a fellow officer on…
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- May 29, 2025
- John William Ogenda
Police Assures Pilgrims Of Safety As Namugongo Celebrations Kick Off
As thousands of pilgrims from across Uganda and neighboring countries descend upon Namugongo for the annual Martyrs Day celebrations, the Uganda Police Force has moved to assure the public of…
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- May 29, 2025
- John William Ogenda
Two Nabbed For Wearing Army Uniforms To Evict Ibanda Residents
Two men accused of unlawfully donning Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) uniforms to intimidate residents in a land dispute have been charged and remanded to prison. Joseph Mucunguzi, alias Munde,…
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- May 29, 2025
- John William Ogenda
Defence Lawyers Slam Court For ‘Evading Duty’ After Besigye Denied Mandatory Bail
Lawyers for detained opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Hajj Obeid Lutale have criticised Nakawa Chief Magistrate Christine Nantege for what they termed as an abdication of judicial…
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- May 29, 2025
- John William Ogenda
Bobi Wine Pays Tribute to Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: “A Revolutionary Storyteller And Son of Africa”
National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has paid tribute to celebrated Kenyan author and pan-African intellectual Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who passed away…
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