MBARARA CITY – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged to establish an industrial park in Mbarara and expand the Presidential Skilling Hubs as part of a broader strategy to create jobs, raise household incomes, and consolidate the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) development agenda ahead of the 2026 general elections. Addressing thousands of enthusiastic supporters at Boma Grounds in Mbarara City …

By Faruk Kirunda One of the most conspicuous transformational experiences in Uganda since 1986 is in the information and communication sector, where media practice falls. Uganda’s media industry has 293 FM radio and 66 TV stations, respectively. The number of smart phones has increased to 18.2 million in 2024 from 7.6 million in 2020. There are three print daily newspapers, …

RWAMPARA – President Yoweri Museveni has called on the people of Rwampara District to stop destroying swamps, saying the wetlands are essential for future irrigation systems that will boost farming in the area. He made the remarks at a rally held at Bujaga Playground, where he was joined by First Lady Janet Museveni. Janet Museveni thanked residents for turning up …

Rwampara district politics went into full-blown drama on Monday after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni publicly asked independent candidate Molly Asiimwe to repent, stop “tearing the party apart,” and step aside for official NRM flag bearer Annah Kansiime. Addressing a charged crowd at Bujaga playgrounds, Museveni didn’t mince words. He reminded Asiimwe of her born-again faith and urged her to trust …

Mpigi – A resident of Kajjansi, Zahura James Kasibante, has petitioned the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) accusing individuals he describes as fraudsters of orchestrating a sophisticated scheme that allegedly involved forged court processes used to siphon Sh149,286,865 from his Equity Bank account. Kasibante says the contested money was paid to him by the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (UETCL) as …

Kampala-December 01st, 2025: In the run-up to the forthcoming Stanbic Ongea Digital Creators Summit 2025, scheduled for December 11, Stanbic Bank has announced a scholarship programme to motivate Uganda’s digital creators. The initiative reflects the bank’s broader support for the government’s digital transformation strategy in sustaining Uganda’s economic growth. Part of this strategy is fostering a vibrant digital market ecosystem. …

By Amos Tayebwa Buhweju Residents of Buhweju County have expressed frustration over what they describe as government neglect, blaming the decade-long absence of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni from the area on the constituency’s continued support for opposition MP Francis Mwijukye. This follows the President’s recent campaign rally in Omungaju, Buhweju West—a neighboring constituency—while once again skipping Nsiika, the traditional political …

Mukono is on fire—again! Top commercial banks have reportedly slapped a TOTAL BAN on land titles from the Mukono belt after being roasted by a deadly cocktail of forgery, double-titling, and land-office witchcraft that has left loan officers gnashing teeth and boardrooms trembling. Sources whisper that banks have been bleeding billions after clever city mafias marched in with “fresh” land …

A fresh wave of drama has erupted inside the Ministry of Works and Transport after the Head of Public Service, Lucy Nakyobe, reportedly ordered a halt to the transfer of long-serving Principal Communications Officer Susan Kataike. Kataike, who has served at Works for nearly 20 years, had been instructed by ICT Permanent Secretary Dr. Aminah Zawedde to take up a …

I almost got a heart attack when Yasmine tuned in to listen to ‘ebifulumide mumpapula zamawulile’. One of the locals had run a story of a man that was nabbed shafting another man’s woman in a toilet. This woman’s name is Lukiya and the man.…I didn’t wait to hear my name on radio. I quickly switched off the radio as …