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KAMPALA, Uganda — The missing in the swearing-in of several ministerial appointees has reignited national debate over citizenship, constitutional eligibility, and the legal thresholds required for occupying high public office in Uganda. As President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni prepares to oversee the inauguration of members of the new Cabinet, uncertainty has emerged around the status of four ministerial nominees whose citizenship …

By Lawrence Mubiru What was supposed to be the end of Allan Katwe’s football journey turned into one of the most memorable chapters of his career. The veteran defender has opened up on his remarkable return from retirement that culminated in a gold medal triumph with Mamba Kakoboza Clan, describing the achievement as the greatest feeling he has experienced in …

Readers have contributed enough to free 3 lesbians, but not yet 5 gay men. Donations are urgently needed to free five innocent LGBTI prisoners. For their safety, in this article they are identified by pseudonyms.Illustration depicting two of the innocent gay prisoners who can be released if readers support Project Not Alone. To DONATE, click the image. (Illustration by Vincent …

Readers have contributed enough to free 3 lesbians, but not yet 5 gay men. Donations are urgently needed to free five innocent LGBTI prisoners. For their safety, in this article they are identified by pseudonyms. Illustration depicting two of the innocent gay prisoners who can be released if readers support Project Not Alone. To DONATE, click the image. (Illustration by …

After over a century of Building For The Future, the future now seems to be overtaking Makerere University. The great institution that has trained most of the country’s top legal brains is now being ruled out of order in rather basic court matters. Is it matter that the natives of Kampala would call being bitten by the puppy you nurtured, …

Detectives investigating the kidnapping and murder of 52-year-old Lydia Babirye Ssengendo of Ntinda-Kigowa say they are not convinced that the crime was motivated solely by a UGX 19 million ransom demand. The Flying Squad over the weekend recovered Babirye’s body after days of investigations into her disappearance. She had been missing since May 4, 2026, when she was last seen in …

Four newly appointed ministers did not take their oaths of office on Monday as colleagues in the new cabinet gathered at State House, Entebbe, for the swearing-in ceremony.Addressing President Yoweri Museveni before the commencement of the ceremony, the Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet, Lucy Nakyobe, said 78 Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State were present and ready …

Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is finalising the development of the National Diaspora Policy 2026, which is expected to be completed next Financial Year – FY2026/27.The Policy is being designed to transition from a reliance on informal remittances toward structured investment in the country’s core economic sectors, with aim of ensuring better use of the funds for the remitter, the …

Police forensic teams are analyzing CCTV footage from Naguru, an area with extensive camera coverage, to identify more suspects in the killing of Uganda Rugby Cranes star Sydney Gongodyo.Gongodyo, 27, who also played for Stanbic Pirates Rugby Club, was killed on Friday after a mob attack in Kampala  City suburb. The Rugby Cranes player had been accused of snatching a …

But if it does, the economy of the west-central African nation could suffer. Gabon President Brice Oligui Nguema in 2023. (Photo courtesy of The Cable)Political observers in the Central African nation of Gabon predict that the country will soon make same-sex relations a crime again, just as it briefly was from 2019 to 2020.Before 2019, modern Gabon had never criminalized …