Broken Roads, Broken Dreams: Uganda’s Missed Opportunities in Trade and Development.
By Amiri Wabusimba. In Uganda, roads do more than connect communities; they symbolize economic potential, social cohesion, and national pride. Yet, paradoxically, some of these very roads, like the critical route linking Uganda to the Democratic Republic…
What a Second Trump Term Means for LGBTQIA Rights
Trump’s first term (2016-2020) was littered with anti-LGBTQIA rhetoric and policies. This included banning trans and HIV+ service members from the military, allowing housing shelters to deny help to gender non-conforming people and issuing an executive…
Trump’s Day-One Executive Order Targets DEI Programs and Transgender Rights, Sparking Outrage
New administration rolls back diversity initiatives and narrows gender recognition policies, drawing sharp criticism from human rights advocates. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at dismantling federal…
Egypt, Eritrea, and Uganda Top List as 67 Journalists Jailed Across Africa in Press Freedom Crackdown
At least 67 journalists are imprisoned across Africa, reflecting the continent’s ongoing struggle for a free press, according to a report released last Thursday. The cases in Africa contribute to a global total of 361 journalists jailed as of December 1,…
Court Orders Attorney General to Pay Shs 236 Million for Livestock Stolen by Army
The High court in Lira has ordered the Attorney General to pay over Shs 236 million in taxed costs to Betty Akello and John Francis Ongia for lost livestock during the Lango sub-region insurgency. The case dates back to 2011 when Akello and Sam Obua,…
Ugandan Opposition Leader Besigye Denied Food In Prison
The Uganda Prisons Service has strongly denied allegations that Col (Rtd.) Dr Kizza Besigye, the detained opposition leader, has been denied food brought from outside Luzira Murchison Bay prison. Frank Baine, the spokesperson for Uganda Prisons,…
Opinion : Trump’s Executive Order Rolls Back Trans Rights, Sparking Outrage and Fear
In a sweeping move late Monday, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively erases federal recognition of transgender individuals, rolling back progress made over the past decade. Titled “Defending Women From…
Audit Exposes Shocking Billions Lost in Pensions, Expired Medical Supplies, and Mineral Revenue Leakages
An audit report released by Uganda’s auditor general for the financial year ending June 2024 has revealed shocking levels of financial mismanagement, resource misallocation, and theft across government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), and…
NRM Liberation Day: Will Mubende Finally Reap the Rewards of Its Revolutionary Role.
By Amiri wabusimba. As Uganda prepares to commemorate the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Liberation Day on January 26, attention turns to Mubende, where President Museveni is set to inaugurate the recently completed USMID projects. These…
Taxpayer Funds or Donor Dependency? Unpacking the True Impact of USMID on Local Infrastructure in Mubende.
By Amiri Wabusimba. The Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) program, initiated with a US$150 million loan from the World Bank-IDA, was designed to drive urban transformation in Uganda by enhancing municipal infrastructure and…