The police have authorized the Masaka Recreation Center as the venue for the National Unity Platform (NUP) mobilization rally scheduled for May 31. This comes at a time when NUP leaders and supporters in the area feared police would turn away, as was the case in Mukono town on May …
Read More »One Year Later: The Devastating Impact of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023
It has been 365 days since President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 into law, a move that has had profound and far-reaching consequences for Uganda’s LGBTIQ+ community. As we mark this grim anniversary, it is crucial to reflect on the human rights violations and the climate of fear …
Read More »UCC’s Registration Mandate Threatens Creativity and Livelihoods of Young Content Creators
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has mandated that all online media platform owners must register with UCC or face the closure of their sites. This move has sparked a significant debate among content creators, who fear that the directive could stifle creativity and jeopardize the burgeoning industry of young digital …
Read More »UCC Gives Online Media Channels Two Months to Register or Face Closure
The Uganda Communications Commission-UCC has given two months to operators of online media channels to register or face closure. These include “online TVs”, “online publications” “online radios” and other internet and app-based channels. UCC says that there are more than 200 of the kind in the country, but only 35 …
Read More »MPs Shocked as Entebbe Hospital Lacks Single Delivery Bed Amidst Rising Maternal Cases
Members of Parliament sitting in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) were left in shock after it emerged that Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital does not have a single delivery bed. Officials from the hospital, led by Dr John Bosco Nsubuga, the Acting Director, and Richard Tumwesigye, the Senior Hospital Administrator, appeared …
Read More »Kikuube Residents Protest Environmental Destruction by Chinese’s Daqing Oilfield Construction Group
Residents of Kikuube have protested against Daqing Oilfield Construction Group Limited, a company that was subcontracted by CNOOC Uganda to undertake the construction of the crucial feeder pipeline from the Kingfisher Oilfield to the export delivery point. The company is accused of allegedly being behind the massive destruction of the …
Read More »10 NUP Supporters Granted Bail After Arrest During Kyagulanyi’s Blocked Visit
10 supporters of the National Unity Platform-NUP have been granted bail. They were arrested last week while preparing for the visit of NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi. Kyagulanyi was slated to preside over a consultative meeting at Kananage Primary School. However, it was blocked by police, leading to a confrontation with NUP supporters. …
Read More »NUP’s Kyagulanyi Welcomes US Sanctions on Speaker Anitah Among ,Peter Elwelu and Others
NUP’s Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert has welcomed the fresh US sanctions slapped on the speaker of parliament Anita Among and other corrupt regime officials. The statement came moments after the US Department of State publicly designated at least five current and former Ugandan regime officials pinned in significant corruption and gross …
Read More »Your are Corrupt , US Sanction Speaker Anitah Among and Husband Moses Magogo
The US has tripled up on affixation of Speaker Anita Among’s breathing space, adding a six-inch nail in her political coffin with decisive sanctions. Mrs Among’s husband Moses Magogo – who was convicted of 2014 FIFA World Cup ticket theft – is also affected by the tough designation that pulled …
Read More »Corruption : 123 MPs Sign Motion to Censure Mpuuga and Commissioners
The movers of the motion seeking to censor the four embattled commissioners of Parliament have asked the targeted commissioners to stop dragging the name of the Speaker in this move that will see their retirement from the juicy offices. Addressing the media at Parliament on Wednesday evening, the movers of …
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