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Kampala– The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Chapter at Makerere University has unveiled Tebakor Jimmy Prince as its Guild Presidential flag bearer ahead of the upcoming April guild elections. Hon.Rose Namayanja Nsereko handing over the flag to the party candidate On Thursday, the chapter presented Mr. Tebakor to the NRM Deputy Secretary General, Rose Namayanja Nsereko, during a meeting at the …

Police in Kampala have arrested 14 suspects during an operation targeting individuals believed to be involved in aggravated robberies against boda boda riders. Some of Motor bike spare parts. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police South, the operation was conducted on 11th March 2026 at Muganzirwaza Building where several shops were searched as part of ongoing efforts to dismantle criminal networks …

‘Homosexuals will no longer breathe in this country’ Anti-gay legislators at Senegal’s National Assembly in Dakar celebrate the passage of the bill to double the penalties for same-sex intimacy. (Seyllou photo courtesy of AFP / Getty Images) Yesterday the National Assembly in Senegal unanimously approved a bill yesterday to double the prison time for gay sex, sending it to President …

KAMPALA — Uganda’s ambitious march toward the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is facing uncomfortable scrutiny after a damning Value for Money audit exposed serious coordination failures within the Office of the Prime Minister, piling pressure on the leadership of the country’s SDG Secretariat. At the centre of the unfolding accountability debate is Albert Byamugisha, the Senior Technical Adviser and …

KAMPALA — Uganda’s Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, the very institution tasked with protecting vulnerable citizens and championing social justice, has been thrust into the spotlight after the Office of the Auditor General of Uganda uncovered a long list of troubling gaps ranging from ballooning debts and stalled programmes to unresolved complaints from migrant workers and billions in …

A storm is brewing at the Uganda Wildlife Research and Training College after the latest report by the Office of the Auditor General of Uganda unearthed a trail of troubling gaps in funding, stalled projects, questionable contracts and a shocking governance vacuum at the country’s premier wildlife research training institution. College Principal, Robert Baluku, now finds himself presiding over an …

French-Caribbean stylist and celebrity still feels the sting of being targeted with murder music Vincent McDoom was the first Afro-queer icon to appear on French television when he appeared on “La Ferme des Célébrités”, a show broadcast and produced in 2004 by the television channel TF1. (Photo courtesy of  @vincent_mcdoom_d.a) Originally from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Vincent McDoom …

Nearly a year after explosive revelations about the controversial takeover of the Kiteezi landfill by Ghanaian firm Jospong Group of Companies, fresh information reaching Red Pepper Intelligence Unit indicates that the project has never taken off — raising even more serious questions about what really happened behind the scenes. Sources familiar with the matter now say the company that was …

Our Reporter Equity Bank Uganda has successfully completed the migration of its core data centre operations to the Raxio Data Centre in Namanve Industrial Park, marking a significant milestone in the bank’s digital transformation journey. The move, which was completed a week ago and publicly unveiled on February 25, 2026, consolidates the bank’s critical infrastructure within a high-availability, in-country hosting …

KAMPALA — A flashy celebration thrown to mark the appointment of Morris Muhindo as Under Secretary at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs has exploded into a heated debate online, with critics asking one burning question: why throw a party over a civil service appointment? The Friday night bash, attended by a who’s-who of ruling party bigwigs, has left …