Platform Decay by Martha Wells (coming out May 5) is the 8th installment in a sci-fi series (Murderbot Diaries) about an enslaved android that gains its freedom and claims to hate humans, but it cannot stop saving them. Most Murderbot novels are standalone books, but you won’t appreciate the changes in the protagonist’s attitude and personality if you don’t know …

Equity Bank Uganda has commissioned 100 scholars into the fifth cohort of its flagship Equity Leaders Program (ELP), while simultaneously celebrating the graduation of 81 students from the program’s maiden 2022 cohort, a milestone that underscores the institution’s growing footprint in Uganda’s higher education landscape. The newly commissioned scholars join 412 previously admitted students, bringing the total number of ELP …

I will never forget the wife who ditched her newlywed husband two days after their wedding. His crime? Bringing a dull fizzle to the wedding night and even the night after that, “when I gave him a chance to redeem himself”. True Ugandan story, by the way. They had booked the honeymoon suite in one of the top Kampala hotels, …

“From a young age, I would find myself looking at buildings, roads and noticing the difference. I always thought I wanted to do Architecture and later on decided to do Civil Engineering upon advice from an uncle,” says 20-year-old Jamie Mbabazi Magezi. He wants to be his own person and build a name for himself which is exactly what he …

Dr Lawrence Muganga, the vice chancellor of Victoria University, says there is a need for an urgent repositioning of music, dance, and drama (MDD) within Uganda’s education system as a critical driver of future jobs, innovation, and economic transformation. This position was emphasised during Mengo Senior School’s annual Music, Dance and Drama festival on April 25. Dr Muganga, who was …

Scientist Dr ANDREW KIGGUNDU, who last month tragically died after falling off a ladder as he repaired a dysfunctional water system on his house roof, was a hugely influential person in the medical and research profession with dozens of works that helped build the foundation of Uganda’s molecular biology. As Geofrey Serugo writes, the fraternity is struggling to replace his …

Viewers: 70,006 By Spy Uganda The equation for Arsenal is simple on paper; win all four of their remaining matches and it will be the greatest season in the club’s 139-year history. Thierry Henry, part of the unbeaten “Invincibles” side, who were the last Arsenal team to win a league title in 2003-04, said that Mikel Arteta’s squad would …

Viewers: 60,001 By Spy Uganda Shorn of influence in its former colonies in West Africa, France will seek to deepen ties elsewhere on the continent next week at an Africa summit in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, its first to be held in an English-speaking country. With a year left in his presidency, French President Emmanuel Macron is hoping ​to showcase a …

By Mwanje Gideon The story of Uganda’s independence is often told through the lens of 1962, the year the nation shed its colonial tether to embrace sovereignty. It was then that the Parliament of Uganda was formally established, a structure whose foundation stone had been laid on a hopeful December day in 1956. But the spirit of that house, rooted …

Viewers: 200,000 By Spy Uganda Investigations Desk As President Yoweri Museveni settles into a fresh term following his swearing-in on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, attention within Uganda’s political and security establishment has rapidly shifted toward one thing: the impending cabinet reshuffle. Historically, periods preceding cabinet announcements have triggered intense lobbying, strategic alliances, silent wars, and calculated media campaigns among …