Outspoken Amuru member of parliament Gilbert Olanya recently took to social media to attack the leadership at the ministry of Energy, accusing officials of complacency and presiding over shoddy infrastructure works. In an amateur video widely circulated online, Olanya walks through bush-covered sections along the Karuma–Pakwach highway, pointing at collapsed high-voltage pylons. The footage quickly went viral, triggering debate across …

Viewers: 50,004 By Spy Uganda  The Director of Uganda’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Maj. Tom Magambo, and his family are mourning the heartbreaking loss of his son, Timothy Magambo, who died in a drowning incident in the United States over the weekend. Timothy Magambo, 18, had just completed his freshman year at the University at Albany in New York. …

NSSF office For public infrastructure managers, the remarks by President Museveni encouraging the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to invest in public infrastructure such as roads, instead of focusing heavily on government bonds, were welcome news. The swift positive response from the NSSF administration was equally encouraging. Uganda faces a significant infrastructure financing gap as it works to improve the …

For decades, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) across Africa has largely revolved around donations, charity drives, and short- term community interventions. While these initiatives remain important, they rarely create long-term systemic transformation. Increasingly, the future of impactful corporate responsibility lies in sustainable investments that develop people, strengthen institutions, and shape future economies. This is why the Equity Leaders Program (ELP), an …

There is that picture at Kololo Airstrip where a clearly forlorn [former] Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Anita Among is captured ingratiating herself to a clearly disinterested soldier, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba. It had to go viral. In that moment, Anita Among, eager to retain her position as speaker, was pleading not just with the CDF or privileged son of the president, …

× Investors are increasingly up in arms over a controversial new policy introduced by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), which now requires an annual environmental audit for every approved project or risk penalty of up to shillings 10 million. The policy has triggered outrage within the business community, with investors describing it as punitive, expensive, and detached from the …

FUFA House Ugandan football is bigger than any office, any chairman, any single name. Right now, the game is stuck, and the fans, players, and clubs paying the price. Why change cannot wait The leadership at Fufa is under a cloud. Moses Magogo, the Fufa president, is reportedly under investigation for corruption, and he has been barred from entering the …

LGBT activists Every year on May 17, the world commemorates the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). The date marks an important moment in global human rights history: in 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases, affirming that queer identities are not illnesses, abnormalities, or moral defects. Since then, May 17 has …

Bank of Uganda building Small and microbusinesses have always had issues of accessing capital either to grow or stay in business. Commercial lenders charge premiums and demand stuff that these small and microbusinesses can only dream of. In order not to sink, they usually stay off commercial loans preferring to remain small or turn to informal lenders if they really …

MTN Uganda CEO, Sylvia Mulinge Like many Ugandans, I have had terrible experiences with MTN. Not once or twice but many times over. I enumerated some dubious incidents in the article “Does MTN promote crime?” (The Observer, 1 April 2026). I particularly found the continued use of a strange phone number on the MTN network illegally registered under my NIN …

Serere– The Judiciary on Tuesday commissioned the newly constructed Serere Chief Magistrate’s Court Building in a ceremony aimed at strengthening access to justice and improving service delivery in the Teso sub-region. Lady Justice Frances Abodo at the officiating Ceremony. The event, took place at the court grounds under the theme “Justice that Listens, Serves and Resolves,” is being presided over …

Mukono District has strengthened its emergency medical response services following the official deployment and handover of government ambulances aimed at improving healthcare access and reducing delays in emergency evacuation. Lukooya Mukoome and other officials. The handover ceremony was presided over by the Chairperson LCV of Mukono District, Hon. Francis Lukooya Mukoome, assisted by the District Executive Committee led by the …

By Spy Uganda Arsenal have been crowned Premier League champions for the first time in 22 years after Manchester City failed to beat Bournemouth on Tuesday. Champions in six of the previous eight seasons, Man City needed to win away at Bournemouth to narrow the gap to Arsenal to just two points and take the race to the final day of the season on Sunday. However, a …

Children doing pottery at Baby and Kids Expo Children are speaking, but are we truly hearing them before they turn to the world for validation? Child abuse remains one of the most disturbing yet often hidden realities in our communities. It happens behind closed doors, frequently at the hands of individuals children know and trust. Yet beyond the abuse itself …

The world is on the move, and the shift from deeply conservative worldviews to more liberal, interrogative ones is accelerating. Across the globe, people are learning to question long‐held beliefs, push back against harmful practices, and embrace the abundance of knowledge now available. What began as a cultural reawakening in the West has spread across the global south, particularly Africa, …