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The cracks inside Standard Chartered Bank are no longer whispers — they are now headline news. As the British banking giant retreats from struggling markets, its top executives are heading for the exit and its once-proud retail empire in Uganda has collapsed into a fire sale. In the latest bombshell, Standard Chartered Bank Kenya CEO Kariuki Ngari has announced he …

A bitter scramble for billions from a United Nations agriculture fund has landed the national coordinator of Hongera Sana Uganda in serious trouble, exposing deep cracks within Uganda’s security establishment and raising troubling questions about the use of intelligence agencies in civilian programmes. Hongera Sana — a Swahili phrase meaning “big congratulations” — was unveiled as a national initiative under …

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s latest directives on fisheries management have thrown the future of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) commander, Lt. Col. Mercy Tukahirwa, into fresh uncertainty, as pressure mounts over alleged excesses by the unit she leads. While campaigning in Buliisa and Kikuube districts this month, the President openly acknowledged widespread complaints from fishing …

Jolly S. Katerega, the wife to embattled Kampala University Prof. Badru Kateregga, has issued a strong rebuttal to what she describes as false and malicious allegations circulating on social media and in sections of the media, linking her to an alleged affair with the Director of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), AIGP Tom Magambo. In an official statement released Tuesday …

The Director of Criminal Investigations (CID), AIGP Tom Magambo, has dismissed what he described as a recurring smear campaign attempting to link him and the CID directorate to the ongoing marital and property dispute involving Kampala International University founder Prof. Badru Kateregga and his wife, Jolly Shubaiha Kateregga. Speaking to RedPepper after a message circulated widely on WhatsApp and social …

Kampala – Uganda’s science and innovation sector is reeling from mounting allegations of institutional decay, political interference and shadowy management of multi-billion-shilling projects, as fresh details emerge linking recruitment chaos at the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) to a wider governance crisis at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). At the centre of the storm …

Shocking news reaching RedPepper Online confirms the passing of Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye, the former Managing Director of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). A close family member has revealed that Dr. Iyamulemye succumbed to cancer, an illness he had quietly battled for years. Insiders say his condition deteriorated further after he lost the high-stakes fight to stop UCDA from being …

Mbarara — Drama, deception, and political intrigue have landed smack in the middle of the Mbarara Woman MP race! Rival candidate Maurishia Hope has officially petitioned the Electoral Commission (EC) to recall the nomination of Loydah Twinomujuni Kyarikunda, claiming she submitted a forged academic document — a claim allegedly confirmed by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). According to …

Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ndege on Thursday, summoned Domitila Mailo of Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) to testify in the fraud and forgery case facing Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago. Mandago is charged alongside county officials Meshack Rono and Joshua Lelei. Mailo is supposed to appear on November 27 and testify as a prosecution witness.Ndege issued the summons after Mailo failed …

Kiruhura was on fire recently—politically—after NRM bosses came out swinging against what they call “total disorder and indiscipline” from Bobi Wine and his NUP supporters. NRM Kiruhura district chairperson Nkesiga Moses Kamiisi has rubbished viral social-media claims that security blocked Bobi Wine from holding his Rushere rally on November 5, 2025. Kamiisi insists there was NO blockade, no political sabotage, …