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Viewers: 50,000 By Spy Uganda Uganda has confirmed six new Ebola cases, all involving Congolese nationals who had previously been identified and placed under monitoring as contacts of confirmed patients, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. The latest infections were detected through ongoing surveillance and contact-tracing operations, highlighting the effectiveness of measures being implemented to contain the outbreak …

Viewers: 50,003 By Spy Uganda  Health authorities in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are battling to contain a growing Ebola outbreak that has claimed more than 40 confirmed lives, prompting intensified response measures from governments and international health agencies. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention …

The ministry of Health has confirmed three new cases of Ebola Virus Disease, bringing the total number of confirmed infections recorded in Uganda to five. The new cases include a Ugandan driver who transported the country’s first confirmed patient and later succumbed to complications linked to the disease, as well as a health worker who had been involved in managing …

Viewers: 90,004 By Spy Uganda Ugandan health authorities have traced and isolated 127 people, most of them frontline health workers, in an aggressive effort to prevent the spread of Ebola after two imported cases of the Sudan strain were confirmed in Kampala. Officials from the Ministry of Health said the two patients, both nationals of the Democratic Republic of …

By Guest Writer Major cases of extortion are perilously affecting the registration and issuance of national identity cards to the mandatory citizens in Teso sub-region. These cases are currently being perpetuated by the registration assistants who are on temporary employment. The Soroti National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) office which was established in 2014, has about 10 registration assistants, all temporary …

Viewers: 70,006 By Spy Uganda The Inspectorate of Government has requested an additional Shs25.98 billion in the 2026/27 financial year budget to strengthen its anti-corruption operations amid rising complaints, mounting case backlogs and increasingly sophisticated corruption investigations. The funding request includes Shs15.6 billion for the recruitment of 100 additional technical staff, Shs4.4 billion for the acquisition of modern investigative …

Acts targeting LGBTQI Ugandans increased since Anti-Homosexuality Act became law Edward Mwebaza, executive director of Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), addresses the media. (Photo courtesy of HRAPF) A new report by the Uganda-based Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) indicates that there was a surge in violence and rights violations against Uganda‘s LGBTQ community in January. A total …

Kampala — The curtain is slowly falling on the controversial Departed Asians Property Custodian Board, but as the lights dim, what is emerging is not a graceful exit — it is a catalogue of chaos, financial indiscipline, fraud allegations and staggering governance failure. A fresh Auditor General’s report as of December 2025 has ripped open the books of the Board …

For an institution created to sniff out dirty money and choke financial crime at its roots, the spotlight is now uncomfortably fixed on the watchdog itself. A damning Value for Money audit in the December 2025 report by the Auditor General has exposed glaring weaknesses at the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), raising tough questions about competence, focus and leadership under …

By Alexander Luyima | The Hoima Post | Kampala — 28 October 2025 Ugandans are increasingly disillusioned with the Electoral Commission (EC), as recent events suggest that the institution’s independence is being compromised. Allegations of bias, manipulation, and unlawful conduct have surfaced, casting doubt on the credibility of the upcoming 2026 general elections. Ongoing Court Cases Involving EC Chairperson Justice …