Tag Archives: Controversial

Post Views: 1 Exif_JPEG_420 By Moses AndamaIn Masindi—- Four weighbridges previously operating in Bunyoro’s sugarcane-growing areas have been returned to Victoria Sugar and relocated to the company’s factory in Luwero District, a move local leaders and community mobilizers say marks a significant step in the fight against rampant sugarcane theft. The weighbridges were handed over on Friday by Masindi …

Viewers: 80,000 By Spy Uganda The Kenyan government has defended plans to establish a United States-funded Ebola isolation facility at Laikipia Air Base amid growing public opposition, legal challenges, and concerns over the potential transfer of Ebola patients from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The facility, constructed with support from the United States, was scheduled to become operational …

Viewers: 90,003 By Spy Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has praised Members of Parliament from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) for passing the controversial Sovereignty Bill, describing the legislation as a necessary step in safeguarding Uganda’s independence and protecting the country from foreign interference. In a strongly worded statement issued on Thursday, the President defended the Bill as a …

The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has unveiled a new Board of Directors, ushering in fresh faces. At the centre of the shake-up is the departure of Racheal Kiconco, daughter of former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi. Kiconco exits alongside Sarah Onyiru, Rtd. Col. Stephen Basaliza, and George Runge, closing a chapter that began in 2019—despite Mbabazi’s highly publicised fallout …

Kampala — A civic education initiative known as Know Your Laws is transforming public conversation around some of Uganda’s most controversial legislation by translating complex legal texts into clear, accessible information for ordinary citizens, campaign organisers say. The campaign was launched at a time of increasing restrictions on civic space, following the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act and the Computer …

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pulled another surprise appointment — naming Prof. Jack H. Pen-Mogi Nyeko, the fiery and often controversial former Gulu University boss, as the new Chancellor of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST). Pen-Mogi takes over from Prof. Charles Mark Lwanga Olweny, who has completed two terms (2017–2025) at the helm of the western-based public university. …