Tag Archives: Crisis

By Our ReporterVipers Sports Club’s bombshell announcement that it will not participate in the Uganda Premier League under FUFA’s new format has shaken the very foundations of Ugandan football.While some may dismiss the boycott as drastic, a closer look reveals a club pushed into a corner by a federation more intent on flexing its authority than fostering genuine consensus.On October …

This afternoon, Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, hosted Canada’s Defence Advisor, Colonel Todd Braithwaite, at the Special Forces Command (SFC) headquarters in Entebbe. Their discussions centered on strengthening Uganda–Canada military ties, including Uganda’s potential participation in Canada’s Military Training and Cooperation Program (MTCP). On the surface, this meeting might appear as a diplomatic step forward—two nations pledging …

Uganda’s first female Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, is once again at the center of public debate after ordering the police to summon Galaxy TV journalist David Mwesigwa, following his pointed questions to President Yoweri Museveni about the state of the country’s health facilities. During Museveni’s nomination at the Electoral Commission offices in Lweza, Mwesigwa raised serious concerns about overcrowding, poor …

By Eric Yiga Administrators at Mukono General Hospital, a government health facility, are raising alarm over worsening conditions at the maternity ward, where a shortage of delivery beds has forced some mothers to give birth on the floor. Others, after delivery, are instructed to sleep on bare cement floors, exposing them to severe health risks. Hospital director Dr. Geoffrey Kasirye revealed that …