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By Mulengera Reporters Even after deploying his blue-eyed boy Vincent Bagire there, President Museveni’s attitude towards civil servants working under the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MoFA) didn’t change from lukewarm to more favorable.   He, for years, had been quarreling that the Ministry wasn’t doing enough to support his socio-economic transformation of Uganda enough by luring significant numbers of tourists and …

Women tilling the land I’m being cheered on by two amazing ladies from Nyamiyaga and our conversation flips from humour, to curiosity, to interests, to discovery, to compliments and then to something of interest; equity/ equality of man and woman and a bait is thrown and from their point of view, this African aspect is true; in our homes, the …

A fire outbreak in Bwaise has destroyed multiple properties, including vehicles and nearby shops, leaving traders counting losses. The blaze is reported to have started in the early hours of Monday morning at Mirembe Motors garage on Avis road before rapidly spreading to adjacent businesses. The garage, which housed motor vehicles, motorcycles and tuk-tuks, was completely gutted. Flames later extended …

Gang massacre claims the lives of 70 Haitian people. Non-binary and transgender young people, expelled from the Dominican Republic in 2025 and welcomed at the premises of the Heritage for the Protection of Human Rights (HPDH) association in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. (Photo by @merlinjean)   To mark International Trans Visibility Day on March 31, the association Héritage Pour la Protection des …

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), the very institution entrusted with defining the identity of every Ugandan, is now itself facing an identity crisis after a bombshell Auditor General’s report exposed a trail of inefficiencies, delays, system failures and internal chaos that have left millions of citizens stranded without national IDs. At the centre of the storm is Executive …

Political fireworks have erupted from the hills of Mitooma after the district’s incoming boss launched a blistering attack on the current leadership following the dramatic arrest of several top officials over corruption allegations. The outspoken Mitooma LC5 Chairperson-elect, Alex Okanga Karitundu, did not mince words as he accused the district’s current political leadership of failing to stop a growing corruption …

A storm is gathering around the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda after a devastating Value for Money audit exposed deep cracks in the government’s flagship affirmative action programmes meant to uplift some of the country’s most marginalized communities. The explosive findings from the December 2025 report by the Auditor General paint a troubling picture of poor planning, weak …

Amos Tayebwa Mbarara — A political storm is brewing over the contested land at Kakyeka Stadium, and the temperature is rising by the day. Mbarara City Mayor Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi has fired a chilling warning to Mbarara District Chief Administrative Officer David Muhwezi and LC1 Chairman-turned-Councilor Abdul Kyambade to immediately withdraw their alleged interest in a disputed piece of land …

Tears, anger and disbelief have engulfed Nsambya after the Kampala Archdiocese move to evict more than 500 people from Nsambya Housing Estate, triggering accusations of betrayal, hypocrisy and cold-hearted disregard for families who have called the church-owned land home for over five decades. What was once a quiet, tight-knit estate built in the 1960s has now turned into a battleground of legal …

Chaos and panic erupted in Ndeeba on Saturday morning after a raging fire tore through Shell Ndeeba Service Station, sending thick clouds of smoke billowing into the sky and triggering fear among residents and motorists along the busy Masaka Road. The fire broke out at around 7:30am, with eyewitnesses reporting loud bangs and explosions as flames rapidly engulfed parts of …