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By Monday Akol Amazima On 7th July 2026 as the world was celebrating the International Kiswahili Day, Alan Kasujja the Executive Director of Uganda Media Centre was joined by the Rt Hon Kasule Lumumba the minister of ICT and national guidance to launch the establishment of a Kiswahili desk at Uganda Media Centre. The desk is to among others …

Muwanga Kivumbi at parliament Veteran politician and opposition stalwart Muwanga Kivumbi is no wallflower on Uganda’s volatile political landscape. He is as plucky and tenacious as a free- range chicken from his home district, Butambala. Today, some may question why Kivumbi sounds increasingly defiant, confrontational, even radical. The better question may be: what radicalized him? To answer that question requires …

CDF Muhoozi (R) and President Yoweri Museveni How should ordinary people think about this absolute sense of nervousness that has engulfed Uganda in ways that leaves no one behind: Government workers, NRM politicians, line ministers, security forces – are all talking in whispers, unsure about the nature of power in the present moment. Who is in charge? PLU or NRM? …

Viewers: 50,002   By Spy Uganda The High Court in Kenya has dismissed a bid by Nation Media Group (NMG) to block the enforcement of a KSh320 million arbitration award in favour of Al Is On Production (AIOP), bringing to a close an 11-year legal battle over advertising revenue generated by the hit television drama Mali. In a ruling …

Viewers: 200,002 By Spy Uganda Uganda’s celebrated tech-savvy media czar and digital transformation architect Kin Kariisa has reached yet another defining corporate milestone following his appointment to the Board of Standard Chartered Bank Uganda. The latest elevation positions Kariisa among the country’s influential corporate governance figures, reinforcing his growing reputation as a futuristic executive whose leadership continues disrupting conventional …

By Mulengera Reporters The return of TV10 Gano Mazima to Uganda’s digital media landscape has not been quiet and it was never meant to be. In a defining online broadcast show of ‘The Crossroads’, veteran journalist Dean Lubowa Saava hosted George William Nyombi Thembo, the Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), in a wide-ranging conversation that laid bare …

Kampala, Uganda — Over nearly four decades of leadership under President Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s media sector has evolved alongside the country’s political and economic trajectory. While the nation has expanded its communications infrastructure and diversified its media platforms, journalists continue to operate within a complex environment shaped by security concerns, regulatory pressures, and economic constraints.   Across the profession, reporters …

Kampala, Uganda — At a time when global news cycles are accelerating and public discourse is increasingly shaped by brevity, Shanix Marketing and Media Agency has launched Daily Thinkers, a digital publication designed to recalibrate the balance between speed and substance in journalism. Branded under the tagline, “Thinking Beyond the Headlines,” the platform positions itself within a growing movement that …

Blood bank assures the nation its blood supply is HIV-free Senegal police released this photo of 12 men arrested on homosexuality charges in February. The West African nation of Senegal remains enmeshed in anti-gay turmoil marked by homophobic police raids and probes, more than 50 arrests for “unnatural acts” and claims about gay networks deliberately spreading HIV. The wave of …

By Venenscias Kiiza African health journalism is under unprecedented strain at a moment of escalating public health challenges, according to the Africa Health Media Trends Report 2026, launched 26 February 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya by FINN Partners. Yet the report also highlights a growing shift toward solutions-driven, Africa-led health storytelling that could reshape how health issues are covered across the …