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By Asuman Kiyingi Uganda today faces a question that can no longer be avoided: Who is actually in charge of the state? To the outside world, we project coherence—a reliable trade partner, a pillar of regional security, and a predictable diplomatic actor. Yet, domestic reality tells a different story: a state speaking in competing voices, perpetually correcting itself after the …

By Mulengera Reporters Mr. Asadu Kisitu is no longer Commissioner Customs at URA as his position has controversially been allocated to Henry Kwaligonza Byenkya who has been serving as Manager Warehousing. Kwaligonza is a lawyer from Makerere University and LDC. He is also understood to be good friends with people in top management at URA.   For a while, it …

By Mulengera Reporters On Thursday, diehard Museveni supporter Yusuf Nsibambi appeared on CBS’ Kiriza oba Gana program along with Semujju Nganda, Joyce Bagala Ntwatwa and older persons MP James Kakooza. To his credit, moderator Kalule Lameck prompted him to comment on the audio clip of his which had gone viral on internet days earlier.   In the audio, Nsibambi is …

By Ben Musanje The State Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Amos Lugoloobi, has called for a deeper, value chain-driven approach to data utilization in Uganda’s aquaculture sector, warning that gaps in knowledge and high input costs could undermine the industry’s potential despite encouraging new statistics. Lugoloobi made the remarks while officially launching the Uganda Aquaculture Census Report 2025 …

By Mulengera Reporters  Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital has issued an official statement seeking to clarify circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a newborn, urging the public to remain calm as investigations continue into the troubling incident.   In a press statement dated April 28, 2026, the Hospital Director Dr. Robert Ssentongo elaborated that the case stems from an event that occurred …

By Ben MusanjeThe government has paraded a total of 231 foreign nationals at the Ministry of Internal Affairs along Port Bell road in Kampala following two coordinated enforcement operations targeting illegal migration and suspected cybercrime networks. According to Simon Peter Mundeyi, spokesperson for the ministry, the arrests mark a significant step in Uganda’s intensified crackdown on undocumented foreigners and transnational …

By Mulengera ReportersA deepening rift has emerged at St. Francis Chapel at Makerere University after a group of congregants submitted a detailed petition to the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda and the Bishop of Kampala Diocese Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, alleging widespread governance failures, spiritual disorder and a breakdown of trust under current chapel leadership. Dated February 22, 2026, …

By Mulengera Reporters Through his Vice President Jessica Alupo, President Museveni used the Monday cabinet meeting to direct trade minister David Bahati to stop usurping the work of Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja and always consult or seek guidance before making public pronouncements. Gen Museveni, who attended the morning part and left, was unhappy with Bahati’s announcement in Parliament last week …

By Ben Musanje A Kampala-based textile trader has accused Kalungu East Member of Parliament-elect Yusuf Junior Kiruuta Nkeretanyi of masterminding the theft of curtain materials worth Shs3.7 billion from his home and business premises. The businessman, Hajji Sulaiman Lwabuuka Kasule, alleges that the scheme involved his wife, Shamira Nakachwa, and several close associates. Nkeretanyi is jointly charged with six others, …

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 …