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Kampala — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA) marks a significant evolution in Uganda’s development narrative. While previous addresses largely focused on economic recovery, infrastructure expansion, and sectoral growth, this year’s message carries a stronger emphasis on implementation, accountability, and performance. At its core, the address reflects a government seeking to transition from laying developmental …

Viewers: 80,002 By Swift Reporter President Yoweri Museveni has already landed in Kololo to deliver the annual State of the Nation Address to Parliament. According to the Parliament Order Paper issued Tuesday (June 2) by the Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige, the address will also mark the opening of a new session of Parliament. Under Article 101(1) of the …

Kampala, Uganda — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has unveiled a major reshuffle of Executive, appointing a new line-up of Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, and Senior Presidential Advisors ahead of the anticipated State of the Nation Address. The changes, announced under the constitutional powers vested in the Presidency, signal both continuity and strategic political recalibration within the ruling National Resistance …

Kampala– As we are left with few days to the State of the Nation Address where President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is expected to address the Country men on a number of issues in the country, the Parliament has issued new guidelines to be followed. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni  According to Mr. Adolf Mwesige, the Clerk to Parliament, this has been as a …

Museveni commissions a factory recently In 1962, Uganda got its independence. The country reclaimed political power from colonial rule. However, more than 60 years later, the shadow of economic dependence still hangs heavily over the nation. Uganda remains politically independent while large sections of its economy continue to be controlled by external forces. At independence, Uganda’s economy worked. Coffee, cotton, …

Viewers: 60,002 By Twiine Mansio Charles There is a silent war unfolding in Uganda’s living rooms, on radio stations, across billboards, and through the glowing screens of mobile phones. It is not fought with bullets or bombs, but with words, images, manipulation, and deception. Yet its casualties are real: broken minds, damaged health, eroded morality, and a society slowly …

Uganda’s cities are drowning in deafening chaos — and the finger of blame is now pointing squarely at the top leadership of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). A damning Value for Money audit by the Auditor General as of December 2025 has blown the lid off what insiders describe as “a regulator asleep on duty,” exposing glaring failures in …

One of a series of updates about LGBTQ rights internationally, region by region Governmental leaders of North America, clockwise from top left: Mark Carney, prime minister of Canada; Claudia Scheinbaum, president of Mexico; Donald Trump, president of the United States; and Jens-Frederik Nielsen, prime minister of Greenland. (Photos courtesy of Canada, Wikipedia, Reuters and PBS) LGBTQ rights journalist Rob Salerno, …

The National Unity Platform (NUP) leader, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has vehemently condemned the blockade of Nation Media Group (NMG) journalists from Parliament, labeling it a blatant assault on media freedom and a retaliatory move for critical reporting. In a statement posted on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Thursday, the presidential candidate expressed grave concern …

“We Are Voting in Fear”: Tanzanians Speak Out as Nation Votes Amid Crackdown and Silence | Voice of Bugerere Home International News “We Are Voting in Fear”: Tanzanians Speak Out as Nation Votes Amid Crackdown and Silence