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Viewers: 80,000 By Spy Uganda The Kenyan government has defended plans to establish a United States-funded Ebola isolation facility at Laikipia Air Base amid growing public opposition, legal challenges, and concerns over the potential transfer of Ebola patients from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The facility, constructed with support from the United States, was scheduled to become operational …

× Your Excellency, I write to you today not merely as a Ugandan, but as a Pan-African journalist deeply concerned by the unfolding anti-immigration protests in South Africa and the growing rhetoric directed against fellow Africans living and working there. Your Excellency, this is an urgent appeal. For decades, you have stood among the foremost advocates of African unity, integration, …

Viewers: 90,001 By Spy Uganda Uganda’s Parliament on Tuesday passed the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, following a tense and chaotic sitting in which opposition lawmakers struggled to have their voices heard. The session, marked by procedural disputes and sharp exchanges, saw legislators from the opposition repeatedly raise concerns over the handling of the Bill, only for many …

MTN should cut its losses and exit Iran, as it faces either reputational or financial harm if it fails to act following the outbreak of widespread protests against the country’s authoritarian theocratic regime. That is the view of Iraj Abedian, economist and chief executive of Pan-African Capital Holdings, who said he was incredibly disappointed in the MTN board and its …

Remarks made by retired Chief Justice Owiny Dollo during his retirement and handover ceremony have triggered a fresh controversy over the long-running Mutungo Hill land dispute involving the estate of the late businessman Dr Muhammad Buwule Kasasa and the family of the late Kabaka of Buganda, Sir Edward Walugembe Mutesa II. While handing over office to Acting Chief Justice Dr …

OTTAWA — Members of Uganda’s opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) living in Canada organised coordinated protests across several cities to denounce President Yoweri Museveni’s declared election victory, citing widespread election malpractice, violence, and abductions in Uganda. The demonstrations were held in Ottawa, Montreal, and Cornwall, led by NUP members within the Ugandan diaspora. In Ottawa, the mobilisation was organised by …

Ugandan Archbishop has history of protesting queer acceptance in Anglican Church Archbishop Sarah Mullally (Alberto Pezzali photo courtesy of AP) Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Rev. Steven Kaziimba Mugalu is not happy with the appointment of the Dame Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, saying that her “support and advocacy” for same-sex marriages is unbiblical. In a …

DAR ES SALAAM – Widespread protests have erupted across Tanzania, with reports of multiple fatalities, as opposition supporters denounce this week’s presidential election as a sham and a “coronation” for incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan. The unrest, which has seen running battles with police, a military deployment, and a severe internet blackout, marks a significant escalation in the nation’s political crisis. …

DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania’s presidential election has been plunged into chaos, with widespread protests erupting across the country, prompting the government to deploy the military, impose a curfew in the commercial capital, and restrict internet access in a dramatic response to escalating unrest. The protests, led by critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and the long-ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) …

By Kabuye Ronald The National Unity Platform (NUP), Uganda’s leading opposition party, has lodged a strong protest to the Electoral Commission, condemning what it describes as its “illegal exclusion” from discussions concerning the Inter-Party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD), despite recent legislative changes making IPOD a statutory body under the National Consultative Forum (NCF). In a letter dated Wednesday 17th, September …