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By Amiri Wabusimba. On a modest veranda in Mubende District, a row of glass jars sits quietly beneath pieces of cotton cloth. Inside them, tea, sugar and a living culture are transforming into kombucha, a fermented drink that has travelled from ancient Asian traditions to modern global wellness markets. At first glance, the jars appear to represent a small entrepreneurial experiment, …

Kampala — What began as a bold presidential dream to transform Uganda’s beloved matooke into a global industrial product is now under intense scrutiny after a damning audit exposed management gaps, delays, financial losses and billions lying idle at the country’s flagship banana industrialisation project. A fresh report from the Office of the Auditor General of Uganda has raised serious …

A Value for Money audit has detonated a political and administrative bombshell at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, exposing deep cracks in Uganda’s land administration system despite years of digitalisation and decentralisation reforms. At the centre of the storm is the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, headed administratively by Permanent Secretary Dorcas W. Okalany, who …

Iran’s architecture of internet control is built on technologies from China, according to an analysis published by a British human rights organization, according to reports by British newspaper, The Guardian. The report by Article 19 says the technologies include facial recognition tools used on Uyghurs in western China and a Chinese alternative to the US-based GPS system, BeiDou. The report outlines the policies …

SWITCHING the TV on or giving your phone to your kid just to have 15 minutes of peace is the daily reality for many families. But a recent study found that some kids spend a whopping five hours glued to the telly, BBC reported earlier this year – and the consequences are shocking. Children with the highest screen time reportedly could say …

PALLISA — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Ugandans to embrace wealth creation at the household level as a key pillar of national transformation, describing it as the “third contribution” of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government after peace and infrastructure development. The President made the remarks on Wednesday during his first rally in the Bukedi sub-region, held at Kameke …

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the people of Sebei Sub-region to continue supporting the National Resistance Movement (NRM), saying the party’s track record over the last 40 years makes it the most reliable vehicle for Uganda’s progress. Speaking during an interaction with journalists from the Sebei sub-region on Tuesday night, Museveni outlined seven key contributions the NRM has made …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has for the first time acknowledged that two Kenyan activists were detained by his government, using the chilling term “the fridge” to describe their confinement. The admission comes after Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo were missing for 38 days, following their abduction by masked, uniformed men in Uganda last month. The pair had been attending a …

RUBAGA– Hon. Betty Kamya, the outgoing Inspectorate General of Government (IGG), has extended gratitude to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for having granted her an opportunity to serve in his government under various capacity. Hon. Betty Kamya, the outgoing IGG (Courtesy photo) Kamya who was replaced by Lady Justice Aisha Naluzze, last week, informed journalists that she will not be Contesting for …

A former parliamentary aspirant, Akol Hellen Odeke, has come forward with serious allegations that her life and that of her family are in danger following her attempt to contest against Speaker of Parliament Anita Among during the last general election. Akol, who vied for a parliamentary seat in eastern Uganda, says she has endured persistent death threats, intimidation, and property …