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UMSC Reclaims Control of Haj Affairs, Suspends Uganda Bureau of Haj Affairs | Voice of Bugerere Home Religious news UMSC Reclaims Control of Haj Affairs, Suspends Uganda Bureau of Haj Affairs

With Uganda heading to the polls on January 15, the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has reassured visitors and industry players that the country remains peaceful, secure, and fully open for tourism. In a statement released in Kampala on January 9, 2025, UTB said the election cycle has not disrupted tourism activities and that all major attractions across the country are …

Muslims Nationwide Pray for Peace as Uganda Heads to 2026 General Elections | Voice of Bugerere Home Religious news Muslims Nationwide Pray for Peace as Uganda Heads to 2026 General Elections

The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) and Matugga Industries & Logistics Hub Ltd (MIL) have formalized a strategic partnership aimed at transforming agriculture and livestock productivity across Uganda. The contract was signed on monday Jan 5th 2026 in the UMSC conference hall at a high-profile event attended by UMSC’s National Management Committee members and District Kadhis, following a half-day orientation …

Kampala-Uganda Prisons Service has called upon ex- warder Lawrence Ampe who was dismissed from the service over Indiscipline not to go beyond his limit throughout his conduct. Ex-warder, Lawrence Ampe (Courtesy photo) “Regarding ex-warder Ampe Lawrence, he is hereby warned and reminded that he remains bound by the Code of Conduct and Ethics of the Uganda Public Service, in accordance …

Big-hearted President Yoweri Museveni has forgiven Swiss-Indian billionaire Pankaj Oswal, whose family in 2024 launched an international smear campaign accusing Uganda of abducting and torturing their daughter. Oswal and his kin – wife Radhika Oswal, daughter Riddhi Oswal ran to every media house—local and international—plus the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), painting Uganda as a rogue state …

Centenary Bank and Bees and Trees Uganda have launched the Coffee Agroforestry for Environment and Livelihood Enhancement initiative, aimed at restoring degraded land, promoting environmental conservation, improving livelihoods, and strengthening financial inclusion. The initiative aims to tackle the challenges of environmental degradation and rural poverty by blending tree planting, coffee farming and beekeeping as a pathway to restoring degraded land …

By Alexander LuyimaThe Hoima Post | Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law I write not as a distant observer, but as a Ugandan trained in the law—trained enough to recognise the moment when law stops being a shield and begins to function as an instrument of quiet destruction. I write as someone who still believes, perhaps defiantly, that the …

Reputation of Uganda’s Anita Among tarred by corruption scandal. Anita Among, speaker of Uganda’s parliament A “homosexuality honeymoon” seems to be over for Anita Among, the homophobic speaker of Uganda’s Parliament. In 2023, she orchestrated the enactment of Uganda’s harsh Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), after which she enjoyed months of praise from equally homophobic Ugandans. But now her name is tarred …

Anti-LGBT law has made it harder for queer Ugandas to access health services Patient visits an HIV clinic in rural Uganda. (Photo courtesy of UNICEF) Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) has urged the Ugandan authorities to repeal the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) 2023, if it is serious about protecting the gains Uganda has made in preventing and ending HIV/AIDS …