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Kampala, Uganda | URN | High Court judge Collins Acellam has ordered journalist, Henry Lubulwa to pay 60 million shillings for defaming Letshego Uganda Limited, a microfinance organization and its Chief Executive Officer Aijukwe Germany Giles. Using his website, Entebbe Post, Lubulwa allegedly defamed Aijukwe and Letshego when he wrote that they …

  Moses Ali, Kasaija, Gen David Muhoozi, Anite and Nankabirwa dropped from Cabinet   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has retained a majority of his ministers, with the half dozen new names including Kiryowa Kiwanuka as Minister of Defence, Sanjay Tanna as Trade Minister and Adonia …

Kween, Uganda | URN | Police in Kween District are investigating circumstances under which a mother allegedly buried her newborn baby alive shortly after delivering at home. The incident occurred on 25, Monday evening in Kapkwisa Cell, Kapkuneroi Ward, Kapnarkut Town Council in Kween District. Fredmark Chesang the Sipi Regional Police …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Robert Wamala Lumanyika was a tax educator, public servant, and former journalist who died on 24 May 2026 in a road accident near Karuma Falls on the Kampala–Gulu Highway. ‎‎‎His death shocked different communities including the journalism fraternity and the corporate world, apart from the …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Education and Sports has given schools a one-week grace period to fully implement Ebola Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) following fresh cases linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As schools reopen for the new term, the Ministry of …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | As satellite internet service, Starlink prepares to commence operations in Uganda, there are questions about how much of a physical presence the SpaceX subsidiary will have in the country, especially for taxation purposes and security concerns. In December last year, the government conducted a crackdown …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda has recorded two new Ebola cases in the capital, Kampala, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to seven, the Ministry of Health said in a statement issued on Monday. The ministry said the two new cases are health workers working at a private …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Anita Annet Among, the Speaker of Uganda’s 11th Parliament, was noticeably absent from the inaugural sitting of the 12th Parliament on Monday at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, where Members of Parliament convened to elect a new Speaker and Deputy Speaker. Her name was read out …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signaled a tougher approach toward government officials, warning that ministers and leaders who fail to help citizens benefit from government poverty-eradication programs could face dismissal. Speaking shortly after the election of Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth as Speaker and Thomas Tayebwa as …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Investigators probing corruption at Parliament are reportedly zeroing in on multiple bank accounts belonging to staff close to former Speaker Anita Among. The probe into alleged corruption, money laundering, and illicit enrichment in Parliament and other government offices, that began on 16 May 2026, started …