Tag Archives: Busoga

Jinja, Uganda | URN | Football fans travelling across Busoga for the ongoing MTN-Masaza Cup tournament are doubling as tourists, visiting little-known hills and other attractions located near the playgrounds hosting matches across the kingdom’s 11 chiefdoms. The tournament, which has attracted 14 teams grouped into four pools, has deliberately …

  Jinja, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |  Bugweri opened their MTN Busoga Masaza Cup campaign with a 1-0 victory over hosts Busiki on Saturday, spoiling a festive homecoming for thousands of supporters who gathered at Kaiti Primary School in Namutumba. Ali Kiyemba scored the decisive goal with a second-half header …

Jinja, Uganda | URN | Officials from the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) are holding consultative meetings with leaders in Busoga to identify practical solutions for reducing poverty and improving household incomes. According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) Sub-Regional Wealth Analysis Report 2022, Busoga ranks as the …

Jinja, Uganda | URN | The Bishop of Busoga Diocese, Rt. Rev. Grace Lubaale has called on President Museveni to release all political prisoners. In his Easter message at Christ’s Cathedral, Bugembe, Lubaale stated that releasing political prisoners would demonstrate inclusive coexistence as a unified nation. “I appeal to President …

Jinja, Uganda | URN | The National Unity Platform (NUP) has expanded its parliamentary presence in the Busoga sub-region, winning eight seats compared to just one in the previous term. The incumbent Jinja City Woman Member of Parliament, Manjeri Kyebakutika, had previously been the lone NUP MP from the sub-region. …

  Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has advised leaders and residents of the Busoga sub-region to adopt the right farming models in order to overcome household poverty and fully benefit from Uganda’s growing agricultural economy. Meeting National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders from Busoga in Iganga, …

  Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The government has intervened in Busoga’s sugarcane sector, setting a minimum price of Shs125,000 per ton of sugarcane following complaints from out-growers over low prices. The decision was reached at a meeting held on Friday, December 19, 2025, in Kampala between officials from …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Presidential flag bearer, has launched his Busoga sub-region campaign with a major rally in Bugiri District, placing strong emphasis on expanding access to education and accelerating wealth creation across the region. Addressing thousands of supporters, …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF, has started recruiting 969 youths from all the districts in the Busoga sub-region. The exercise kicked off in Jinja city before being rolled out in the rest of the districts during the course of this week. The candidates being recruited …

Violence to hit high in Parliamentary elections COVER STORY | JOSEPH WERE | A pattern of campaign violence, candidate harassment, and voter bribery that has emerged during the just concluded NRM primaries will likely spill into the 2026 general elections. That is the view of many expert election observers and analysts. …