Publication
THEY TOPPLED GIANT MPs, BUT CAN’T SPEAK Silent successors mark 100 days in parliament
Vol. 21 Issue: 037
Read Full Story (Page 1)
UGANDA’S CANCER CRISIS
Every day, an average of 278 people walk through the Uganda Cancer Institute seeking care. Some need a diagnosis. Others return for chemotherapy, laboratory tests, blood products or specialist treatment. Behind each visit is a patient and a family...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
What a horrendous, painful week that was!
There are those deaths of people you have not known at a personal level, yet when they happen, they still temporarily knock your world off its axis. The reaction I had on Tuesday August 25 when news came in that country singer Dolly Parton was dead,...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
SELECTIVE MERCY: ANITA AMONG WALKS FREE
For months, the grand gates of her residences were watched by security forces, her luxury vehicle fleet stood impounded, and one of the most formidable political careers in modern Uganda seemed bound for a courtroom docket.
Read Full Story (Page 1)
HOW LUKWAGO, OBORE, WAISWA ARE FARING AT LUZIRA PRISON
Ever since his arrest on June 15 and subsequent charging and remanding to Murchison Bay prison at Luzira, former Kampala lord mayor and president of the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF), Erias Lukwago, has spent all those days in the prison...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
WHY KEY OPPOSITION FIGURES FLED UGANDA
At least five senior opposition figures have in the recent months fled the country for exile, citing threats to their lives. First it was Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the President of the National Unity Platform (NUP), the biggest opposition political...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
Is Sheila Gashumba entertainment’s ultimate kingmaker?
When majority of Ugandans hear the name Sheila Gashumba, they associate it with the Kampala night life, ‘bottle parties’, and some unsavoury rumours; what, with her being one of the major hosts of the night life experiences in Kampala, as well as being...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
MUSEVENI STUCK WITH ANITA AMONG
“I surely cannot tell you exactly what is going to happen…What I know is that the president spoke to her and said nobody was going to arrest her. Of course, the Kabanda group wanted her to be arrested and charged immediately, but it seems Museveni is...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
HOW NEW TAXES WILL HIT YOU Shs200
Vol. 21 Issue: 022 New tax on every litre of fuel.
Read Full Story (Page 1)
WHAT NEXT FOR ANITA AMONG?
“This was a massacre not only for her, but for us. We thought we would use her influence to be accommodated in some way, but things span so fast out of control. It is hard to recover from something like this”
Read Full Story (Page 1)
INSIDE AMONG’S 48-HOUR COLLAPSE
KAMPALA — When Anita Annet Among adjourned Parliament sine die on May 5, few people around her believed they were watching the closing act of one of the most dramatic political rises in recent Ugandan history. The Speaker of Parliament appeared firmly...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
How Spice turned Lugogo into wildest dancehall playground
Vol. 21 Issue: 019
Read Full Story (Page 1)
SOVEREIGNTY BILL: WHAT CHANGED, WHAT DIDN’T
The revised version narrows the focus to individuals who act on behalf of foreign interests, specifically within Uganda’s political space. In practical terms, this means the law targets those who organise, fund or influence political activity, such as...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
SOVEREIGNTY BILL DIVIDES UGANDA
KAMPALA — Parliament has become the latest battleground in a widening national argument over power, money and the meaning of sovereignty. At the centre of the storm is the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, a proposed law the government says is...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
INSIDE THE GGABA HORROR
Throughout the attack, something was unsettling about Okello’s demeanour. “He did not say anything during the attack; he was just breathing heavily, and the bag remained on his back.”
Read Full Story (Page 1)
Pharmacists’ minimum wage plan hits legal wall
A decision meant to raise pharmacists’ pay has instead triggered a legal reality check, one that could reshape how professional bodies set standards in Uganda. At the centre of the dispute is a directive issued by the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
MUSEVENI RALLIES BEHIND SSENFUKA’S MEDICINE
OBSERVER TEAM President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appealed to Members of Parliament to prioritise funding of critical areas in this year’s budget. Speaking to members of the ruling National Resistance Movement parliamentary caucus recently, President...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
UGANDANS BREATHE WORLD’S DIRTIEST AIR
KAMPALA — In the early hours of the morning, before traffic thickens and the city fully wakes up, Kampala’s air can feel deceptively calm. But as the day unfolds, engines revving, dust rising, waste burning in the distance, that calm gives way to...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
DISSENT INTENSIFIES OVER SPEAKER RACE
KAMPALA - In the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), the race for Speaker of Parliament is usually decided long before Members of Parliament ever cast their votes. This time, however, the outcome appears less settled. Shortly after the...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
WHY MUSEVENI EMBRACES SORE LOSERS
Vol. 21 Issue: 008 Nsibambi, widely expected to be in the next cabinet, will have his work cut out to prove that the defection is in the interest of national dialogue. He has positioned himself to disprove the opposition that he can negotiate peace...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
UNEB RESULTS BLOW LID OFF NEW SYLLABUS
The findings suggest that classrooms are indeed changing, and that students are more confident, more practical, and more entrepreneurial. Schools are experimenting with projects that spill beyond their gates into surrounding communities.
Read Full Story (Page 1)
UGANDA AIRLINES: HOW BILLIONS VANISHED
KAMPALA – In August 2019, Uganda Airlines returned to the skies with promise tacked into its wings. The national carrier’s first flight to Nairobi carried just eight passengers, but it carried something heavier too: a country’s hope that a long-lost...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
NEW AUDIT REVEALS ROT IN GOVERNMENT
KAMPALA – In Uganda, the failures of the state rarely announce themselves all at once. They surface quietly, inside overcrowded dormitories where children wait months for court files that never arrive; in hospital wards where life-saving machines sit...
Read Full Story (Page 1)