Ugandan president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, believes the biggest problem for African authorities managing the fight against the coronavirus pandemic is the “social indiscipline of our people”. President Museveni expressed his sentiments in a tweet he posted on Wednesday on his official Twitter page. This follows what has become a daily habit of telling Ugandans what he […]
A local publication ran a piece informing that President Yoweri Museveni has put off forth-coming Uganda’s general vote owing to the coronavirus outbreak. “Museveni postpones next year’s elections to 2023 due to coronavirus,” the publication said. “The lives of Ugandans are very important more than anything else. I have consulted with my ministers and we […]
The African Development Bank has released a $1 million grant to Uganda to help the East African country tackle an outbreak of the Ebola virus. The grant to support Uganda’s National Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) Preparedness and Response Plan, was approved in January. Funds have been disbursed through the World Health Organization (WHO), which is […]
A Ugandan female student who took to brick laying in order to raise money to pay her school fees has graduated from the University. Sharon Mbabazi braved the odds, took her destiny in her hands and worked hard to fund her education. She graduated recently with a degree in communication to the admiration of many. […]
President Yoweri Museveni led a march in efforts to stamp out corruption in public offices on Thursday. The Ugandan leader was accompanied by politicians, members of civil society organisations and religious leaders. Several people were forced to walk to work as they were caught unawares by the traffic restrictions. President Museveni pointed out that obesity […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s personal blog site is down after he published a post revealing he had been on a diet to lose 30kg (4st 7lb). In the post, he dismissed rumours of ill health or being tired and said he lost weight as part of a deliberate attempt to shed fat, the Ugandan news […]
75-year-old Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni has stated that he is not tired of holding on to the country’s Presidency after 33 years of being in power. The Ugandan President who got into power on January 29, 1986, disclosed in an open letter published on his Blogspot that he deliberately lost weight by shedding off the […]
A 34-year-old Ugandan man Kenneth Odiom has shocked people after he allegedly ate a cobra to avenge for his lost chicken. Odiom hailing from Kwapa Central village in Tororo district amused people when he went into hunting for a dangerous, venomous cobra snake that has been killing his chicken to avenge. He later found the […]
A Ugandan woman, Ann Grace Aguti, 36, from the Ngora district of the country has been trending on social media, over her decision to marry three men, Richard Alich, John Peter Oluka and Michael Enyaku at the same time. All the men live in the same compound as her. Local newspaper, New Vision, broke the news of the unconventional arrangement last week […]
A Rwandan gospel singer has revealed his sexual orientation in an interview with a Christian YouTube channel on Monday. Albert Nabonibo, 35 revealed that he is gay and was ready to face the backlash that comes with his disclosure. Many of his fans have expressed shock at his disclosure in an African society that conservative […]
Three pupils were on Wednesday struck dead by lightning in Kibaale District, western Uganda. Police and residents identified the deceased as Robert Zabayo, a 14-year-old pupil at Kisalizi primary school, his brother Mbabazi Marina, 6 and a friend Moses Alinaitwe, 10. Zabayo and Mbabazi were children of Obed Byomugisa while Alinaitwe was Ayebale’s son, both […]
She is known in Uganda as the most fertile woman after giving birth to 42 children in just 15 pregnancies. Mariam Nabatanzi tells her story of how she was abused and sold into marriage at an early age of 12 and how she has been mistreated and molested sexually in the past, culminating in her […]
