HICGI News Agency

Vice President Alupo Represents Museveni: BRICS Summit, Ends with Renewed Push for a Multipolar World Order.

NEW DELHI, INDIA – By Dr.Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin L. H. D (Hon.)- HICGI News Agency updated at 1613 EAT on Monday 14 September 2026 Vice President Jessica Alupo represented President Yoweri Museveni at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, where she held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on strengthening cooperation between…

Lukyamuzi Takes on Odonga Otto Over Disappearance of Signatures Collected to Impeach the President

On the Senior Citizens Talk, veteran Ugandan politician Hon. John Ken Lukyamuzi, popularly known as The Man, revisits the controversial 2012 impeachment petition against President Museveni and addresses the alleged disappearance of signatures collected to support the motion. In this candid discussion with Dr. Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, L.H.D. (Hon.), Lukyamuzi also shares his views on…

Uganda Teachers Mark National Career Guidance Day

By Viola Nabbale – updated at 1133 EAT on Thursday 23rd March 2023 Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports on Monday marked the annual National Career Guidance Day at Kololo Independence Ground. The day was lobbied by Incredible Youth International, headed by James Brian Ntwatwa in a meeting he held with the First Lady and…

The Nnaabagereka hits shelves tomorrow.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1910 EAT on Wednesday 22nd March 2023. In her autobiography scheduled to be released tomorrow, NNAABAGEREKA SYLVIA NAGGINDA LUSWATA candidly takes readers through her childhood, life in the United States, hopes and fears of marrying into the Buganda Kingdom royal family as well as raising a blended family with…

Museveni to IGG: Back off soldiers.

By Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1223 EAT on Wednesday 22nd March 2023. President Museveni has urged the inspector general of government (IGG), Beti Kamya Turwomwe, not to compel soldiers and other security personnel to declare their wealth publicly under the Leadership Code of 2021, no matter what the law says. The president said in a…

Journalist hunted, flees into exile.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1210 EAT on Wednesday 22nd March 2023. When journalist Lawrence Kitatta covered a demonstration in Nakasero at the home of then deputy speaker—now speaker of parliament—Anita Among last year, little did he know that would be the end of his journalism career. Before the Nakasero incident, Kitatta, 32, had…

Polio emergency declared in Burundi.

By Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2331 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. Burundi has declared a national public health emergency after polio was detected in a 4-year-old and two other children who had been in contact with the child. The polio outbreak is Burundi’s first in more than 30 years. The landlocked African country is…

Ethiopia, Eritrea say US allegations ‘inflammatory’, ‘defamatory’.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2134 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. Ethiopia’s government has accused the United States of taking a “partisan” approach by alleging that its forces, and Eritrean troops, had committed war crimes during the two-year conflict in Tigray. “The US statement is inflammatory,” the foreign ministry said in a statement…

Robbery: Japanese national testifies against Sipapa.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe 0937 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. A Japanese national Waada Atsushi has testified against aggravated robbery suspect Charles Olimu alias Sipapa. In addition to the charges of robbery of up to Shs 1.6 billion and jewellery from a South Sudanese official, for which he was committed to the High…

South African police, soldiers deploy over opposition-led protests.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0913 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. Police and soldiers deployed across South Africa today Monday as the country braced for protests after a left-wing party called for a “national shutdown”, sparking fears of a repeat of the unrest that turned deadly two years ago. There was a heavy…