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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 Political Transition: Bobi Wine, Gen. Muntu Stay Silent on Forgiving Museveni

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda & Eric KikomekoUpdated at 21:35, Monday, 1 December 2025 Nandala Mafabi and Male Mabirizi Emerge as the Only Candidates Willing to Forgive Museveni As Uganda heads toward the January 2026 general elections, the question of political transition dominated Sunday night’s highly anticipated Presidential Debate hosted by NTV Uganda. The debate,…

Unity and Diplomacy: VP Alupo and 25+ Envoys Gather in Kampala to Honour 71 Years of Algeria’s Liberation.

By Dr. Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, L.H.D. (Hon.), Anastasias Gordon Sekandi, Faith Barbara Ruhinda & Princess Scovia K Kampala, Uganda — Updated at 2145 EAT on November 5, 2025 The Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria in Uganda on Tuesday hosted a colourful reception at the ambassador’s residence in Kampala to mark the 71st…

Uganda and Russia Reaffirm Strategic Partnership at Third Intergovernmental Commission Session

By Dr. Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, L. H. D (Hon.) & Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Munyonyo, Uganda — updates at 13:12 EAT on October 8, 2025 Uganda and the Russian Federation have reaffirmed their long-standing strategic partnership during the Third Session of the Uganda–Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation, held at Speke Resort Munyonyo,…

Umeme employees accuse their union for failing them after losing shs 38bn case.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0948 EAT on Thursday 7 2022. Umeme office in Sironko. File photo After losing a labour dispute before the Industrial court, former workers of Umeme now accuse their union bosses of conniving with their employer to deny them gratuity amounting to Shs 38bn. They, however, did not back up…

French election: Rightwards drift or institutional shift?

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1405 EAT on Wednesday 6 2022. On April 10, France undergoes the first round of its presidential election. This vote, taking place in the shadow of war in Europe, is shaping up to be a contest between institutionalists and populists. The energy is on the fringes, but with the…

Can Uganda produce globally recognised Covid- 19 vaccine?

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0955 EAT on Wednesday 6 2022. In 2021, Uganda launched the nation’s first local Covid-19 vaccine developing effort aimed largely at stepping-up the inoculation of as many Ugandans as possible. Covid-19 infections and deaths remain low in Uganda while vaccination efforts are moving slowly that widespread immunity is unlikely…

Old passports are illegal now.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0924 EAT on Wednesday 6 2022. Many Ugandans missed the April 4 deadline to acquire e-passports. That means their old passports are effectively invalid travel documents.Godfrey Kambere, the commissioner of Immigration Control at the ministry of Internal Affairs, has warned that Ugandans who have not yet upgraded to the…

Elon Musk amplifies demands for edit button; Twitter confirms is working on it.

Updated at 0637 on Wednesday 06th April 2022 Twitter has confirmed that it is working on an edit button that would allow users to change tweets after they have been posted. It comes after new board member, Tesla boss Elon Musk, asked his followers in a Twitter poll whether they wanted the feature. Many users…

Mbale City Council suspends Street parking fees for two weeks: police hunt down city gang.

By Kafeero Twaha update at 1212 EAT on 5th April 2022. Mbale City Council have announced they have suspended all Street parking activities for two weeks as they sort themselves out internally . On Monday panga wielding goons attacked employees of the new contractor Nulu Your and Travel LTD with stones. Hoge stick and pangas…

Billions of People Still Breathe Unhealthy Air: New WHO Data

Updated at 1104 EAT on 5th April 2022. Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens their health. A record number of over 6000 cities in 117 countries are now monitoring air quality, but the people living in them are still breathing unhealthy levels of fine particulate…

Jordan’s Prince Hamzah Bin Hussein Renounces His Title

Updated at 1331 EAT on 04 April 2022. He wrote that he was driven to the decision because his convictions cannot be reconciled with the “current approaches, policies and methods of our institutions.” It was the latest chapter in an ongoing palace feud that saw the junior royal placed under house arrest a year ago….