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EDRINE BENESA: Uganda’s NRM Primaries: Imperfect but Unmatched in Democratic Ambition

Ugandans recently took to the polls to elect leaders within the National Resistance Movement (NRM), marking a significant moment in…

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MIKE SSEGAWA: Fostering Understanding: Prince Kassim Nakibinge’s “Caesar’s Minister” Remark and Its Deeper Significance

– A recent commentary by Charles James Senkubuge, a towering figure in Uganda’s theatre, arts, and media industries and now…

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Kyoto Ibrahim, Mutagaya Dennis Fail to Defend Their Petitions Against Minister Babalanda

In the recent NRM primary elections of Budiope west constituency, the Minister for Presidency Hon. Babirye Milly Babalanda emerged as…

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President Museveni approves local manufacturing of prepaid water meters

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today endorsed the establishment of a prepaid water meter manufacturing plant in Uganda — a…

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President Museveni urges East African unity and economic integration in lecture to Kenya Defence College students 

His Excellency, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander in Chief of the UPDF, today…

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Ministry of Local Government’s RUDSEC project awards environmental assessment contracts for northern Uganda roads

In efforts to rehabilitate and upgrade transport and market infrastructure with aim of improving the accessibility of agricultural production areas…

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Dr. Ayub Mukisa: Why is Karamoja endlessly defined by the “Karamoja Question” and “hard to reach”?

As I write about issues in Karamoja, it would be unfair not to show readers some of the concepts that…

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UWESO Schools Benefit as Minister Anite Launches Maticent’s Academic Institutions’ One Laptop Program

Uganda’s pioneer ‘One Student, One Laptop’ program, aimed at enlarging Ugandan students’ access to and ability to afford functional laptops,…

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Minister Babalanda Defends Big Win as Rival Challenges Results

The Minister for the Presidency, Hon. Milly Babalanda, has appeared before the NRM Election Disputes Tribunal to defend her victory…

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Just Deposit and Win Cash: Stanbic Bank Rewards Kya Double with Supa Dupa Campaign Winners

KAMPALA: Stanbic Bank has announced the first batch of winners in its ongoing Kya Double with SupaDupa campaign, designed to…

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FARUK KIRUNDA: President Museveni remains glue that holds NRM together

With the grassroots, constituency, district, municipality and city level primary elections of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) as good as…

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BRIAN K TINDYEBWA: Here’s Why 2026 Is Going to be Harder for Bobi Than 2021 Was

This is the bitter truth Bobi Wine’s supporters won’t easily accept. In the year 2021, it was easier for him…

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President Museveni boosts Kampala street hawkers with Shs300 million

Excitement and jubilation filled Kololo Independence Grounds on Tuesday, 29, July, 2025 as President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni extended a cash…

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Uganda’s Dei BioPharma secures US patents to deliver accessible cancer, immune therapies

KAMPALA — In a major breakthrough for global medicine, Dei BioPharma, a pioneering African biotech company based in Kampala, Uganda,…

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BRIAN K TINDYEBWA: Akena Should Own Up to The UPC Mess & Stop Blaming Museveni

In a clear show of ingratitude Jimmy Akena, who he has supported and treated so well like his own son…

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