CAPTION: Bishop Patience Rwabwogo (R), her husband Odrek Rwabwogo (C) and Bishop Osborn (L) after the consecration. (Photo PPU). History made as Patience Rwabwogo Consecrated Bishop of Covenant Nations Church By Our reporter KAMPALA – Pastor Patience Kokundeka Museveni Rwabwogo has been consecrated as Episcopal Bishop of Covenant Nations Churches in Uganda and beyond, […]
CAPTION: Amb. Olara Otunnu, 76, is vying for the UN Secretary-General role after being picked by the Government of Uganda on July 24. (Courtesy photo) Uganda’s candidate for United Nations Secretary-General, Ambassador Olara Otunnu, has called for sweeping reforms of the world body, stronger intervention in armed conflicts and greater efforts to ensure emerging […]
CAPTION: Uganda Defence Minister Kiryowa Kiwanuka, 2nd left, Belgian Ambassador Hugues Chantry, 2nd right, with other officers pose for a photograph after the meeting in Mbuya, Kampala Thursday August 20th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA — Uganda has urged Belgium to maintain support for the African Union mission in Somalia as Defence […]
By Our reporterKAMPALA – Uganda is seeking up to €207.7 million ($242.55 million) from Citibank to finance the upgrade of a major road network in the country’s east, adding to borrowing pressures as the government ramps up infrastructure spending.Uganda turns to Citibank for $243 million to build a road that could unlock regional trade as […]
CAPTION: Rescue officials work at the site of a tourist helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya, that US officials say killed five Americans [Kenya Red Cross/Handout via Reuters]By AFP and The Associated Press A helicopter taking tourists on a safari has crashed in a remote part of northern Kenya, killing all seven people on board, including […]
By Our reporterPARLIAMENT – Kampala top engineer, James Kalibbala, has come under scrutiny for being a member of the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) while at the same time serving as Chairperson of the National Standards Council, which regulates the manufacturers.Kalibbala, who has accumulated 46 years’ experience but not registered under the Uganda Engineers Registration Board, […]
CAPTION: Some of the members of the minority and indigenous communities in East Africa out side a conference in Nairobi on Wednesday August 19th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporter NAIROBI – Climate change is an existential threat to minority and indigenous communities in East Africa. According to East Africa Indigenous people’s reports, these […]
CAPTION: Health workers give a training presentation about how to detect and prevent the spread of Ebola, outside South Sudan’s town of Yei on Tuesday February 26 2019. (File photo). By Agency YEI – South Sudan is strengthening Ebola surveillance along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where heavy cross-border movement and informal routes pose […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, second right, Ambassador Ibrahim Ahmed , second left, and support staff at State House Entebbe Wednesday August 19th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni received the outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to Uganda, H.E. Ahmed Ibrahim for a farewell meeting at State House Entebbe […]
CAPION: Samia Suluhu Hassan, right, and Félix Tshisekedi, left, during a meeting Zanzibar Tuesday August 18th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterZANZIBAR — Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo have called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Congolese territory and pledged deeper defence and security cooperation as Presidents Samia Suluhu Hassan and Félix Tshisekedi […]