CAPTION: Main opposition leader Tundu Lissu arrives at the High Court of Tanzania as his treason trial continues before a three-judge bench in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Feb 9, 2026. Credit: AP/Florence Majani By The Associated PressDAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu will begin a hunger strike Monday to protest prison authorities’ alleged refusal […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, left, meeting with a delegation of Senior South Sudanese government officials at State House, Entebbe, Wednesday, October 14th, 2026. (PPU Photo). By Our reporterENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met with a delegation of Senior South Sudanese government officials led by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Hon. Dr. Labanya Margaret […]
By Sam HallKIGALI – Rwanda President Paul Kagame has delivered a clear message to naysayers after the African Grand Prix in Rwanda was announced on Tuesday.Critics of F1’s newest Grand Prix have been instructed to “take a breath”.Rwanda F1 naysayers invited to partakeF1 will visit Rwanda for the first time in the early 2030s, after a […]
CAPTION: Gulf Energy received the oil drilling rig. Photo: Gulf Energy. Source: UGC By Japhet Ruto Gulf Energy E&P BV SEZ confirmed the GW70 drilling rig arrived at Kilindini Port, Mombasa, aboard a cargo vessel from Oman on September 25, 2026The rig, valued at over KSh 2.6 billion (US$20 million), will be transported by road to Turkana […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Museveni, 2nd from right, being welcomed by NRM members at Kololo on Friday, 2nd, 2026. (PPU Photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has challenged National Resistance Movement (NRM) Members of Parliament to return to grassroots methods of leadership, urging them to regularly engage citizens, monitor government programmes […]
CAPTION: A flat iron on display at one of the China Town Suppermarket recently. (File Photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC-Central Government) have tasked the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives to address public concerns over the growing number of China Town Super Store outlets in the capital, Kampala.The legislators […]
CAPTION: A child takes water from a safe access point in Soroti, eastern Uganda recently. (File Photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Over seventy per cent of Ugandans now have access to safe water, Parliament has been told. According to the Ministry of Water and Environment’s performance report, national safe-water access rose from 71.2 per cent to […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in a white shirt, with a Japanese delegation during a meeting at State House Entebbe Monday, September 29, 2026. (PPU Photo). By Our reporterENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called for increased Japanese investment in Uganda, particularly in agro-processing, and urged Japan to support the country with road construction equipment […]