Celebrations after roofing materials were delivered Koboko, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Construction of the new St Paul Church of Uganda Nyangilia sanctuary has received a major boost after Uganda Baati offered to commence roofing works on the building in Koboko District. The ceremony to hand over the roofing works to Uganda Baati Ltd was held at the church premises during thanksgiving and fasting prayer on Saturday 25th July 2026, at the church premises where the first set of roofing materials were delivered by Uganda Baati. The roofing works, valued at about UGX 515 million, will include the…
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The High Court has ruled that digital content published on social media is protected by copyright, in a landmark decision that found Monitor Publications Limited and its affiliated broadcaster NTV Uganda liable for infringing an advocate’s intellectual property rights by inaccurately reproducing and attributing his posts. In a judgment delivered on July 27, 2026, at the Commercial Court in Kampala, Justice Dr. Ginamia Melody Ngwatu held that lawyer and digital content creator Silver Kayondo successfully proved that his X (formerly Twitter) post was protected by copyright and that the defendants infringed his rights after reproducing,…
Swadik Abiriga Being Lifted High by Voters After Being Declared Winner of Ezoova Cell Against Incumbent Jane Japyem on Tuesday. Arua, Uganda | URN | A 39-year-old Boda Boda rider in Arua City has defeated NRM flagbearer and incumbent Jane Japyem, now in her sixties, to win the LC 1 seat for Ezoova Cell, Driwala Ward, Ayivu Division, Arua City. In what the security team described as the most hotly contested race for the Local Council One general elections in the whole of Arua City, Abiriga, who stood as an independent, garnered 307 votes against Japyem’s 234 votes while two…
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The High Court has overturned a lower court ruling that held PostBank Uganda liable for wrongly paying more than UGX15.3 million intended for a Ministry of Internal Affairs employee to another person with a similar name. In a judgment delivered on July 27, 2026, Justice Simon Peter M. Kinobe allowed PostBank’s appeal, setting aside an earlier decision by the Mengo Chief Magistrate’s Court, which had ordered the bank to refund UGX15,362,412 to William Barigye together with interest, general damages, exemplary damages and costs. The dispute arose after William Barigye, an Assistant Commissioner in the Directorate of…
Voters lining behind the incumbent chairperson Hussein Ssegujja Kampala, Uganda | URN | Violence broke out in Jinja Kawempe A Cell in Kawempe Division after residents rejected the results announced by Electoral Commission (EC) officials during the LC1 elections, prompting security forces to fire tear gas and live bullets to disperse the crowds. The election process in the village began at around 8:00 a.m. with the reading of the voters’ register. The exercise continued until about 10:00 a.m. Several residents whose names were called but were absent at the time said they were not given another opportunity to have their…
Rising singer Malcom Mayanja has opened up on his ambitions and future in the music industry, citing that he wants to be levels above his father, Weasel Manizo. Malcom Mayanja, the eldest son of Goodlyfe’s Weasel Manizo, revealed during a recent TV interview that he initially studied photography and had begun pursuing it professionally. However, his passion and love for music influenced him to change his career choices. When asked where he saw himself in the next five years, the 23-year-old confidently noted that he dreamt of being a very big star in the industry; even bigger and better than…
Renowned actor Jonathan Edwards Suubi, better known as Dr. Gordon Ssemagonja, has revealed that his breakup with actress Evelyn Namulondo broke him to the point that he now avoids relationships. Dr. Gordon revealed that before he fully experienced what love was, he was innocent, sweet, and naive, and this made him a target of many girls who took advantage of him. He dated Namulondo for one and a half years and fully invested his emotions until the relationship crumbled. “There was something and my heart was broken. The whole love thing was new to me because I grew up in the church and…
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Inspectorate of Government is set to embark on a comprehensive value-for-money audit of the Busega-Mpigi Expressway as part of a wider multi-agency investigation into suspected corruption and mismanagement that has plagued the flagship infrastructure project. Inspector General of Government Justice Aisha Naluzze Batala said investigators spent the last two weeks examining the project and interviewing officials involved in its planning and implementation. She added that another phase of the investigation will focus on establishing whether the money already spent corresponds with the amount and quality of work completed. The IGG spoke after inspecting sections…
Singer Chozen Blood has confessed that he once had sexual feelings for Winnie Nwagi but chose not to pursue them out of respect for their friendship. Chozen Blood confessed during his TV interview, where he described Winnie Nwagi as a beautiful girl with a good body, saying these, among other factors, attracted him, drawing him closer to her. According to Chozen, he chose to let it go and not follow his feelings because he respected their friendship and feared losing what they shared. “Honestly, I was sexually attracted to her because she is a beautiful girl, the way she dances with a…
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Retired Major General Emilio Mondo has revealed that the late Gen. Moses Ali became leader of the Uganda National Rescue Front I (UNRF I) after proposing the formation of a rebel force to return thousands of West Nile refugees who had fled into exile following the fall of Idi Amin’s government. Speaking during Gen. Moses Ali’s burial in Adjumani on Wednesday, Mondo said the decision was made at a meeting of former military officers and leaders in Yei, South Sudan, after refugees from West Nile had settled in camps. According to Mondo, the meeting was…