State Minister for ICT Godfrey Kabbyanga Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda is set to launch its first-ever National IP Peering Exchange (NIPX), a system designed to accelerate data exchange, reduce costs, and keep local internet traffic within the country. The system, scheduled for official launch on Friday, will enable internet service providers, content providers, cloud platforms, data centers and government networks to exchange traffic locally and more efficiently, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the National Information Technology Authority. “By keeping local traffic local, the platform is expected to significantly reduce latency, lower the cost of internet services, enhance…
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PS Ramathan Ggoobi says reducing the tax is not among the proposed revenue measures for the next financial year. Nevertheless, we intend to undertake further analysis in future on how to incentivize a gradual shift away from excessive cash transactions toward more transparent and formal financial channels Kampala, Uganda | URN | Ugandans using mobile money platforms will continue to contend with the 0.5 percent tax to withdraw cash, a tax that has been blamed for the high cost and low uptake of digital money. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, declined to include the proposal of halving the…
Singer Lydia Jazmine has addressed allegations that her friendship with fellow singer Sheebah Karungi ended. Speaking in a recent one-on-one YouTube interview, Lydia Jazmine said she met Sheebah Karungi when she was just starting out her career, and together they joined Team No Sleep alongside Bakri, Akay, King Saha, and Pallaso. They have been through the journey of ups and downs, but have still stayed very close despite claims that female friendships do not last. “We have come through the journey; she is someone I have been seeing, and I have been around her. We are still friends, something that…
Singer Lydia Jazmine has responded to questions about her dating life, revealing that she has chosen to keep it private. Jazmine described herself as a singer and preacher of love, revealing that she intentionally hid her relationships from the public out of fear of judgment and people being in her private business. In the era of celebrities coming out and showing off their lovers, she believes such unions are usually sabotaged, with netizens offering plenty of opinions. Jazmine says she preferred her fans to know her for her music, not her personal decisions or life. “Keeping my love life private is…
Kyankwanzi, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has hailed Gen. (Rtd). Caleb Akandwanaho famously known as Gen. Salim Saleh for sacrificing his youthful days to join the liberation struggle. He described him as a symbol of patriotism and a role model for young Ugandans. Gen. Saleh is a young brother to Museveni. The President made the remarks on the seventh day of the retreat for the newly elected NRM MPs at the National Leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi, where he laid a foundation stone for the Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho (Salim Saleh) School of Research and the Walter Rodney Block. Highlighting…
The Resident District Commissioner of Mukono, Hajjat Fatumah Ndisaba Nabitaka launch Ntenjeru-Bule road contruction pahse two Construction of Ntenjeru–Bule road project Mukono commences Phase II Mukono, Uganda | URN | Construction of the 10.5-kilometre Ntenjeru–Buule Road (Phase II) has officially commenced in Mpata Sub-county, Mukono District, marking a major step in efforts to improve connectivity and boost economic activity in the area. The launch, held at Kiyanja playground, completes the full 18.5km stretch from Ntenjeru to Buule, following an earlier phase covering about 7.5–7.8km. The project is being implemented under the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area Urban Development Programme (GKMA-UDP) with support from the…
Singer Iryn Namubiru has sparked a debate after confessing that she has never dreamed or fantasized about getting married, despite a luxurious wedding being most women’s dream. Namubiru was previously married to her French lover, Frank Morel, with whom she had two sons, before they later separated. Sharing her marriage preferences, Iryn revealed that while everyone else wanted to walk down the aisle one day, she had other dreams growing up. She had always convinced herself that if she ever got money, the first thing she would do was buy a car because she was fed up with being disrespected…
Nathan Mununuzi Bugweri, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Every Saturday afternoon, farmers converge at the home of Nathan Mununuzi, turning his compound into an informal training ground where poultry is taught not as subsistence activity, but as a structured rural enterprise. What is unfolding here is part of a broader shift under the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations–China South–South Cooperation Programme, an effort increasingly defined not by inputs distributed, but by knowledge transferred and replicated across communities. For Mununuzi, the transformation began when district officials identified his farm as one of the demonstration sites. “It was through the…
Singer Laika Music, real name Laika Umuhoza, has spoken out against the growing trend of artists asking for huge amounts of money for collaborations. During a recent TV interview, Laika was asked to share her opinion on artists paying for collaborations. She openly advised against it, saying artists shouldn’t be working with anyone who asks them to pay. She explained that it was better to establish genuine connections and friendships for a song to work out rather than transactional partnerships. “I feel like if you have to pay for a collaboration, then that is not yours; you shouldn’t be doing it.…
Rapper Kapeke, real name Derrick Nsubuga, has issued a stern warning against any artists who side with social media trolls to stay away from him lest he embarrass them publicly. Kapeke was the topic of discussion on social media recently after his impersonator was arrested for allegedly defrauding his victims by accepting bookings and deposits from those who believed they were booking the singer. Following his arrest, he was detained briefly and had the locks he had copied from Kapeke cut off. The decision was met with widespread criticism on social media, with some condemning the act of having the…