Team Good Music singer Pallaso has looked back at his career and life journey, revealing that he has been able to get to where he dreamed of and is now left to focus on providing for and making his family comfortable. Pallaso, during a phone interview, looked back at all the bad experiences he faced before he got the success and fame that he has now. He recalled the three years he spent in jail in the US, being abused and rejected by people he lived off and constantly being told how he wouldn’t make it in life. Despite all…
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Singer Jowy Landa has opened up about the reason behind her changing management, citing that she uses it to escape sexual advances from managers who mix business with personal or sexual pleasure. Jowy Landa, real name Joan Namugerwa, is one of the few female artists with a record of moving from one management to another. Over the past few years in the industry, the singer has signed with different labels, raising questions about why she never stays with the same manager for long. Jowy Landa’s career officially kicked off under Pallaso’s Team Good Music. She has since moved to record labels…
Hajat Kulthum Nabunya’s ex-husband, engineer Acram Gumisiriza, has proposed to his new girlfriend after a divorce. In 2022, Acram Gumisiriza and Hajat Kulthum officially introduced Acram to her parents in a colourful traditional ceremony, before their Nikkah at the Kibuli Mosque in Kampala. However, their marriage was marred by challenges, before it hit rock bottom with Hajat Kulthum announcing their separation in 2025. The pair moved on with their lives, with Acram relocating to the US in search of greener pastures. It is here that he opened a new love chapter and was ready to start an empire with his…
Reports from PAU indicate that EACOP is 90% Complete. Will it be ready to transport crude in September? NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | Nearly two decades after commercially viable oil was discovered in the Albertine Graben, Uganda is edging closer to a milestone that successive governments have described as transformational. According to recent reports, TotalEnergies indicated that first oil from the Tilenga Project should begin flowing around September this year. Equally, oil from the CNOOC-operated field is expected to flow at the same time, following final testing and commissioning of the Central Processing Facility (CPF) and feeder pipelines. The commencement of…
Down town traders Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s efforts to expand its tax base and formalise businesses are being undermined by a growing trust deficit between traders and tax authorities, according to the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA). The Association argues that many entrepreneurs remain reluctant to register their businesses because they fear becoming immediate targets for taxation. KACITA Chairman Hajji Issa Sekitto said the country’s approach to business formalisation continues to be driven more by enforcement than incentives, inadvertently discouraging thousands of small and medium enterprises from entering the formal economy. “Many traders want to register and formalise…
Professor Nuwagaba engaged with an online daspora audience Equity Bank Uganda Hosts Diaspora Webinar on Turning Remittances into Investment Capital Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Professor Augustus Nuwagaba, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda, called on Ugandans abroad to take greater ownership of the country’s economic story by converting remittances into strategic investments. Quoting the African proverb, “Until the lion learns how to tell its story, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter,” Professor Nuwagaba urged the diaspora to shape its own narrative and highlight its contribution to national development. He was speaking at…
Singer Chosen Becky, real name Rebecca Kukiriza, has deleted screenshots that exposed a woman who allegedly targeted her husband, Abdul Ssekajja. This morning, Chosen Becky, through her social media platforms, expressed her disappointment with women targeting her husband to lure him into sexual traps. The singer went on to share screenshots from a WhatsApp conversation, depicting one of her husband’s clients who pleaded to have a sexual affair with him. However, it was learned that the woman whose photo was used was Stellah Ssenyonyi, who had perished in a road accident over a week back. Upon noticing the mistake, Chosen…
Singer Chosen Becky has exposed one of the female clients, Elizabeth, who allegedly planned to engage in sexual relations with her husband, Abdul Ssekajja. A few months back, Chosen Becky’s husband, Abdul Ssekajja, launched a kids’ store in Kampala, selling kids-related merchandise. Among his clients, however, was a one Elizabeth, whose plans were beyond supporting the business, but also wanted to have a sexual affair with him. Upon crossing paths with the WhatsApp messages, Becky was so quick to share the screenshots on social media, warning her against pursuing her husband. Becky went on to declare that Ssekajja is hers…
Eng. Daniel Mufumba, Mbale City Engineer Kampala, Uganda | URN | As anti-corruption arrests of district engineers intensify, Mbale City Engineer Daniel Mufumba says Uganda’s local government engineers are increasingly being held responsible for failing roads without addressing the funding model, political decisions and institutional constraints that shape the quality of road works. Mbale City is one of the local governments affected by the anti-corruption inspections led by Local Government Minister Balaam Barugahara. In recent weeks, engineers in several local governments have been arrested over alleged shoddy road works and misuse of public funds as the minister pursues President Yoweri…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially expressed profound gratitude to the Government of Uganda following the unveiling of a memorial monument honoring his late brother, Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu, at the historic Old Entebbe Airport terminal. The solemn unveiling ceremony took place on August 1, 2026, presided over by Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, at the precise location where the fallen commando lost his life during the iconic July 4, 1976, hostage rescue mission. Netanyahu: “His Spirit Continues to Inspire” In a statement released shortly after the ceremony, Prime Minister Netanyahu highlighted the enduring…