President Museveni at the parliament’s first seating to elect its leaders in Kololo. Parliament’s Photo Kampala, Uganda | URN | As President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni prepares to deliver the State of the Nation Address (SONA) at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds this afternoon, attention is increasingly shifting from government achievements to a growing list of unresolved national concerns that have dominated public discourse over the past year. In his 2025 SONA address, Museveni highlighted economic growth, industrialisation, export diversification, peace and security, infrastructure development, wealth creation programmes, and preparations for Uganda’s oil and gas sector. He described Uganda’s socio-economic transformation as “unstoppable,”…
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Bishop Joseph Eciru Oliach handing out blessings during Martyrs’ Day prayers in Bukedea. Bukedea, Uganda | URN | The Bishop of Soroti Catholic Diocese, Bishop Joseph Eciru Oliach, has urged the people of Teso to keep former Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among in prayer during her difficult times. Bishop Eciru made the call while addressing hundreds of Christians at Uganda Martyrs Catholic Parish in Kachumbala, Bukedea District. This year marked the first time the Martyrs Day celebration was held in dioceses due to the Ebola outbreak in the country. Annet Anita Among, who has been the Women…
Olivia Mugaba, Equity Bank’s Head of SMEs speaks at the AGM Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Equity Bank Uganda has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing financial inclusion by strengthening support for Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs), micro businesses and grassroots entrepreneurs through tailored financing, financial literacy training and sustainability focused products. Speaking at the Uganda Central Co-operative Financial Services Ltd (UCCFS) Annual General Assembly, held at Silver Springs Hotel Bugolobi on Friday, the bank highlighted its transformation from a small savings society into a regional banking powerhouse, underscoring its continued focus on empowering SACCOs and small businesses as key…
Veteran singer Master Parrot was laid to rest today, 3 June 2026, been laid to rest after losing his life in a terrible road accident along the Northern Bypass. On 1 June 2026, Master Parrot was knocked by a speeding car as he attempted to cross the road around Masanafu, along the Kampala Northern Bypass. Parrot’s death was a shocker to many, who took to social media to express their condolences and their past experiences with him. A vigil was held last night at her parents’ home in Kiwatule, where the music industry stakeholders converged to pay their last respects…
Black Market Records CEO Cedric Singleton has opened up about allegations of exploitation from the former artists under his label. Taking to social media platforms over the weekend, Felista Di Superstar expressed frustration, accusing Black Market Records of years of exploitation. She claimed that the label copyrighted all the music she made during and after their contract, but didn’t give her any money out of it. When she visited the label offices to ask for her royalties, they allegedly gave her excuses, and not long after that, she lost access to her YouTube Channel. Cedric, during a radio interview, denied the allegations…
Media personality Lynda Ddane, real name Lynda Uwamahoro Ddane, has opened up about what drove her to quit KFM, a job she was once passionate about. Speaking to Frank Ntambi, Lynda revealed that at one point she was working and everything was perfect until one individual decided to hack the station’s social media pages. That person, she revealed, was a man whom she had rejected and threatened to post fake nude photos of her on the pages. Lynda Ddane revealed that she knew the culprit, and in one of these threats, he claimed he couldn’t let her be with another man…
Singer Papa Cidy has openly called out Leone Island boss Jose Chameleone, demanding transparency regarding the royalties from the songs that they recorded together. Jose Chameleone made headlines yesterday after he came out to announce that he had cancelled his concert and given the date and venue to King Saha, who was suspected to have had the same interests. Just as he considered this arrangement, Papa Cidy begged him to look into the songs they recorded together, such as Daniella and others that were uploaded on Chameleone’s YouTube channel. Papa Cidy argued that he invested a huge amount of money, and it…
Media personality and DJ Lynda Ddane has opened up about the internet rumors about her being HIV positive and how greatly they affected her. Lynda Ddane, during a YouTube interview with Frank Ntambi, revealed that at one point in her life, she lost a lot of weight due to illness. For a long time, she has had asthma and has been open about her medical condition until it developed into Arrhythmias that greatly affected her weight. When she showed up in public thinner, a section of netizens significantly criticized her, claiming that she was suffering from HIV/AIDS. She explained that the…
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health says over six hundred contacts of the fifteen Ebola Bundibugyo virus-positive cases in Uganda have been placed under a No-fly list. The Director of Public Health, Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, told journalists that the authorities had distributed details of all those under follow-up to agencies responsible for travel to help curb possible transmission of the disease. On Tuesday, Uganda recorded six newly confirmed cases, raising the total number of those infected in the outbreak first announced on 15th May 2026 to fifteen. The majority of the confirmed cases are foreigners, in addition…
A special forensic investigation by the Auditor General has severely faulted the Chief Executive Officer of the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), Ibrahim Kaddunabbi Lubega, over a string of blatant financial and administrative irregularities. The explosive May 2026 audit report, authored by Auditor General Edward Akol, concludes that Kaddunabbi systematically authorized or directly pocketed payments that violated the Employment Act, internal IRA policies, and explicit directives from the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. The extensive probe was triggered by a March 19, 2026, directive from the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PSST), ordering a full-scale forensic look…