Uganda heads into the much-awaited general elections, starting with the Presidential and Parliamentary polls this Thursday, 15 January 2026. This will be Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama’s second national election since…
But he was never born with a silver spoon in his mouth. By the time the young Emmanuel first saw an electric light bulb, he was already old enough to understand what it meant to be left behind. He grew up in Buleera, a trading centre in what was then Mubende district, in present-day Mityana District, the last born of four children — one boy and three girls — born to illiterate peasant parents. His father left for Kampala in 1966 in search of casual work and never came back — believed to have been killed in the political…
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has officially stepped into the unfolding financial crisis surrounding Aponye (U) Ltd, one of Uganda’s largest agro-logistics conglomerates, directing urgent government intervention to address the company’s rising debt burden. In a letter dated April 28, 2025, and addressed to Mrs. Vangi Nyegamehe, a shareholder in Aponye (U) Ltd, the President acknowledged receipt of a prior communication from the company dated April 3, 2025, in which it highlighted serious indebtedness threatening its operations. “This is a kind reminder in the matter of Aponye (U) Limited,” reads the letter bearing the presidential seal and signature. “By the copy…
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On 16th October 2023, Uganda’s President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, had two meetings with two prospective investors in Uganda. One of the investors was Prometheus, a Polish company that builds unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) also known as drones. The meeting was attended by Mr. Mariusz Lwanski, the Chairman and Alex Szkaradek, a Director of the company. According to a media release by the Uganda Media Centre, in the meeting, Prometheus pitched to the President, their interest in setting up a manufacturing hub for modern technology systems including UAVs. “The special drones that fly in all conditions can also be used among…
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Most adult Ugandans, especially those who grew up in urban areas, have very fond memories of Uganda Telecom, popularly known as Uganda Telecom. Yes, memories, because despite it at one…
Chinese lenders are open and willing to discuss financing for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP), the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Zhang Lizhong, has told Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The Chinese envoy to Uganda, together with Ambassador Xue Bing, the Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Ministry were meeting Mr. Museveni on April 4th, 2024, at his Kisozi Farm to convey a special message from the President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping. According to a statement released by Uganda’s Statehouse, H.E Xi Jinping in a…
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President Yoweri Museveni has officially launched the national operations of Salaam Bank in Uganda. This is as he joined the Muslim fraternity for Duwa Prayers at Kololo Independence Grounds on Wednesday, March 27. Salaam Bank Uganda, a subsidiary of a Djibouti-based bank, received the licence at the central bank late on September 8, 2023, after the Ugandan Parliament passed legislation to authorise Islamic banking, which President Yoweri Museveni signed into law in August 2034. The legislation removed the requirement to establish a “central sharia advisory council”, which the Bank of Uganda had opposed. “I welcome you Salaam Bank to Uganda….
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The month of March marks 4 years since Your Excellency on March 18th 2020, ordered the greatest part of the country shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, effective March 20th 2020. The country would subsequently go into a series of openings and closures, until early January 2022 when the country and the economy fully re-opened. Compared to the region and many other countries, thankfully the loss of lives was contained. There were also many measures by the government to reduce on the non-health effects of Covid-19 such as the distribution of free food and relief funds, as well as…
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Correspondences between President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni have leaked revealing that Tian Tang Group proposed to the president and the president accepted, plans by the Chinese-owned but Uganda-based conglomerate to redevelop the present-day government-owned Luzira Prisons into a 5-star hotel and conference centre. In the leaked 10th July 2022 letter, the President is directing Internal Affairs Minister, Gen. Kahinda Otafiire under whose dockets the Uganda Prisons Service falls to start negotiations with Tian Tang Group and to identify land in the interior, where to relocate the prison. The letter is copied to the Vice President; the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister; the…
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