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REPORT: Police Top Human Rights Violation Complaints in 2025 

The Uganda Police Force has once again emerged as the leading institution in human rights violation complaints, according to the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Annual Report 2025 released...

American doctor tests positive for Ebola in DR Congo outbreak

An American doctor working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola amid the...

PLATINUM CREDIT EXPOSED! Court Fines It Sh11.6M,Bosses Face 10-Year Jail Term as Borrowers Decry Its ‘Dirty Deals’

Shockwaves are tearing through East Africa’s money lending industry after microfinance giant Platinum Credit was ordered to pay a Kenyan...

Hon Crispin Kaheru: Expectations in this kisanja “no more sleep for all Ugandans”

By Hon Crispin Kaheru - Member, Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). What awaits H.E. President Yoweri Museveni in...

UGANDA: Dog Shelters Being Used To Scam Donors

ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS: How dog shelter content creators in Uganda are tricking people online. Many donors being scammed. 🎥...

Can Government Channel PDM Funds Into Roads,Markets and Public Services?

Traders have urged the government to redirect Parish Development Model (PDM) funds towards improving infrastructure and essential services, arguing that better roads, markets, and...

UGANDA’S PUBLIC DEBT HITS UGX106 TRILLION

Uganda’s public debt has climbed to Shs106 trillion (approximately $29 billion), indicating an increase of Shs12 trillion in just six months. Economists have warned that...

CAN UGANDAN YOUTHS FIGHT CORRUPTION?

Brig. Gen. Henry Isoke, the head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, has urged Ugandan youths to take responsibility in fighting the pressing issue...

SPEAKER ANITA AMONG MUST RESIGN: 3 Naked Anti-Corruption Protesters Jailed

CORRUPTION IN UGANDA.  The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kampala on September 2, 2024 remanded three anti-corruption activists to Luzira prison following their...

WENDI E-MONEY APP SCANDAL: PDM National Coordinator Dennis Galabuzi Ssozi & Minister Henry Musasizi Cited in Corruption-related Red flags  

By Aaron Ainomugisha. Anti-corruption activists and other stakeholders in Uganda have expressed concern over the gaps in the WENDI E-MONEY App which have left...

NAMANVE INDUSTRIAL PARK SCANDAL: HOW UGANDA INVESTMENT AUTHORITY DIRECTOR GENERAL ROBERT MUKIZA & OTHER OFFICIALS SHARED OVER UGX500 MILLION HONORARIA

AARON AINOMUGISHA. The State Minister of Finance in charge of Investments and Privatization, Hon Evelyn Anite, has directed the Uganda Investment Authority-UIA officials including...