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Are CSOs In Uganda Under Attack?

The Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) has frozen bank accounts belonging to several non-governmental organisations operating in Uganda as part of ongoing investigations into the sources of their funding and...

LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUSEVENI: Akandwanaho Joshua Israel – NRM Flag Bearer & Former Contestant For Worker’s MP 2026-2031

The President of Uganda and Chairman of NRM-PARTY. Your Excellency President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni State House Kampala, Uganda Your Excellency, As I...

Inside the July session of 2026 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development-HLPF

SDGs Knowledge Hub. The UN Secretariat has published the programme for the July session of the 2026 UN...

NORTH KOREA: Schoolchildren & other people being executed for watching Squid Game and other foreign media 

Additional reporting - Sky News. People in North Korea, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching Squid Game...

STILL MISSING: ABDUCTED NUP VP WESTERN UGANDA JOLLY JACKLYN TUKAMUSHABA’S FAMILY WORRIED & STRUGGLING

Ashaba Patricia,the first born of Jackline Tukamushaba - NUP Vice President Western Uganda and Rukiga district Woman MP...

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...

OVER $26 MILLION DEBT SCANDAL: COURT SUMMONS BUSINESSMAN PATRICK BITATURE & WIFE CAROL BITATURE

Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has issued criminal summons against Ugandan businessman Patrick Bitature and his wife Carol Bitature to appear in court on...

COURT HALTS PATRICK BITATURE COMPANIES’ SHARES TRANSFER IN $10 M VANTAGE DEBT SAGA

The Commercial Court of Uganda has ruled that businessman Patrick Bitature should not alter the shareholding of four of his companies until it determines...

MEGA SCANDAL: UGANDANS LOSE TRILLIONS OF MONEY IN PONZI SCHEMES,FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY FREEZES CAPITAL CHICKEN ACCOUNTS

BY AARON AINOMUGISHA. Capital Chicken, an “investment scheme” that targeted mostly corporates who were interested in investing in poultry but didn’t want to directly...

YOUNG UGANDANS COMMITTING SUICIDE DUE TO MONEY LENDERS

President Museveni has vowed to punish all money lenders in Uganda, who are charging 20%. Museveni says this is abnormal and unacceptable because young...

NSSF (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022: INSIDE THE PLAN TO ENROLL 1.2 MILLION NEW CONTRIBUTORS BY 2025

The National Social Security Fund-NSSF Senior Manager Public Relations, Victor Karamagi has challenged employees and employers to comply with the NSSF (amendment) act 2022...