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Preserving Heritage,Transforming Communities as Kabale Hosts Uganda’s International Museum Day 2025 Celebrations

Uganda is set to mark International Museum Day (IMD) 2025, with national celebrations in Kabale Municipality this Sunday, May 18, 2025. The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities, last month...

RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM: Is Apostle Grace Lubega using Phaneroo Ministries Ugx200 Billion Complex Project to Clear over Ugx10 Billion Loan?

INSIDE STORY.  As the controversies that Apostle Grace Lubega, founder of Phaneroo Ministries International planning to build a...

$840,000 Gold Scam: Stanbic Bank, Uganda Law Society President Isaac Ssemakadde, his firm Maxim Advocates and Partner Sheila Namahe Implicated

New evidence has emerged contradicting earlier statements made by prominent lawyers Sheila Namahe Wagidoso and Isaac Ssemakadde, who...

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...

ARE LABOUR REFORMS POSSIBLE IN UGANDA?

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has hinted at possible significant reforms in Uganda’s labour sector. He said the government is...

INSIDE STORY: Kizza Besigye and Hajj Obed Lutale ‘Kidnapped’ in Kenya,Remanded by Ugandan Military Court

Uganda’s opposition leader, Dr Kizza Besigye and his colleague, Hajj Obed Lutale, have been remanded to Luzira Prison till December 2, 2024 on charges...

CANADA DEPORTS UGANDAN AMBASSADOR ACHENG JOY RUTH

The Canadian government has elected to deport the Ugandan Ambassador Joy Ruth Aceng for breach of diplomatic norms. Canada has declared her a “persona non...

THE HUTU-POWER MOVEMENT AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR RWANDA

The Hutu-Power movement, despite its well-known role in the horrific 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, has not disappeared. Instead, it has metamorphosed...

MBARARA CITY MP MWINE MPAKA CITED IN MEDIA ACTIVISTS’ HARASSMENT AS 2 ARE ARRESTED & REMANDED FOR DEMANDING BETTER SERVICE DELIVERY

The Mbarara city South Member of Parliament-MP, Hon. Mwine Mpaka has been cited in the ongoing harassment of media activists in Mbarara city, who...

2026 POLITICAL TORCH: Western Uganda Political Activists Cry Out to IGP & CDF Amid Escalating Harassment by Incumbents

Aaron Ainomugisha, Rise News Uganda 2026 Political Torch. Political activists, media activists and journalists in Mbarara city and other parts of western Uganda have...

2026 GENERAL ELECTION PRESSURE: Minister David Bahati faints

The Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (Industry), David Bahati has shocked many after attributing his fainting on Sunday June 23, 2024...