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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 THE COLONIAL LEGACY OF HOMOPHOBIA IN MODERN-DAY UGANDA

By Hyowon Park , International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).  In March 2023, the Ugandan Parliament passed the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), described...

MASINDI STONE QUARRY KILLS 15-YEAR-OLD BOY

Authorities are investigating circumstances under which a 15-year-old boy has been killed by a stone quarry in Hanga village in Labbongo sub county Masindi...

CHILD LABOUR: HOW & WHY CHILDREN ARE DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOLS INTO CASUAL LABOUR

Authorities and other stakeholders in Rukungiri district and most parts of western Uganda have raised concern over the escalating cases of child labour, school...

AFRICA: WHY HAS CHILD LABOUR PERSISTED?

Global trends such as armed conflicts, increased domestic violence, disasters, and the COVID-19 pandemic have been blamed for the increase in child labor. The International...

DRC: Can African Commission stop the violence and eviction of Batwa people in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park?

Human rights groups continue to cry out to the international community to intervene and stop the escalating threats, violence and attacks against the Batwa...

MISSING NUP SUPPORTERS: FAMILY MEMBERS PETITION HIGH COURT

They say their tireless efforts to seek answers from the Uganda Human Rights Commission, police, and Parliament have been futile. ALSO READ - HON....