LifeStyle
Tenge Tenge meets American singer Jason Derulo
Ugandan child content creator Saad Ssozi, popularly known as Tenge Tenge, has…
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour puts Tooro coronation in Nigeria
CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour has incorrectly identified the September 29 coronation of…
Oyo almost married Rwandan Princess
The late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro Kingdom…
Next Media welcomes Peter Mungoma as Deputy Group CEO, Chief of Radio
Next Media Uganda has announced the appointment of Peter Mungoma as its…
Security
Thugs rob Kombucha sales team of Shs5.5m
A sales team belonging to Kombucha Products Ltd was robbed of Shs5.51 million and other valuables by armed men dressed in army and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)-like uniforms along the Iganga-Kaliro road on Thursday. The incident occurred as the team returned to Iganga after conducting sales in the area. According to Twinamastiko, the team had collected Shs5.51 million from sales during the day before the attackers intercepted their vehicle. He said two men wearing what appeared to be URA reflector jackets first stopped the vehicle and asked Waiswa, one of the team members, to produce his driving permit and trading…
Regional News
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour puts Tooro coronation in Nigeria
CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour has incorrectly identified the September 29 coronation of Uganda’s new Omukama as a Nigerian royal ceremony, prompting criticism and corrections from Ugandan social media users. Amanpour, who has more than three decades of international journalism experience, posted on X describing the newly crowned king as a former television news anchor whose career was notable alongside his accession to the throne. “The TV anchor who would be king. In Nigeria this week, a new king was coronated with pomp and circumstance — but his resume is what’s really standing out,” Amanpour wrote. The ceremony she referred to…
