LifeStyle
Triplets Ghetto Kids brace for hero’s welcome
Uganda’s renowned dance group, the Triplets Ghetto Kids, is set to receive…
Bahima walking stick clip stirs debate on sharing wives
KAMPALA – A viral video shared online has ignited fresh debate about…
Next Media completes acquisition of Capital Radio Group
KAMPALA — Next Media Services has completed the acquisition of Capital Radio…
NMG resumes operations
KAMPALA — Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda has announced the return of…
Security
Brig Gen Baraza appointed SFC chief of staff
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Special Forces Command (SFC) has announced a series of leadership changes, with Brig. Gen. John Mango Baraza appointed as the new Chief of Staff. Brig. Gen. Baraza replaces Brig. Gen. Paul Wanyera Namawa, who has been sent for further training at the National Defence Course at the Senior Command and Staff College Kimaka in Jinja. The changes affect several senior positions within the elite SFC, which is responsible for the protection of the country’s leadership and other strategic security duties. Among the appointments, Col. Gilbert Owamagyezi has taken over as Director of Political Commissar,…
Regional News
After damning straw poll, can Olara Otunnu win race for UN Secretary-General?
KAMPALA — Ambassador Olara Otunnu’s campaign to become the next Secretary-General of the United Nations has entered a crucial phase, with questions emerging over whether his decades of diplomatic experience and ambitious reform agenda can overcome the complex political realities that determine who occupies the world’s top diplomatic office. Otunnu, a veteran Ugandan diplomat and former UN Under-Secretary-General, was nominated by Uganda as a candidate to succeed António Guterres in a race that is expected to be shaped as much by geopolitics as by individual credentials. The former UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict enters the contest at…
