LifeStyle
Lucky Mbabazi wins continental “Voice of Influence Africa” award
Ugandan media personality and content creator Lucky Mbabazi has won the prestigious…
Drone show lights up Kampala skies
Residents in Kampala were on Monday night treated to a spectacular drone…
Muhoozi speaks on Rolls-Royce as Ugandans liken Among to Marie Antoinette
The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has entered Uganda’s escalating…
Sir David Attenborough marks 100th birthday, wasp named after him
Scientists have named a newly identified species of parasitic wasp after legendary…
Security
Businessman remanded over Shs2.2bn fertiliser fraud
A Kampala businessman has been remanded to prison after being arraigned before the Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court over an alleged fertiliser fraud scheme involving goods worth more than UGX 2.2 billion. Muwonge Ibrahim, also known as Ibra, was on Monday charged with obtaining goods by false pretence, electronic fraud, forgery, uttering false documents, and conspiracy to commit a felony. The case was brought by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. According to investigators, Muwonge and accomplices still at large allegedly used a company identified as Kureha (U)…
Regional News
Branding the continent: Onyango-Obbo unpacks the rise of African soft power
Veteran Ugandan journalist and commentator Charles Onyango-Obbo has published a lengthy commentary arguing that some African countries have successfully turned “storytelling and branding” into geopolitical and economic influence. In a post titled “Size Matters (But Storytelling Wins); Or 15 Times Your Favourite African Country Turned Its Neighbour’s Glory Into Its Gold,” Onyango-Obbo argued that perception and global marketing often shape Africa’s international image more powerfully than geography or statistics. “There are countries that, through clever marketing over the years, or a heritage of stronger storytelling – and even myth-making – have bent reality to their will,” Onyango-Obbo wrote on X.…
