The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Uganda has welcomed a generous contribution of 1,159 metric tons of rice, valued at USD 2.2 million, from the Government of Japan. The donation will support WFP’s efforts to provide hot, nutritious meals to newly arriving refugees at reception and transit centres across Uganda in 2026. “Japan…
Buyende — A domestic dispute over alleged infidelity turned violent on Monday in Buyende District, leaving 51-year-old Robert Bebwa, Vice Chairperson LC I of Butayunjwa B Village, nursing serious injuries. According to Busoga North Regional Police spokesperson SSP Samson Lubega, Bebwa was reportedly attacked by his two wives, Naluvuma Esther, 44, and Nakayunja Norah, 53,…
Tensions flared in Parliament on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, as the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi, criticised the government over the continued detention of Rev. Fr. Deusdedit Ssekabira, a Roman Catholic priest from Masaka District. Ssenyonyi described the priest’s detention as an illegal act and a violation of fundamental human rights. Raising the…
A public war of words has erupted on social media between youth advocate Nyanzi Martin Luther, popularly known as Mr Apex, and Lubega Benjamin Harrison, son of Busiro East Member of Parliament Medard Lubega Ssegona. The exchange was sparked after Harrison took issue with Nyanzi over earlier comments he had made about his father’s political…
The High Court has set December 22 as the date for delivering its judgment in an election petition filed by Busiro East parliamentary aspirant Mathias Walukaga, who is challenging his disqualification by the Electoral Commission (EC) over academic qualification requirements. Justice Simon Peter Kinobe fixed the date on Tuesday after Walukaga appeared in court alongside…