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Coca-Cola Christmas caravan rolls magic eastwards
The iconic Coca-Cola Christmas Caravan is rolling across eastern Uganda, bringing festive cheer, music and moments of joy to communities as the holiday season gathers pace. Launched on December 6 at the Railway Grounds in Kampala, the caravan kicked off in spectacular style, with energetic dancers setting the tone for a season of celebration. The…
Pearl Santa ‘rides elephant’ to Gulu with festive goodies
GULU — Upcountry communities asked, and Pearl Santa responded—this time riding not on reindeer, but on the elephant, a powerful cultural symbol deeply rooted in Acholi identity. To the Acholi, an elephant is a symbol of resilience and cultural pride, one that has been proudly adopted as their totem over time, with its legacy visibly…
Africans taught to hate their beauty, imitate Europeans – Museveni
KAMPALA — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said colonialism deliberately undermined African identity and beauty, forcing Africans to believe they were inferior and had to imitate Europeans, a mindset he said has since been defeated. “Africans were made to believe they were not beautiful and had to imitate Europeans,” President Museveni said, adding that Africans…
Musicians slam federation over concert cancellation ‘silence’
Following the sudden cancellation of singer Daxx Kartel’s concert at Gangu Playground, concerns are growing within Uganda’s music community as artists call out the Uganda National Musicians Federation (UNMF) for its silence over increasing police interference in concerts. Activist and creative industry promoter Nyanzi Martin Luther has publicly questioned the role of the UNMF, accusing…
Kenyan literary giant Meja Mwangi rests
When Meja Mwangi wrote about the dispossessed, the hustling, the broken and the stubbornly hopeful, he was not merely inventing characters. He was holding up a mirror to post-independence Kenya and daring the nation to look. With his death on December 11, 2025, in Malindi, Kenya, at the age of 78, East Africa has lost…