Politics
Museveni: retiring all civil servants won’t end youth unemployment
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged youth leaders to champion a mindset shift away from dependence on limited government jobs toward active participation in wealth creation, warning that public service employment cannot absorb Uganda’s fast-growing youth population. Addressing youth leaders from Western Uganda at his Kisozi farm in Gomba District on December 18, 2025, President…
From skills to self-reliance: MunguFeni Foundation graduates over 170 youths in Arua
Over 170 youths from various backgrounds have completed vocational training under MunguFeni Foundation, marking another milestone in the organisation’s mission to promote self-reliance in Arua City. The three-month programme equipped beneficiaries with practical skills in tailoring, garment cutting and hairdressing, preparing them for self-employment and income generation. Speaking at the graduation, RCC Betty Akello Otekat…
Bobi Wine backs ‘no cow, no vote’ protest in Teso
Teso — National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has accused security agencies and senior government officials of orchestrating intimidation, roadblocks and violence against his supporters as he continued political mobilisation in Uganda’s Teso sub-region. In a series of statements shared on social media, Kyagulanyi alleged that Speaker of Parliament…
IGG orders interdiction of Kalungu CAO, 3 officials
The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Lady Justice Naluzze Aisha Batala, has ordered the interdiction of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Kalungu District Local Government, Ms Rose Nalumansi, and three other senior district officials over alleged gross mismanagement of public funds. In a directive dated December 19, addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of…
Prison warder sacked for criticising NRM
The Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) has dismissed Lawrence Ampe, a warder formerly attached to Ngora Prisons, over allegations of engaging in partisan politics and publicly criticising the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) on social media. In a letter dated December 17, 2025, addressed to the Officer in Charge of Ngora Prisons, the Prisons Council resolved…