Politics
Dismissed prison warder joins Bobi Wine
Barely a week after his dismissal from the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS), former warder Lawrence Ampe has joined the campaign trail of National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, to mobilise support for political change. Ampe appeared alongside Bobi Wine on Saturday during a campaign engagement in Ngora District, where…
Kitagwenda district boss jailed for selling jobs
The Kitagwenda District LC5 Chairperson, Mushemeza Ismail Kambanda, has been charged and remanded to prison over allegations of selling district jobs, following investigations by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit. In a statement issued on December 12, the Anti-Corruption Unit said it arrested and arraigned Kambanda before the Kamwenge Magistrates Court in collaboration with the Criminal…
Don’t join politics for money, Museveni tells youth
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned young people against entering politics as a source of personal income, warning that leaders who treat politics as a job rather than a service are often at the centre of political conflict and instability. The President, who is also the National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential flag bearer for the…
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…