The district boss in Kabale came back to his office and found it literally locked with signs telling him to bounce, which kicked off a massive fight between him and the local chairman. Ronald Mutegeki is catching heat from Nelson Nshangabasheija over calling meetings without permission and supposedly blocking a new contracts committee to keep funneling work to his buddies for kickbacks.
Local council members are piling on, saying Mutegeki ghosted work constantly and cut a shady deal with SINO Minerals before anyone even voted on it, pocketing like 100 million shillings. They claim the mining company already had cameras installed at district headquarters before the contract got approved. The chairman wants Mutegeki transferred out...
Somalia's getting hammered by another massive drought and the UN is basically sounding the alarm that millions of people are about to run out of food. After the rains failed four years straight, water sources dried up across Puntland and other regions, forcing families to bail to camps while the guys take livestock into Ethiopia looking for anything green. Officials say 4.4 million Somalis are facing serious hunger and nearly 2 million kids could end up malnourished by next year.
The response is falling apart because funding is trash. Aid groups only have about 24 percent of what they need, which means food assistance dropped from 1.1 million people down to 350,000 in just a few months. Health centers and feeding programs are running...
Uganda's legal education system is getting a massive shakeup after officials announced exam results and confirmed plans to split up how lawyers get trained and tested. About 1,578 people passed the bar entrance test out of 2,277 who showed up, but the training center can only handle 1,500 spots, which has been causing a traffic jam for years.
The government greenlit a new law that would create a separate testing body called NLEC, basically letting multiple schools teach the bar course while one central organization handles all the exams. The Attorney General is supposed to finalize the bill and send it to the Cabinet after getting feedback from legal people and making sure it vibes with education policy stuff.
Officials say this...
Uganda and Kenya just had their first Joint Border Commission meeting since 2019, with officials from both sides sitting down in Jinja to hash out trade bottlenecks and security stuff at their shared crossings. The two countries do over $1.2 billion in yearly business together, but people keep getting stuck at Busia and Malaba because of regulatory hassles and sketchy clearance processes.
Both governments agreed to fix the mess with six new measures covering better coordination between customs, immigration, and security agencies. Presidents Museveni and Ruto basically told everyone to speed things up back in July, and the commission is supposed to keep meeting to make sure the fixes actually happen. Kenya is helping Uganda join the...
Centenary Bank teamed up with Good Forests Foundation and local government to drop 5,000 fruit and timber trees around Kasese District as part of their climate push. The bank already hit 60,000 trees planted countrywide this year and wants to reach 70,000 total by next year. They also threw 60 million shillings at fixing up 20 hectares in Masindi Central Forest Reserve.
Uganda bumped forest coverage from 9.5 percent to 13.3 percent but still falls short of hitting the 15 percent goal set for next year. Good Forests Foundation said they picked specific species that help restore biodiversity while giving the local ecosystem long-term benefits. District officials praised the partnership and said more groups need to jump in on restoration...
Uganda's agriculture minister Frank Tumwebaze told people to chill about arguing over what to call the famous long-horned cattle that both his country and Rwanda claim. The beef started after some online users went hard, saying the cows with horns stretching over two meters belong exclusively to one side and should only go by specific names like Inyambo or Ankole.
Tumwebaze posted that Ugandans and Rwandans need to stop getting hung up on differences and instead work together to protect the breed. He pointed out that Presidents Museveni and Kagame both run major ranches breeding these animals and suggested reviving old school practices like swapping quality bulls across regions, the way their ancestors did. The minister said the cattle...
Uganda just scored a massive W as Donald Rukare became the first African ever to run Commonwealth Sport after getting elected during their General Assembly over in Glasgow. The guy already heads up the Uganda Olympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Uganda, bringing over three decades of experience in sports diplomacy and law to the gig.
Rukare is stepping in right as they prep for the Glasgow 2026 Games, and India is hosting the big centenary event in 2030. His whole platform centers on backing athletes harder, pushing the Games Reset thing that helps more countries host without breaking the bank, and growing programs like GAPS for inclusion and Equip for developing young leaders. Commonwealth Sport CEO Katie Sadleir said his timing...
URA just handed Buhimba United Saints an absolute beatdown with a 7 to 3 thrashing at Hamz Stadium under new boss Edward Golola. Joseph Ssemujju got things rolling with a sick solo goal, Nelson Senkatuka banged in a free kick, and Denis Luzige Kisiriko made it three before halftime. Buhimba clawed back to 3-2 after the break through Martin Phillip Opolot and Edson Agondeze, but substitute Amaku went off and scored a hat trick to put the game away. The win pushed URA from 13th up to fifth while Buhimba dropped to 12th.
Vipers stayed perfect on the season by beating Express 3-0 in the late match. Enock Ssebagala scored after Express messed up playing from the back, then Allan Okello added another before setting up Isaac Ogwang for the...
UDA locked down another ward seat when 23-year-old Vincent Kiplimo Rutto crushed his opponents in the Chemundu/Kapng'etuny race. The kid whose dad was the previous MCA before dying pulled in almost 4,000 votes, while his nearest competition barely scraped together a couple of hundred. Independent candidate Robert Kirwa finished third with 225 ballots.
Residents backed the young guy because they saw him carrying on his father, Julius Kipruto Keter, who had started it before he passed. The electoral commission called the race and confirmed Rutto as the winner, keeping the ward firmly in UDA territory.
