The Teso cultural leader launched a campaign against school dropouts and promised to prioritize education across the region for the next decade. Emorimor Paul Sande Emolot Etomeileng spoke at his third anniversary celebration in the Bukedea district on Tuesday and urged communities to help students choose careers that lead to employment.
Speaker of Parliament Anita Among represented President Yoweri Museveni and gave 50 million shillings to support education programs while pointing to her own success as proof that learning creates opportunities. Arthur Odera from Busia County in Kenya said similar efforts reduced dropout rates among Iteso communities across the border.
The cultural leader called on education officers, local officials...
Opposition activists and civil society leaders condemned attacks on venues in Harare and Bulawayo where they planned to challenge constitutional changes that would extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule beyond 2030. Assailants firebombed the SAPES Trust building after midnight on Tuesday and burned activist Gilbert Mbwende's home while state security agents sealed off the Bulawayo location and blocked the scheduled briefings.
Lawyer Tendai Biti called the violence state-sponsored terrorism meant to silence resistance to presidential term limit amendments that the ruling ZANU-PF party announced on October 18. Former lawmaker Job Sikhala said the attacks showed the government's panic over public opposition to keeping Mnangagwa in...
Attackers firebombed offices in Harare that were set to host critics of President Emmerson Mnangagwa hours before a scheduled press conference on Tuesday. Assailants threw petrol bombs into the SAPES Trust building after midnight, destroyed the seminar room and kidnapped the security guard before padlocking the gates to block firefighters. Police investigated the scene as opposition politician Tendai Biti called the arson an attack on democratic freedoms.
The conference planned to address alleged attempts by ruling party members to change the constitution and extend Mnangagwa's presidency beyond legal limits. SAPES Trust director Ibbo Mandaza confirmed that the assault completely burned the venue where activists and opposition figures...
Legislators accused Parliament of blocking NTV Uganda journalists from the building on Tuesday after the broadcaster reported on unopposed leadership elections that critics say undermine democratic competition. Security officers withdrew press credentials and denied entry to reporters who covered stories questioning why Speaker Anita Among and Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa faced no challengers when winning their positions.
Butambala County MP Muwanga Kivumbi said the action shows intolerance toward media criticism as the country approaches the 2026 general elections. Opposition Leader Joel Ssenyonyi said Parliament leadership retaliated against NTV for examining the rise of uncontested races among political figures. He described the...
President Museveni named Lino Anguzu as the next director of public prosecutions, following Jane Frances Abodo's move to become principal judge. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions announced on Tuesday that Parliament will vet Anguzu before he takes over leadership of more than 2,000 prosecutors handling war crimes, terrorism and corruption cases nationwide.
Anguzu serves as assistant director of the International Crimes Department and has prosecuted complex criminal matters. Abodo began as a director in 2020 and improved efficiency and cooperation among justice agencies through reforms. The appointments committee will review Anguzu's nomination before he assumes the position that oversees prosecutions of economic...
Uganda needs investment from the United Arab Emirates in water transport, mineral processing and affordable credit to reach its goal of a 500 billion dollar economy, Investment Minister Evelyn Anite said on Tuesday at a business forum in Kampala. The UAE has invested 3.5 billion dollars in the country through hospitality, oil, and manufacturing projects, as bilateral trade reached 2.85 billion dollars by September 2025.
Anite asked UAE firms to upgrade ports and buy vessels for Lakes Victoria, Kyoga and Albert to reduce freight costs and position Uganda as a regional trade gateway. She said access to low-cost financing remains the biggest barrier for local businesses that face interest rates near 12 percent, while competitors in other...
A Soroti businesswoman secured 300 million shillings from Equity Bank to launch a construction firm that builds facilities at national parks and produces toilet paper for regional markets. Winfred Phiona Adong attended a bank stakeholder meeting on Tuesday, where she explained how the financing helped her start Ayoma Manufacturing Company after leaving corporate sales three years earlier. The firm completed restroom construction at Queen Elizabeth National Park in September and staff housing at Mount Elgon National Park before expanding into paper goods production.
Equity Bank provided contract financing worth 330,000 dollars to help Adong purchase raw materials and scale operations across eastern and northern Uganda. Executive...
Parliament will approve 8.2 trillion shillings in new loans on Tuesday, pushing the country's debt burden to dangerous levels, reaching 116.2 trillion shillings, or 51.3 percent of gross domestic product. The borrowing package funds infrastructure and development programs through multilateral lenders such as the World Bank and the African Development Bank. It represents 11.3 percent of the 72.136 trillion shilling budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
The debt jumped 26.2 percent from 89.5 trillion shillings in 2024, with external obligations at 55.9 trillion shillings and domestic debt at 60.3 trillion shillings. Timothy Chemonges from the Center for Policy Analysis warned that crossing the 50 percent threshold signals trouble...
Uganda's currency has appreciated against the dollar over the past five years due to strong economic management and open financial policies that attract foreign investment, according to Patrick Qyota, the managing director of the National Social Security Fund.
Ayota spoke at a business forum on Tuesday, highlighting the ties between Uganda and the United Arab Emirates. He said someone who brought 10,000 dollars to Uganda five years ago would have made 695 dollars just from the currency exchange.
The shilling strengthened while other African currencies weakened. Ayota credited disciplined fiscal policy, free exchange rates and no restrictions on moving money across borders.
Uganda allows investors to move profits freely after taxes...
