Uganda just slammed the brakes on Starlink gear at the border. The Uganda Revenue Authority issued an immediate restriction on importing and clearing Starlink satellite internet equipment. A customs memo from December 19 mandates that any shipment of this technology now needs an authorization letter from the Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People's Defence Force. The directive gave no reason for the sudden move but requires military sign-off for these communication devices and components.
This clampdown contradicts President Yoweri Museveni's earlier public support for Starlink. He previously praised meetings with company representatives about expanding low-cost internet to remote areas. The service is seen as vital for improving...
A top Ugandan cop says a messy family feud has nothing to do with him. The Director of Criminal Investigations, Assistant Inspector General Tom Magambo, flatly denied any link to a property dispute between educationist Prof. Badru Kateregga and his wife, Jolly Shubaiha Kateregga. His name had been circulating in connection with the case. The Uganda Police Force issued a statement clarifying its role. They said the dispute was reported in November 2024 and investigated under file CID HQRS/GEF 306/204. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions later advised it was a civil matter about property, not a criminal one, and told police not to get involved.
Magambo gave a personal response, saying he saw his name dragged into the fight...
A whole church leadership bench is clearing out in 2027. The Church of Uganda announced that its Archbishop, Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, will retire on August 14 that year, along with six diocesan bishops. The church's communications officer, Sadiiki Adams, made the announcement on Christmas Day at Kancerere Church of Uganda in Kinkiizi Diocese, Kanungu District. Archbishop Kaziimba, the ninth archbishop who started in March 2020, is a former Bishop of Mityana Diocese known for speaking on governance and morality.
The other bishops retiring are Kinkiizi's Dan Zoreka, Ankole's Sheldon Mwesigwa, and Kigezi's Gaddie Akanjuna. They are all hitting the mandatory retirement age of 65. Adams said Kaziimba and the others will start...
An electoral showdown in Rukungiri just got a Christmas Day sermon. The political fight in the municipality is superheated, with Henry Tumukunde facing a tough challenge from opposition candidate Ingrid Turinawe Kamateneti of the People's Front for Freedom. The whole race is tangled up with anger over the jailing of veteran opposition leader Kizza Besigye, a native of the Kigezi region, held at Luzira Prison on charges of threatening security and the president. Bishop Onesmus Asiimwe of North Kigezi made a rare public move, calling both rivals to the altar at Kinyansano Cathedral on Christmas. He told them to keep their campaigns peaceful.
Besigye's detention has become a major issue, firing up anti-government feelings that could help...
Malawi's music scene got hit with a gut punch. Five members of Eli Njuchi's Hive Band died in a wreck at Senzani in Ntcheu on the M1 road. They were heading to Lilongwe for his show. The dead are drummer Raphael Chitsonga, guitarist MacFarlane Banda, road manager Vincent Mkwinda, pianist Wilfred Kapengule Jnr, and vocalist Elivacy Myaba. These young players were considered some of the best live performers in the country.
The news just wrecked the whole industry. Major artists posted crushed reactions. Singer Eliza Mponya wrote an emotional message asking how they could even cry enough for the guys. Musician Lawi called it a tragic day for Malawian music. Onesimus said the industry lost giants. Fellow bassist Obed Kananji and guitarist...
Some Zomba kids just swapped dead ends for paychecks. A group of young people, once stuck with no clear path forward, is now talking about how learning a trade changed everything. They finished skills training at the One For All Organization Technical College in Zomba. Their turnaround started after watching a show called Good Malawi on MBC TV, hosted by Doreen Banda and Simeon Shumba. The program showed them how to get technical training and tools.
One trainee, Cecelia Stoneck from Zilindo in Zomba Central, says her life is totally different. She saw the TV show and signed up for tailoring classes. Now she makes her own money. Stoneck claims she is financially independent because of the skills she learned. She tells other young people...
Malawi's power boss just scored a legal win against the government. The High Court in Blantyre stopped a forced transfer of the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi, or ESCOM, CEO Kamwamba Kumwenda. The government tried to move him to a teaching job at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, known as MUBAS. A letter from the Office of the President and Cabinet informed him of this secondment as a lecturer, which would have removed him from leading the power utility.
Kumwenda fought the move, calling it illegal and asking the court for a review. The court agreed his case had merit. It issued an injunction to block the transfer until a full judicial review happens. This means the government cannot make him take the...
Kolisi flexes a complicated family holiday. The Springboks rugby captain, Siya Kolisi, posted photos and videos from a Christmas vacation on Alphonse Island with his siblings and his two kids. This came after the children had already done Christmas stuff with their mom, Rachel Kolisi. The former couple split up a few months back, but this trip showed they are still co-parenting. Kolisi put the stuff online on Christmas Day with a caption thanking God, written as Enkosi Bawo.
The social media dump had beach pictures and goofy videos of everyone hanging out on the island. Fans saw it and mostly loved it, filling the comments with nice notes about him making family a priority. The whole thing was framed as a grateful, memory-making trip...
The internet is trying to yeet Nicki Minaj back to Trinidad. An online petition calling for the rapper's deportation has gone viral, racking up thousands of signatures in just hours. It cites her recent erratic behavior, specifically her alleged harassment of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, also known as the Carter family. The petition also attacks her marriage to registered sex offender Kenneth Petty, accusing Minaj of intimidating his victims and showing a disregard for the law.
The document argues that her influential status poses a public threat, making deportation to her home country a necessary solution for community safety. A collage of Petty's mugshots was included with the petition language.
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