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Christmas happened, and everyone gave their two cents. The holiday has Christians globally looking back at old prophecies about a virgin birth and a savior called Immanuel, which they say points directly to Jesus. Ugandan leaders, like everyone else, used the season to push their own messages...

The police are kinda ruining Christmas for people just trying to survive. Folks living in poorer parts of Kampala, specifically in neighborhoods like Bwaise and Kawala, are asking security forces to back off and let them have a quiet holiday. They say constant harassment from officers is making...

Ballot papers are landing, and the usual election theater is in full swing. The Electoral Commission in Uganda has taken delivery of the first two batches of sensitive materials for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, printed by a Dubai company called Al Ghurair LLC...

A politician just wrapped a Christmas sermon with a solid side of campaign strategy. Hellen Adoa, a State Minister for Fisheries and a hopeful for the Serere District parliament seat, used a holiday church service to push a specific voting message. Speaking at St. Peter’s Church of Uganda in the...

A Kampala hospital just bagged a major award for its medical care. TMR International Hospital won top honors at the first Annual Centre of Excellence Awards held at Ascendismed International. The award came after a review of infrastructure, patient outcomes, quality systems, and innovation. The...

A candidate's disqualification is fueling accusations of rigged election rules. The Electoral Commission annulled the nomination of former police officer Daniel Mulirire in Buyende District. Commission chairperson Simon Byabakama signed the December 23 decision, stating Mulirire failed to attach...

Netanyahu just dropped a diplomatic bomb by recognizing Somaliland. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his country officially recognizes the Republic of Somaliland as independent and sovereign, calling the move historic. He said the declaration, signed with Foreign Minister...

Museveni just scrapped every fishing lake committee in the country. The President ordered the Chief of Defence Forces, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to immediately dissolve all landing site management committees on Ugandan lakes. This move aims to ease tensions with fishermen after many complaints. The...

A Ugandan security boss wants a law to stop daytime drinking. The Minister for Security, Jim Katugugu Muhwezi, called for a new bylaw to regulate alcohol consumption nationwide. He spoke on Christmas Day at Kasoroza Church of Uganda in Rukungiri District, calling the drinking rate alarming...

South Sudanese immigrants are suing to keep their protected status. Four individuals and a non-profit organization filed a lawsuit in Boston federal court against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. They are challenging the termination of Temporary Protected Status for South Sudanese...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

They gave her the full makoti treatment again, a decade later. Media personality Zandile Khumalo posted a video showing women from the Gumede family dressing her in traditional bridal attire, marking her continued acceptance as a daughter-in-law after ten years of marriage. She expressed deep...