The Capital FM Big Wedding Season 8 delivered a lavish, all-expenses-paid, magical wedding to Tonny Katelegga, the groom, and his bride, Mackline Tesi, at Speke Resort Munyonyo. This year’s wedding was a celebration of love and family, elevated by Bell Citrus, whose refreshing citrus flavor added a vibrant twist to …

Kampala, Uganda | COMMENT | Equity Bank Uganda is revolutionising savings for Ugandans by offering cutting-edge digital savings solutions that enable clients to manage their money easily, securely, and conveniently. As Uganda’s digital landscape expands, Equity Bank is using technology to create accessible, user-friendly savings options designed to meet the …

Kampala, Uganda | MARK NAMANYA – The Observer | The timing of the All-Africa Trophy Challenge in Agadir, Morocco couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time for Team Uganda. The tournament, which tees off at Tazegzout Golf Course this week, has attracted 21 teams including favourites South Africa, Zambia …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ahead of the start of one of Uganda’s most ambitious agricultural interventions — the climate smart project UCSATP — Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Frank Tumwebaze has warned against misuse of government tractors, milk coolers and maize mills. “It has come to our attention …

  Tororo, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Ahead of the Sickle Cell Run set for Tororo on November 30th, Canadian-Ugandan rapper Lanie Banks has encouraged all community leaders and activists to engage heavily in 16 days of activism that will be marked from 25th November to December 10th, 2024. He …

Baku, Azerbaijan | THE INDEPENDENT |  Major countries of the world have agreed to pay $ 300 billion each year for the next 10 years to climate financing to help mitigate global climate changes. Sitting in Baku Azerbaijan, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Australia among …

What’s the Ugandan government calculating? COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | The abduction of opposition figure Dr Kizza Besigye in Nairobi, Kenya has put President Yoweri Museveni and his government in the eye of a diplomatic storm. But the major prevailing question asked by everyone is: what is the government’s play …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Besigye’s abduction in Nairobi: What’s the Ugandan government calculating? THE LAST WORD When Saleh blew my head 2: How and why the NRM government sold Uganda’s economy to multinational capital ANALYSIS EU funds …

Comprehensive partnership agreement between Russia, Iran to cover defense sphere MOSCOW | TASS | The agreement on all-encompassing partnership between Russia and Iran will cover the defense and security sphere, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told TASS in an interview. “Concerning the contents of the mentioned founding document, I …

  Pardoning made as Uganda is making international headlines for the jailing of Besigye Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has pardoned 19 members of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) following their pleading guilty to the charge of treachery and illegal possession of firearms and conviction …