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Why President is coiling away from fighting regional wars At the height of 2012, Uganda had a military footprint in about ten countries and was being described as the region’s police. In four of these, it was fighting the Al Shabaab in Somalia, the Lords’ Resistance Army (LRA) and Allied …

Police insiders going rogue? They call themselves the Bakijambiya (Machete gang) and they pounce in the wee hours of the night. They come with pangas, iron bars, nails on wood clubs, and big knives. They chop and clobber their victims, steal their money and portable property, and rape the women …

  Next fight between Kabaka, Museveni? Did President Yoweri Museveni recently summon Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II to a hurried meeting over the rampant land evictions in Buganda?  Possibly he did or possibly he did not. What is known is that a meeting took place between them on April 07. …

Here is why Ugandans are poorer today than yesterday There is more bad news for the Uganda economy this April. According to the latest figures from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and the Central Bank, the economy will not achieve the targeted 4.5% growth this financial year. It will …

Figures from the 2014 National Population and Housing Census show that, in the last 10 years, the percentage of Ugandan identifying as Catholics has declined from 41.6% in 2002 to 39.3% of the general population.  In the 1991 census, however, the number identifying as Catholic was estimated to be between …

Museveni runs to defend wife in pile of blunders President Yoweri Museveni has throughout his 31 year reign over Uganda boasted about how he is “a fighter” who has defeated many opponents. But his latest foe is proving tougher, even insiders admit. In the past, Museveni’s major opponents have either …

President Museveni vows on corruption, “its an open war” he says President Yoweri Museveni has warned that the recent arrest of Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations Herbert Kabafunzaki on corruption charges is just a taste of what is to come. “Now we have started to open a …

  Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has asked all existing subscribers to update their SIM-card registration information in seven days or they will be deactivated.  National Identity Card (IDs) and passports, for the case of foreigners, will be used to verify, re-validate and re-register SIM-cards for all subscribers. This is a shift from …

Population survey reveals most sexually active, violent at home and HIV illiterate Ugandans  Do you know that girls from Teso have the earliest sex debut in Uganda? Did you know that the Bagisu and Karimojong do not know that using condoms and limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner are …

But analysts caution it’s too early to celebrate Uganda’s banking industry seems to be recovering from the hard economic times experienced in the previous year as commercial banks start to record a surge in profits amid drops  in Non-Performing Loans (NPLs). Available data from commercial banks that have announced their …