If a king has no political or administrative power and depends largely on cultural authority, what exactly is the place of kings and kingdoms in today’s Uganda?
Uganda’s kingdoms were once...
According to a tweet by journalist Andrew Mwenda, the Tooro Kingdom’s Royal Succession Committee has selected 36-year-old George Desmond Kamurasi as the next Omukama (king). He succeeds King Oyo...
President Yoweri Museveni has paid the medical and repatriation costs for the remains of the late Tooro King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, as Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has stepped in to...
Queen Mother Best Kemigisha is facing another painful royal farewell, nearly 31 years after she lost her husband, Omukama Patrick Matthew Kaboyo, the former King of Tooro.
Kaboyo died on August...
Justice Minister Norbert Mao has ordered the surrender of former Ugandan military officer and diplomat Michael Katungi Mpeirwe to the United States, where he is accused of participating in an...
Queen Mother Best Kemigisa Akiiki crying in distress at the airport as the aircraft carrying the remains of her son, Omukama Oyo, arrived in Uganda.
Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV...
President Yoweri Museveni has arrived at Entebbe International Airport to receive the body of the late Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, as the country continues to mourn the death of...
The mortal remains of Tooro’s fallen King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV have arrived at Entebbe International Airport as the kingdom begins preparations to lay its former monarch to rest...
Singer and footballer Derrick Ddungu, popularly known as Rickman, marked his return to competitive football in style, scoring on his Express FC debut as the Red Eagles defeated KCCA FC 2-0 in the...
The Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), a political pressure group aligned with the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), has launched a nationwide campaign to collect 20 million signatures in...
Uganda’s motor vehicle dealers say the country went without locally produced number plates for three months, leaving thousands of motorists waiting for plates they had already paid for and raising...
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is seeking the help of utility companies to recover billions of shillings in unpaid property taxes, including through possible disconnection of services from...
Kenya’s decision to facilitate the importation of up to 25 million bags of maize to address a looming food shortage is raising concern in Uganda, where maize prices have also been climbing.
Kenya...
A prolonged dry spell is putting coffee farmers across Buganda Sub-region under growing financial pressure, with crops drying up, flowers dropping and coffee berries failing to mature.
Farmers in...
Video courtesy of Parliament Watch Ug
Women at Jinja District Hospital are reportedly being forced to sleep outside after giving birth, as the facility struggles with just 18 beds and lacks an...
Video courtesy of @Kelele_Ug on X
Omusunga Charles Kamurasi has rejected claims that the late King of Tooro, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, left behind a child, describing the reports as a...
Authorities have rescued 149 children, including 123 girls and 26 boys, in an ongoing crackdown on child exploitation in Uganda.
The children were rescued during operations targeting the use of...
Government has apologized to Parliament after several ministers repeatedly failed to appear before parliamentary committees, prompting concerns over executive accountability.
Second Deputy Prime...
Minister Henry Tumukunde stated that Tooro Kingdom succession details will only be released after guidance from President Museveni and the cultural institution, urging the public to ignore...
For many Kampala residents, overflowing rubbish is more than an eyesore. It means foul smelling streets, blocked drainage channels, vermin and the daily struggle to live and work alongside...
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