Iran Envoy in Mayuge Says Tehran Will Decide How This War Ends as Shia Muslim Community in Uganda Mourn the Slain Ali Kamenei.
Iran’s ambassador to Uganda His Excellency Majid Saffar says the Islamic Republic of Iran will determine how the imposed US-Israeli conflict ends. As can be recalled, the U.S-Israeli conflict dubbed Operation Epic Fury began in the early hours on 28 February,2026 when coordinated strikes targeted military and leadership infrastructures. The operation, ordered by US President Donald Trump who turns 80 on...
Competence Is the New Currency: How Tom Okao’s FIMAT Turns Big Dreams into Bankable Skills for Uganda’s Youth.
Gone are the days when vocational studies were dismissed as a last resort. At Fountainhead Institute of Management and Technology (FIMAT) in Awita Cell, Amuca Ward, Lira City, technical training is being redefined as a ministry, and a launchpad for Uganda’s next generation of entrepreneurs, innovators, and employers. The institute this week announced a new bursary opportunity for short-term skills...
“You Are A Soul, Not A Body”: Archbishop-Elect Prof Bagambaki Invokes MacDonald, Slams Irrational Mysticism That Says God Bypasses Your Mind.
We Are Fearfully Made, But How Are We Made?” Archbishop Elect Bagambaki Probes Body-Soul-Spirit Paradox, Warns Against Mysticism and Demon-Possession Theology. Five-Fold Episcopal World Federation leader says dichotomy vs. trichotomy debate is “impossible to be dogmatic” but Scripture is clear: man is material and immaterial, with an eternal soul breathed by God. The centuries-old paradox of human constitution: whether man is...
A Dead Child Is the Worst Customer Care Failure”: SPA Mutyabule Indicts Sugar Daddies, Boda-Bodas, Lax Schools, Says Uganda Must Stand As Joseph Stood After Ggaba Horror.
Senior Presidential Advisor (SPA) on Poverty Alleviation in Busoga, Hon. Florence Mutyabule, issues an uncompromising call for mandatory security reforms across all schools and childcare facilities in Uganda, saying the nation must “end the era of casual security” following the tragedy at Ggaba Day Care and Child Development Centre on 2nd April, 2026. Speaking from Jinja on Friday, Mrs. Mutyabule,...
Uganda-US Military Partnership Strengthened in Mbuya As Bakasumba Cites Pan-African Duty In Somalia, DRC.
“When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.” — Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God, Chapter 19. In that scene, Ezeulu, Chief Priest of Ulu, warns the elders of Umuaro as colonial officers and missionaries watch their land. Divided, he tells them, they invite others to rule what should be theirs. That warning from Achebe’s 1964 novel, written...
A Message for Kyankwanzi: Hon Asuman Kiyingi Calls for Prof Latigo-Style Humility, Says Credit Must Be Shared Not Hoarded.
In an era where public credit is hoarded and blame outsourced, where institutions often shrink behind personalities, moments of true statesmanship are rare, and worth revisiting. Senior Advocate and former Minister Hon Asuman Kiyingi reflects on one such moment: Prof. Morris Ogenga-Latigo’s quiet refusal of personal glory in Parliament on December 12, 2007. As the NRM caucus convenes in Kyankwanzi this...
“Go Study How A Bulldozer Works, You Will Be Smashed The Same Way”-Batwala Vows To Flatten Blackmail, Job Cartels Like Anthills.
"Nemo iudex in causa sua" -No one should be a judge in his own cause. That ancient rule of natural justice now hangs over Busoga Square where Jinja District LC5 Chairman Moses Batwala has broken a two-week silence with a blistering counter-offensive, branding the probe into his decade-old academic papers a “politically motivated witch-hunt” engineered by civil servants and...
ODPP Sanctions Murder Charges Against Okello Onyum Over Deaths of Four Children at Ggaba ECD Centre.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has sanctioned four counts of murder against Christopher Okello Onyum in connection with the deaths of four children killed last week at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre in Makindye Division. According to the charge sheet, the prosecution alleges that on April 2, 2026, at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre in Ggaba...
UPDF Backbone Gets Stronger:175 NCOs Deployed After Moroto Leadership and Ideological Training.
The Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF) 3 Infantry Division on Monday passed out 175 Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) who successfully completed a three-month intensive Ideological and Leadership Course at the Division headquarters in Moroto District. The officers, drawn from various units across the 3 Infantry Division and affiliated formations, underwent rigorous training designed to sharpen their command skills, deepen ideological clarity,...
Teso Gives Europe A Priest: Christopher Olupot Ordained As Bishop Eciru Warns Against Mediocrity.
In a solemn yet celebratory rite at St. Augustine Catholic Parish Mukongoro, Bishop Joseph Oliach Eciru on Saturday ordained Rev. Deacon Christopher Olupot to the priesthood, urging the 28‑year‑old Comboni missionary to “be sane and sober” as he takes up pastoral care for the faithful. The ordination, witnessed by Uganda’s Vice‑President Maj (rtd)Jessica Alupo, drew clergy including Kotido Diocese Bishop...
