Archbishop Daniel Muwanga’s ‘Fighter Jet’ Missies ‘Ballistic Missile’ During Easter Sunday Service in Jinja City.
Kimaka Faith Fellowship Ministries International with its headquarters in Jinja City pushed this year’s Easter service up early: doors open for worship from 7:30 a.m., Zambian-born Rev. Maggie Chimbila, led a team whose voices lifted over keyboard and drum like they had already seen the stone rolled away. The worship and praise team or choir did not just perform; it...
Ugandan Theologian & Academician Prof Mugume Bagambaki Digs Deeper Into Easter’s Historical and Spiritual Meaning of Easter As Some Ugandans Prepare For Party After Party.
As Easter sets in, Archbishop-Elect Professor Mugume Bagambaki Richard the Ecclesiastical Episcopal Conference Archbishop of Upper City Covenant Churches wades into the annual bunny-versus-resurrection debate similar with the calm of a four-star general. The academically and theologically decorated professor who is also President of Five-Fold Episcopal World Federation and President/Chancellor of UCCSAT University counsels Christians to spend less energy policing...
UPDF, Somali National Army Capture Senior Al-Shabaab Commander in Mubaraka.
The Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF), operating under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), and the Somali National Army (SNA) have captured a senior Al-Shabaab commander alive in a coordinated operation near Mubaraka. The suspect, Salaad Cusmaan Macalin — alias “Sahm” — was apprehended on Wednesday in the north-western outskirts of Mubaraka by AUSSOM troops and...
Bishop Makka’s Easter Challenge: No Cathedral Mornings and Club Nights Without Cost, Tasks Believers to Take Resurrection Gospel Seriously.
As hospitality spots around Jinja City and all urban and rural places countrywide prepare to host guests of varied categories to celebrate Easter 2026, Bishop Fredrick Makka of Walukuba Elim Pentecostal Church frames Easter not as mood music to holiday excess but as a test of discipleship. In a city and country where Good Friday prayer gives way to crowded...
Easter Alert In North Kyoga: From Cathedrals To Bars, SP Okema Warns that Celebrations Come With Risks-Robbery, Rape, Crashes and Fire Accidents.
Holiday crowds are cover; drinkers are wallets, this street-rule-like sentiment frames SP PJ Okema’s full Easter statement for North Kyoga, where what reads as a seasonal greeting land as a risk briefing. He opens in step with the calendar: “As the Christian community concludes the Lenten period and enters Holy Week, culminating in the Easter celebrations, the North Kyoga Regional...
UPDF Commissions A Multi-Million Library At Entebbe Air Force Senior Secondary School.
A school without a library is a body without a mind and at Entebbe Air Force Senior Secondary School that mind is now fully open. The Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces has commissioned a new multi-million library at Entebbe Air Force Secondary School aimed at strengthening the school’s academic environment and improving learning for students. Representing the Commander Air Force, the Deputy Commander...
M7 Roots For Value Addition As National Coffee Farmers Empowerment Programme Launches in Rukiga.
President Yoweri Museveni has passionately called upon coffee farmers to integrate value‑addition strategies into the production process to create much needed jobs and revenue for the country. “I want to call upon the coffee farmers to support the NRM’s efforts to stop the export of raw materials. This will enhance our industrialization agenda and create the much-needed jobs and incomes,”...
A Strong Army, Full Wallet:20-Year-Old-Wazalendo Targets Every Soldier’s Phone As Assets Hit UGX 1.4 Trillion.
A strong army marches on a full wallet,” goes the old maxim—that financial discipline fuels operational power. Wazalendo SACCO proved it at Gaddafi Barracks in Jinja on 1 April 2026, marking 20 years by posting assets of UGX 1.4 trillion, up from UGX 1.1 trillion last year. Held under the theme “Sustainable Growth and Quality Member Services,” the 20th AGM showed steady expansion, a growing loan...
76 UPDF Officers Complete Squadron Command Course, Lt Gen Okidi Says Leaders Key to Readiness.
The Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF) Air Force has passed out 76 officers who completed the Squadron Officers Course at the Air Force College in Nakasongola. Speaking at the ceremony on behalf of the Chief of Defense Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, fondly referred to by his peers as MK, the Commander Air Force, Lieutenant General Charles Okidi, said the...
Beyond Sunday Palm Branches: Archbishop-Elect Prof Mugume Bagambaki Demands Easter Care for Widows, Orphans, Refugees & Prisoners.
Archbishop‑elect Professor Mugume Bagambaki Richard the Ecclesiastical Episcopal Conference archbishop of the Upper City Covenant Churches, president of the Five‑Fold Episcopal World Federation and Chancellor of UCCSAT University, used the March 29th Palm Sunday mass to unfold the theological weight of Christ’s Jerusalem entry and press its relevance on Ugandan believers. He said Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ triumphal approach to...
