In a determined push to make their mark at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2025, Uganda’s national women’s basketball team, the Gazelles, is set to depart for a high-stakes training camp in Egypt this Friday. Led by Head Coach Nicholas Natuhereza, the squad will touch down in Cairo for an intensive preparation program aimed at fine-tuning…
The Uganda Police Force has confirmed a series of violent incidents related to the ongoing electoral process, involving assaults, vandalism, and destruction of property. These events occurred in Mubende, Isingiro, and Rubanda districts, resulting in the arrest of 16 suspects as investigations continue. Mubende District – 7 July 2025. At approximately 1600 hours, a violent…
Kampala, Uganda – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has issued new directives to reform Uganda’s citizenship verification process, shifting authority from central government bureaucrats to local community structures. Following a June 23, 2025 meeting with the Bavandimwe (Banyarwanda of Uganda) at State House Entebbe, Museveni acknowledged concerns of discrimination and mismanagement in the current system. He…
The Kenya Simbas kept their 2027 Rugby World Cup hopes alive with a hard-fought 32–24 victory over rivals Uganda Rugby Cranes in the quarter-finals of the 2025 Rugby Africa Cup, played Tuesday afternoon at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Namboole. In a fiercely contested match brimming with intensity and national pride, it was Kenya who…
Musa Ssegaabwe, Uganda’s rising motorsport sensation, is sharpening his focus ahead of this weekend’s high-octane Jinja-Kayunga Rally, an event widely seen as a potential turning point in the 2025 National Rally Championship (NRC) season. As the countdown intensifies for this weekend’s much-anticipated Jinja-Kayunga Rally, adrenaline is already surging through the motorsport community. The fifth round…
After a disappointing fourth-place finish in the 2023 Rugby Africa Cup marked by a shock 20–12 semifinal loss to Algeria and a defeat by Namibia in the playoff. The Kenya Simbas return with renewed determination. Their mission: rewrite history at the Mandela National Stadium and secure a coveted spot in the Rugby World Cup. Road…
Samman Vohra dramatically reignited his Africa Rally Championship (ARC) title hopes with a commanding victory at the Mountain Gorilla Rally in Rwanda this past weekend. The reigning Kenyan champion, driving a Škoda Fabia, dominated the event with blistering pace. Vohra and co-driver Drew Sturrock won every single stage, securing victory by a massive margin of…
The 2025 National Rally Championship (NRC) reaches a critical juncture this weekend as competitors prepare for the decisive Bugerere STABEX EMC Jinja Rally, set to test drivers across the rugged terrains of Jinja and Kayunga from July 10–12. With just three points separating 5th-placed Didas Matsiko from Duncan Mubiru in 4th, the title race remains…
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has officially launched a voluntary fundraising campaign aimed at bolstering its grassroots mobilization and campaign preparedness ahead of the 2026 general elections. The initiative was unveiled at the party’s headquarters in Kavule, led by party president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, who kickstarted the campaign with a…
What was meant to be a night of music, unity, and celebration in Jinja City turned into a chaotic and controversial scene involving two of Uganda’s popular musical brothers, Dax Vibez and Mikie Wine. The drama unfolded in the early hours of Monday, July 7, shortly after the much-anticipated Ekitudha 2025 concert, a flagship annual…
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