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KAMPALA — Nineteen long-serving General Officers of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) are set to retire next week in a ceremony at State House Entebbe.
The retirement ceremony will take place on Thursday, August 20, 2026, and will be presided over by President and Commander-in-Chief of the UPDF, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
The General O...
By Brian Mugenyi [email protected]
KAMPALA, UGANDA — The future of Uganda’s transport sector may not arrive with the familiar roar of an internal combustion engine. It may arrive almost silently.
A boda boda rider, Frank Mawejje, swaps a depleted battery instead of queuing at a petrol station. An electric bus pulls sm...
KAMPALA — In a strategic move set to redefine parliamentary communications, veteran media practitioner and Red Pepper co-founder Dr. Arinaitwe Rugyendo has been appointed as the Principal Press Secretary (PPS) to the Speaker of the 12th Parliament of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oboth-Oboth.
The high-profile appointment has sparked widespread acclai...
BUKEDEA — The Ministry of Health has come under scrutiny over the prolonged delay in completing a Shs549 million maternity ward at Okunguro Health Centre II in Bukedea Town Council, with an inspection team from the Office of the President questioning the ministry’s supervision of the project.
The concerns emerged during a monitoring exercise led by the Deputy Head of t...
BEN KUMUMANYA: LC 1 & 11 Executive council are a bedrock of Uganda’s Decentralisation,Writes Brian Mugenyi
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local government Mr. Ben Kumumanya has said that the Local Council I (LC I) and Local Council II (LC II) structures remain the bedrock of Uganda’s decentralised system of governance.
Since the introduction of d...