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UTB, Emirates fly in 11 delegates to showcase the Pearl of Africa. The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), in collaboration with the Uganda Embassy in Abu Dhabi and Emirates Airline, the world’s largest international carrier, has hosted 11 key trade partners on an exclusive familiarization trip to explore Uganda’s iconic tourist attractions.
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Tayebwa orders investigation into Besigye’s ‘cage’ treatment in …
2 days ago · The deputy speaker of parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has directed the parliamentary Human Rights Committee to visit Dr Kizza Besigye in Luzira Prison and report back on allegations of maltreatment. Besigye, a former presidential candidate and ex-president of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), was abducted alongside Obeid Kamulegeya Lutale by the Ugandan army on November […]
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Bobi: We can reconcile with Mpuuga, Museveni - The Observer
Jan 1, 2025 · ROBERT KYAGULANYI SSENTAMU, popularly known as Bobi Wine, and the president of the National Unity Platform (NUP), has announced his intention to run for Uganda’s presidency in the 2026 elections if his party endorses him. Speaking from his home in Magere, Kasangati town council, Wakiso district, Kyagulanyi stated his readiness to challenge President Yoweri Kaguta […]
Can Uganda pay its huge debts? Experts raise concerns over …
Jan 15, 2025 · Overview: In the 2023/24 financial year alone, debt servicing consumed Shs8.76 trillion, with this figure expected to rise to Shs12.72 trillion in the current financial year. While the government insists that Uganda’s debt remains sustainable in the medium and long term, the strain on public finances is evident Uganda’s public debt has been a growing […]
Diplomats in secret meeting over Besigye - The Observer
Dec 4, 2024 · The Observer has reliably learnt that the diplomats, especially from the European Union, have been holding meetings to forge a way of getting Besigye and his co-accused Obeid Lutale out of jail. Besigye and Lutale were abducted in Nairobi and driven back to Kampala before they were arraigned at the General Court Martial four days later.
Chapter Four sounds alarm on human rights and electoral violence …
Jan 1, 2025 · Nicholas Opiyo, the executive director of Chapter Four Uganda, has voiced grave concerns about the state of human rights and electoral integrity ahead of Uganda’s 2026 elections. Citing a troubling history of arbitrary arrests, human rights violations, voter intimidation, and suppression of opposition politicians, Opiyo predicts that the upcoming election season may mirror or worsen […]
High court restores Sheikh Mubajje as Mufti of Uganda
Jan 6, 2025 · The High court in Kampala has quashed the resolutions made by the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) general assembly in 2023, which ousted Mufti Sheikh Shaban Mubajje from office. The court’s decision henceforth renders the election of Sheikh Abdallah Ssemambo as interim Mufti of Uganda null and void. In his judgement last Friday, justice Dr […]