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By Shivan Ayebare Senior Presidential Advisor on Agriculture, Peace Rugambwa, has delivered more than UGX 150 million to community groups in Kabale, fulfilling President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to support Ugandans who lack start-up capital. Rugambwa, who also chairs the Boona Bagaigahare Nyekundire Group, said the President sent her to directly empower “the common person,” noting that some government representatives fail...

Achraf Hakimi and Ghizlane Chebbak claimed the top individual honours at the CAF Awards 2025 in Rabat on Wednesday, giving Morocco a double victory on home soil as Africa recognised its standout performers of the year. The ceremony brought together players, coaches and former stars from across the continent. Hakimi was named CAF Men’s Player of the Year after a standout...

Trust in Uganda’s justice system has climbed to 93 percent, according to the 2024–2025 National Governance, Peace and Security Survey released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics. The results come as government institutions continue evaluating reforms across justice, peace and public service delivery. The survey was launched in Kampala during Africa Statistics Day. It sampled nine thousand households across fifteen...

By David Mwanje The Petroleum Authority of Uganda is marking ten years of regulating the country’s oil and gas sector, a period that has seen it grow from a one-person office in 2016 to a technical staff of 220. Executive Director Ernest Rubondo said the expansion reflects the scale of work required to manage the sector. “Our development shows what...

Arsenal and the Rwanda Development Board will end their partnership at the close of the 2025–2026 season, concluding an eight-season arrangement in which Visit Rwanda served as the club’s first official sleeve sponsor. The decision follows Visit Rwanda’s shift toward new global sports partnerships as it seeks to expand into other markets. Signed in 2018, the deal placed Rwanda’s tourism brand...

By Charlotte Amuge Uganda’s agriculture and coffee sectors are mourning the death of Dr Emmanuel Niyibigira Iyamulemye, the former Executive Director of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority, who died on 18 November 2025. News of his passing prompted tributes from senior national figures who described him as a central figure in Uganda’s coffee transformation. Agriculture Minister Frank Tumwebaze said he received...

By Shivan Ayebare Work on the Matanda Irrigation Scheme in Kanungu District has stalled due to ongoing land disputes among compensated family members, despite the Ministry of Water and Environment completing all payments to affected households. According to Ronah Kamusime, a sociologist with the ministry, a survey around Matanda Dam identified 542 affected families, including the Kyahamutima household. She said...

The Government of Algeria will host the International Conference on the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa from 30 November to 1 December 2025 in Algiers. The information was communicated by the Algerian Embassy in Kampala to Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The conference is being organised under the high patronage of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and follows the African Union Assembly...

By Charlotte Amuge President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo has taken over the chairmanship of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region during the bloc’s 9th Ordinary Summit held on 15 November 2025 at the Palais du Peuple in Kinshasa. The summit, held under the theme “Consolidating Peace and Security for Sustainable Development in the Great...

By David Mwanje Stanbic Bank Uganda has marked 35 years in the country with the launch of an 18-month brand platform called Keep Growing, which will guide its operations across retail, SME, corporate and social investment activities. At the launch in Kampala, Chief Executive Mumba Kalifungwa said the bank’s journey has run alongside Uganda’s economic changes over the past three decades....