WhatsApp 2026 features you may have missed
WhatsApp is introducing usernames, a major privacy update that will allow users to chat without first handing over their phone numbers.
The Meta-owned messaging platform says the change is meant...
Lukwago misses court due to ill health
Former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago missed Tuesday's court session after prison authorities said he was too ill to leave Mulago Hospital, where he is undergoing specialised treatment.
Former Kampala...
Harriet Bongonyinge crowned Miss Tourism Northern 2026/2027
Harriet Bongonyinge of Lira City has been crowned Miss Tourism Northern Uganda 2026/2027 after emerging as the winner of a highly competitive pageant held at Lavington Park in Lira...
International Wildlife Journalist Klaus Thymann Arrested in Kampala
Internationally recognised Danish wildlife journalist and environmental explorer Klaus Thymann has been arrested in Kampala, raising fresh attention around Uganda’s handling of foreign journalists and conservation researchers.
Thymann, whose work...
NRM Revives EALA By-Election Process, Sets June 29–July 1 for Expressions of Interest
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission has reopened the process for party members seeking to contest for the party flag in the forthcoming by-election to fill Uganda’s vacant...
Gen.Salim Saleh Orders Muhoozi to Brief Mao on Besigye, Lukwago Detentions
The directive is believed to have followed a petition by Minister Mao to the Gulu based general about being locked out of the investigations against the two opposition figures.
Gen...