Uganda’s bodybuilding and fitness fraternity is building towards a decisive national showdown following the successful completion of three regional qualifiers ahead of the 2026 Mr Uganda Bodybuilding Grand Finale scheduled for December 12 in Kampala. The Western, Eastern and Northern Uganda championships have already identified their leading athletes, setting the stage for a contest that […]
By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma Time waits for no one. While the past cannot be erased, the present offers an opportunity to shape tomorrow. Yet, in matters of the heart, intelligence can sometimes become love’s greatest enemy. Two intelligent people may calculate love until there is nothing left to save. He fears rejection; she worries about […]
By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma Mukabadda, a man from Kifuuta, Kyotera, has a chilling tale of betrayal, humiliation and survival after spending three days trapped inside a wardrobe at the home of a married woman he had secretly been pursuing. In a dramatic confession, Mukabadda recounts how his appetite for other men’s wives nearly cost him […]
Some love stories do not end because affection has faded. They end because the heart cannot persuade another heart to stay. For Karolinska Elena, this is a confession of love, regret and the painful dignity of walking away from someone one still longs to call their own. Karolinska Elena, yours was a rare kind of […]
KIBULI, KAMPALA — Excellence, legacy and the enduring spirit of Kibuli took centre stage on Saturday as the Kibuli Old Students Association (KOSA) Class of 1997 honoured a new generation of outstanding students at the KOSA Awards 2026. Held at Kibuli Secondary School under the theme “Celebrating Excellence. Honouring Legacy. Inspiring the Next Generation,” the […]
UCU Angels produced a spirited second-half comeback to edge East African champions Prisons Netball Club 46-45 in a pulsating Uganda Netball Super League encounter played under floodlights at Hamz Stadium, Nakivubo War Memorial Grounds, on Saturday, October 17. In a contest that lived up to its billing, the university side overturned a five-goal […]
Uganda’s national U-17 side, the Uganda Cubs, have booked their place at the 2027 TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations after producing a commanding 4-0 victory over Ethiopia in the CECAFA Zonal qualifiers on Saturday. The emphatic triumph in the first semi-final at Kigali Pele Stadium in Rwanda also propelled coach Kingston Laryea’s charges […]
Gomba FC team manager Resty Mbatidde Namugema has appealed to the Ssaza’s supporters and well-wishers to unite and provide additional financial support despite raising UGX18.3 million at a fundraising dinner held at Jevine Hotel in Kampala. The record Masaza Cup champions are seeking at least UGX45 million to complete their preparations for the 2026 final […]
Uganda’s Cricket Cranes have been flagged off for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier C in Abuja, Nigeria, with the team setting its sights on winning the tournament and securing progression to the Africa Regional Final. The 14-man squad and officials were flagged off at the National Council of Sports (NCS) headquarters […]
By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma Uganda’s proposed charcoal restrictions risk punishing ordinary citizens for an environmental crisis rooted in poverty, expensive alternative energy and unsustainable forestry practices, argues the Kifuuta Oracle, who advocates a transition towards affordable and sustainable cooking solutions. While acknowledging the alarming depletion of forests, Muguluma maintains that banning charcoal without addressing the […]
By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma (MMJ Immanuel Ben Misagga) I am not merely ashamed. I am angry. Angry, yes—but with a smile, because sometimes the absurdity of our national contradictions is almost too much to comprehend. We produce degrees at the speed of a Concorde jet. We celebrate First Class graduates every January. We have thousands […]
By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma Uganda does not suffer from a shortage of hardworking people. What it lacks is a system for converting individual effort into enduring family wealth. For generations, we have been taught to pursue individual success: build your own house, start your own business, buy your own motorcycle, acquire your own plot and […]
By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma Uganda’s struggle to build lasting family enterprises may not simply be a question of capital. It may also be a question of how families organise themselves, manage shared resources and transfer businesses from one generation to the next. For generations, many Ugandan families lived and worked around a common homestead. Grandparents, […]
By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma Young people, not every destiny arrives early. Some journeys take decades to unfold, testing patience, building character and preparing a person for a responsibility that cannot be understood in a single day. The story of His Majesty Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I, presented through the lens of destiny, tradition and perseverance, offers […]
By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma (Immanuel Ben Misagga) There are songs you listen to, and there are songs that seem to sit quietly inside you, waiting for a particular moment to reveal what they have always meant. For me, “Maria Maria” by Afrigo Band has become that kind of song. Paapa Moi Moses Matovu does not […]
By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma (Immanuel Ben Misagga) A Russian friend of mine, Karolinska Mariah, once told me something that has stayed with me: “In Russia, they say a man begins retiring five years before he leaves office. In Uganda, we begin retiring the day they take away the car keys.” There is uncomfortable truth in […]
KAMPALA — The transition of the Tooro monarchy has formally entered its final stage after the Government recognised Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as successor to the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. The prince will be crowned Edward Rukidi Nyaboongo I, Omukama of Tooro, on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at Karuziika Palace in […]
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Uganda’s adult HIV prevalence has remained at 5.9 percent, with the country registering notable gains in treatment and viral-load suppression but continuing to face a significant gap in HIV diagnosis. Launching the preliminary 2025 Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA 2025) findings at the UgandaMediaCentre, Health Minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi said the results provide a […]
By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma (Immanuel Ben Misagga) There is a quiet public-health crisis unfolding in Uganda—not in hospitals, but in markets, roadside stalls, kitchens and food-handling points. It does not announce itself with violence. It begins with something much more ordinary: a dirty cutting board, an unwashed spoon, contaminated hands, improperly stored food, blocked drainage […]
By Joseph Mbazzi Muguluma (Immanuel Ben Misagga) Travel, they say, teaches lessons that books sometimes cannot. After journeys through more than 68 countries and cities, the Kifuuta Oracles have returned with one striking conclusion: food is rarely the problem; the manner in which it is handled can be. In Abidjan, Ivory Coast, I was served […]
As Uganda confronts worsening urban air pollution and the wider threat of climate change, the growing conversation around electric mobility is no longer simply about replacing petrol and diesel vehicles with new technology. It is increasingly about how the country can build a cleaner, more sustainable transport system. Against that backdrop, the partnership between Mandela […]
