President Museveni Duly Nominated for 2026 Presidential Elections By Ronald Kabuubi/ Naome Namusoke/KMA Updates President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has officially been nominated to contest in the January 2026 presidential elections, marking his eighth consecutive bid for Uganda’s top office. The long-serving Head of State arrived at the Electoral Commission’s new nomination site in Lweza at […]
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During the media briefing, Mr Kikonyogo denied claims that FDC is part of the bloc of Big Five that the Democratic Party (DP) president, Mr Norbert Mao, recently claimed is in discussion to ensure power transition. The Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential flagbearer, Mr Nathan Nandala Mafabi, has become the fourth presidential aspirant
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HUALIEN, Taiwan — Residents in an eastern Taiwan town where flooding from a strong typhoon killed 14 people took to shelters on Wednesday (Sept 24) fearing further disaster, as Premier Cho Jung-tai called for an inquiry into what went wrong with evacuation orders. Sub-tropical Taiwan, frequently hit by typhoons, normally has a well-oiled disaster mechanism
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MPs under the Parliamentary Forum for Persons with Disability have joined the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda to ask government to reduce taxes on the importation and production of equipment and materials used in rehabilitation and the manufacture of assistive devices for persons with disabilities. This is after NUDIPU presented a petition to
FSD Kenya is sponsoring the Kenya Country Investment summit at AFSIC – Investing in Africa 2025. The Kenya summit and corresponding FSD Kenya Deal Book will include deals that will represent projects under the Green Finance Project Preparation Facility, sourced from green finance opportunities across 10 counties in Kenya. These projects are designed to attract private investment and support sub-national
President Yoweri with hisWife Janet Museveni also Minister of Education and Sports arrive at the EC .Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates. By Naome Namusoke/ Ronald Kabuubi/ KMA updates The Electoral Commission (EC) has confirmed that three aspirants have so far been duly nominated to contest in the forthcoming 2026 Presidential Elections. The successful candidates include
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A 23-year-old student at Gulu University is fighting for his future after being forced to drop out of school twice due to a debilitating hip condition. Otim Elijah Paul, a second-year Bachelor of Science in Computer Science student, has been battling chronic pain for two years after his hip joints began to degenerate. The illness
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Makerere University has named Prof. Sarah Ssali as its new Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academic Affairs, making her only the second woman to hold the powerful post in the institution’s century-long history. The appointment, confirmed by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe and formalised by Chancellor Dr. Crispus Kiyonga on the recommendation of the University Council and Senate,
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A female volleyball player at Ndejje University has lost her sports scholarship after the institution ruled she had failed to demonstrate “sufficient proof of excellence” at regional and international level. In a letter dated 29th August 2025, the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dr Christopher Samuel Mayanja, informed Pearl Akankunda, a member of the
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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression”. The three military-led countries issued a joint statement, saying they would not recognise the authority of the United Nations’ top court, based in The Hague. “The ICC has proven itself incapable
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