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Bobi Wine blasts Museveni over ghetto stunt after son’s Ksh.2700 gift
By Paul Ombati,
852, October 29, 2019 (EAT)
Bobi Wine has lashed out again at President Yoweri Museveni over a recent campaign targeting the youth. Over the weekend, the President's son Elija...
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Uganda plans bill imposing death penalty for gay sex
By Imani Mitchelle,
1125, October 11, 2019 (EAT)
Uganda has announced plans for a bill that will impose death penalty on gay sex. Speaking to Thomson Reuters Foundation, Ethics and Integrity Minis...
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Drama as Bobi Wine flees from Ugandan police on boda boda – VIDEO
By Ian Omondi,
1910, October 9, 2019 (EAT)
Chaos rocked the streets of Kampala, Uganda on Wednesday as singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine was forced to flee from police during a confrontation. ...
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President Museveni praises Ugandan siblings for winning East Africa’s Got Talent
By Paul Ombati,
139, October 8, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan siblings Esther and Ezekiel Mutesasira have been crowned winners of the first edition of East Africa's Got Talent (EAGT) following weeks of co...
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All eyes on Bobi Wine as Uganda bans civilians from wearing red berets
By Benjamin Muriuki,
2009, September 30, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine could find himself in trouble for wearing his signature red beret. This is after the Ugandan governmen...
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Defiant Museveni laughs off U.S. sanctions on warlord
By Imani Mitchelle,
754, September 25, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has rubbished sanctions from the American Government against General Kale Kayihura. VOA reported that Museveni sa...
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Universal Health Coverage tops agenda as Uhuru meets Japan PM Abe
By Ian Omondi,
2033, August 28, 2019 (EAT)
The ongoing roll out of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme and the development of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Dongo Kundu dominated ta...
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Ugandans ecstatic as national airline makes first trip to Nairobi next week
By Karanja Morgan,
1822, August 23, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandans are fired up after the country's national airline announced plans to make its first trip to Nairobi in over 30 years. Uganda Airlines will...
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Uganda internet registration stirs free speech concerns
By VOA,
1018, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
Uganda is ramping up efforts to curtail online content deemed immoral or hateful, a move critics say will silence dissent. Since March 2018, the Ug...
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Bobi Wine now charged with intending to annoy President Museveni
By Citizen Reporter,
1722, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine has been charged with a new count of intending to annoy, alarm or ridicule the president. This is in c...
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Ugandan Activist sentenced for vulgar poem about President
By VOA,
922, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
In a cacophonous sentencing filled with profanity and nudity, a Ugandan court has found activist Stella Nyanzi guilty of “cyber harassment” for p...
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Ugandan activist gets nine more months in jail for a poem about a vagina
By CNN,
1131, August 3, 2019 (EAT)
A Ugandan feminist and activist reacted with fury and defiance after being sentenced to nine more months in prison for publishing a metaphorical poem ...
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Rights activists criticize Ugandan government for academic’s conviction
By Reuters,
1131, August 3, 2019 (EAT)
Rights activists on Friday accused the Ugandan government of using electronic communications laws to stifle dissent after a prominent academic was con...
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Bobi Wine officially declares bid to challenge Museveni for Uganda presidency
By VOA,
1916, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine formally launched his presidential bid for the 2021 election on Wednesday, calling the country's long...
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Ugandan Govt to demand birth certificate for cows
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1026, July 18, 2019 (EAT)
Imagine the government demanding that you obtain a birth certificate for your cow. Well, that would sound comic or rather a far-fetched idea, but it ...
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Ugandan singer Bobi Wine plans to run for president in 2021
By VOA,
1014, July 17, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine said Monday he will challenge longtime President Yoweri Museveni in a 2021 election ``on behalf of th...
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She wrote a poem about a vagina. It landed her in jail
By CNN,
1124, July 8, 2019 (EAT)
How do women get men who are standing in the way of gender equality to listen to them? Grab them by their genitalia. That's the radical suggestion ...
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Bobi Wine; “Museveni wants to ruin me financially”
By Reuters,
1448, May 17, 2019 (EAT)
Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine has accused the government of embarking on a mission to ruin him financially by blocking his concerts a...
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Ugandan Gov’t upset by media coverage of Bobi Wine
By Reuters,
821, May 8, 2019 (EAT)
More than a dozen Ugandan media outlets said they will reassign senior journalists in response to government complaints over coverage of opposition la...
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World Press Freedom Day: Global leaders fault corrupt nations, dictators
By Rachel Ombaka,
1455, May 3, 2019 (EAT)
Leaders from around the world have called on governments to defend the rights of journalists in their quest to fight against corruption and to achieve...
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