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Uganda plans restrictions on artists
By Reuters,
1305, January 22, 2019 (EAT)
Uganda’s government is proposing regulations including vetting new songs in a move critics say is aimed at discouraging negative comments about the ...
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President Museveni bans sports betting in Uganda
By Ian Omondi,
1745, January 21, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has banned the issuance of new licences to sports betting companies and renewal of existing ones when they expire. ...
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Museveni ‘astonished’ MTN charged less for telecom license renewal
By Reuters,
1353, January 15, 2019 (EAT)
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has criticised the telecommunications regulator after it slashed MTN Uganda’s fee for renewing its telecoms lic...
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DR Congo internet shutdown shows Chinese censorship tactics spreading
By CNN,
1308, January 2, 2019 (EAT)
As citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) pointlessly refresh their web browsers this week, they may be getting a preview of just what...
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Abiy Ahmed: Ethiopian PM who captured Africa’s imagination
By CNN,
1039, January 1, 2019 (EAT)
One African leader's 2018 story has gripped the continent's imagination because of the heady pace of change his appointment has engineered. Abiy Ah...
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Ugandan police shuts down Bobi Wine Boxing Day concert
By Ian Omondi,
1753, December 26, 2018 (EAT)
A Boxing Day concert by Ugandan artist-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, was on Wednesday disrupted by police officer...
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Kagame to Burundi: Leave us out of your problems
By Sam Gituku,
2102, December 14, 2018 (EAT)
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has distanced his Government from accusations that it had a role to play in the political challenges facing Burundi Pres...
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Uganda boat which sank was carrying more than twice its capacity
By Reuters,
1737, November 26, 2018 (EAT)
A cruise boat which sank in Lake Victoria was overloaded, carrying about 120 people instead of its capacity of just 50, Uganda’s president said on S...
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Uhuru leads the world in pledging support for sustainable blue economy
By PSCU,
1835, November 26, 2018 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday pledged Kenya’s support for the sustainable blue economy by highlighting key areas of focus as the first ever glo...
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Uganda’s Museveni says capsized cruise boat was overloaded, 29 dead
By Reuters,
1321, November 26, 2018 (EAT)
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday that a cruise boat which capsized on Lake Victoria a day earlier, killing at least 29 people, was ...
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More women in poor countries use contraception, says report
By VOA,
826, November 14, 2018 (EAT)
More women and girls in poor countries are using modern contraception, signifying progress in efforts to involve women in family planning, according t...
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Uganda denies pulling out of SGR deal with Kenya
By Allan Obiero,
702, November 1, 2018 (EAT)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's government has denied reports of abandoning the construction of a Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line connecting the...
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Museveni commissions first suspended cable bridge in Uganda
By Vincent Maruga,
2048, October 19, 2018 (EAT)
President Yoweri Museveni commissioned the first suspended cable bridge in Jinja, Uganda on Wednesday. The 525 metres long bridge named 'Source ...
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Africans fear new trend of hiking taxes on calls, data
By Reuters,
947, October 18, 2018 (EAT)
The brisk business Julius Kirya did from his cash transfer kiosk in the Ugandan capital has slowed right down with a new tax on mobile money. Many ...
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Uganda hopes Kanye West, Kardashian visit boosts tourism
By VOA,
754, October 16, 2018 (EAT)
American rapper Kanye West and socialite wife Kim Kardashian are visiting Uganda and bringing some much-wanted, positive attention to the East African...
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Youth not ready for leadership in Uganda, NRM leader says
By Vincent Maruga,
1510, October 12, 2018 (EAT)
A top official of Uganda's ruling party has said the youth are not yet capable of taking up the leadership mantle as there would be chaos in the count...
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First Lady Margaret Kenyatta says Kenya keen to end illegal wildlife trade
By PSCU,
1536, October 11, 2018 (EAT)
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has affirmed Kenya’s leadership and commitment to eradicate illegal trade in wildlife across the world. The First La...
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Bobi Wine: Museveni is drunk with power
By Vincent Maruga,
1432, October 11, 2018 (EAT)
Ugandan MP Bobi Wine is still on the quest for liberation of his country he said during an exclusive interview on Citizen TV. Speaking on the JKL s...
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Raila Odinga to meet Uganda President Museveni over Migingo row
By Allan Obiero,
1607, September 24, 2018 (EAT)
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he is scheduled to meet Uganda President Yoweri Museveni over consistent harassment of Kenyan fishermen at Mig...
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Uganda police deny Bobi Wine arrest, say he was just ‘taken home’
By Reuters,
1801, September 20, 2018 (EAT)
Police whisked away Uganda opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on Thursday as he got off a plane at the country’s main airport. ...
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