Author: Evans Kalyango

By Arnold Esilu The 26th Kinyara Open Golf Tournament kicks off today at Kinyara Golf Club, drawing a mix of professional and amateur golf players eager to compete for top honors. The highly anticipated tournament, supported by Liaison Group Uganda, is set to showcase some of the best golfing talents in the country. Top players from the Kinyara Golf Club, including Joseph Kasozi, Andrew Oketi, and Christopher Basaliza, have expressed their excitement and determination to make their mark in the tournament. Speaking ahead of the tournament, Kasozi shared his enthusiasm, stating, “It’s always a great honor to compete against the…

The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) and the Rural Initiatives for Poverty Alleviation (RIPA) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance collaborative efforts aimed at helping farmers escape the poverty trap. The partnership, signed off by the NARO Director General, Dr. Yona Baguma and the RIPA Executive Vice Chairman, Mr. Tumusiime Vincent Bamugaya at the NARO headquarters in Entebbe, focuses on leveraging NARO’s expertise in agricultural research and technology development and RIPA’s grassroots network to empower rural communities in Rubirizi district. RIPA, a social enterprise based in Rubirizi, focuses on alleviating poverty by equipping smallholder farmers with…

As the internet continues to roast pastor Aloysius Bujingo for an alleged scam of selling a bottle of Soda to his congregants dubbed the holly soda, Citizen Posts now verifies the claims are wrong. The video which has been based on to make the claims is manipulated and the soda at Canaan land which Bujingo was seen displaying was not for sale but he was instead praying for it and giving it to his congregants to sip it for free as part of the 10 years anniversary of his media empire Salt Empire. “We came with that idea and have…

After just a few tours in Kamuli, Abim, Soroti and Buikwe, police have again halted Bobi Wine’s countrywide tours after blocking today’s Nakasongola tour where NUP was set to take their revolutionary caravan. Bobi Wine and NUP took to social media and lashed at Uganda Police and the army for halting their Nakasongola tour. According to Bobi Wine, he says police can’t reveal the exact reason but the exact reason is that Museveni is scared of the numbers. The police and military have this morning deployed heavily and blocked our mobilisation activities in Nakasongola District, claiming that we did not…

After punching MP Zaake last week in a hot parliamentary session over a seat in parliament, Kilak North MP Anthony Akol shoot to limelight again like he did in July 2020 when he punched fellow legislator Ondonga Otto. Zaake and Akol have been trading jibes at each other with the Mityana man urging Akol to apologize or risk being sued while Akol too has maintains his stance that Zaake behaved like a kid in trying to throw him out of the seat. Media especially X formerly Twitter has been a wash of claims that MP Anthony Akol was involved in…

Owing to the death of the Kisoro district Women Representative Sarah Mateke on 7th September 2024,a highly contested by-election took place yesterday with six candidates where all Uganda’s major political parties fielded candidates. The race had six women who included; Independent candidate Grace Akifeza Ngabirano, PPP’s Cyimpaye Aisha, UPC’s Ingabire Mable, NUP’s Zubedi Sultana Salim, NRM’s Rose Kabagyeni and FDC’s Juliet Musanase with top political shots storming the South Western district to drum up support for their candidates including President Museveni and NUP’s Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine. Stakes have been high in this election with Kisoro NRM district…

In Uganda, as in many other African countries, online money lending apps have become a popular way for people to access quick loans. These digital platforms promise a fast and easy solution for individuals in need of urgent cash, offering loans that can be processed in minutes with no paperwork. While these services have gained traction in a country where traditional banking services are often inaccessible, a growing number of Ugandans are voicing their dissatisfaction with these apps, citing high-interest rates, misleading terms, and predatory lending practices. This discontent has sparked a broader conversation about the regulation of digital lending…

Fired Museveni RDC Herbert Anderson Burora who was fired by the office of the president early this for his activism against corruption in parliament has declared his bid for Nakawa West constituency which is currently represented by the Leader of Opposition in parliament Joel Ssenyonyi. Burora was fired and later arrested by parliament’s police for being too hard on Speaker Anita Among over corruption who he cryptically referred to as Marie Antoinette during media talk shows. His stance against corruption despite being a former RDC elicited mixed reactions and majority predicted he was joining active politics though he hadn’t revealed…

Going by the proverbial saying of a Hungry man is an angry man”, Makerere University government funded students protested the delays by the University to release their money for meals as hunger had ravaged them for weeks threatening their lives. After the protests where MUK promised to release the funds in just hours, Vice Chancellor Prof Banarbas Nawangwe suspended three students indefinitely. These suspended students launched several attempts to have their suspension rescinded. The three suspended hungry students include; Aliat Oyet, Losiru Felix and Opira Francis through the Students guild leadership requested to be pardoned. As they awaited to be…

During his country tours particularly in Soroti city where he was addressing people who gathered to listen to him, Bobi Wine sent a direct shot to Museveni’s son which has since been interpreted that he was referring to the first son Gen. Muhoozi Keinerugaba. “Even if you’re stupid as Museveni’s son, okay did i say that,,,,even if they don’t work, they have their slaves and their slaves are you”- Bobi Wine said as his supporters cheered him. Bobi Wine though didn’t clearly name which Museveni’s son is stupid that he referred to, suporters and crusaders of Muhoozi project under the…