Author: Evans Kalyango

Arsenal have had three very good seasons in the premier league finishing in the 2nd position thrice losing the trophy to Manchester City twice and Liverpool in the just concluded 2024/25 campaign. The gunners also reached the Champions League Semi-finals in 16 years after beating Real Madrid H/A but the chance slipped out of their hands when French giants PSG rioted goals at Emirates and in France. Despite starting on a high note, the gunners have been flipping down in the 2nd half of the season losing very important games and this has always been attributed to the lack of…

Kampala, Uganda: MTN Uganda is pleased to announce the appointment of Sylvia Elsheikh as the new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), effective 14th July 2025. She replaces Somdev Sen, who has served the role with distinction and is taking on new responsibilities within the MTN Group. Sylvia brings to MTN Uganda an impressive track record of over 18 years in the telecommunications and commercial sectors, with deep expertise in marketing strategy, customer acquisition, product innovation, and digital transformation. Prior to joining MTN Uganda, Sylvia served as the Chief Marketing Officer at Airtel Zambia from 2022 to 2025, where she was instrumental…

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is still on his PDM tours which he started from Bukedi, Teso, Sebei, Busoga, Lango, Kigezi, Ankole, Rwenzori, Bunyoro, Tooro and now traversing Buganda region where he’s having face to face interactions with Ugandans about his government’s Parish Development model. He’s been in traversing Wakiso for the last four days. While speaking to residents in Entebbe, Museveni elicited mixed reactions when he literally told off the residents that they deserve the poor service delivery because they voted opposition politicians who haven’t done much to help their voters. According to Museveni, in voting opposition politicians; voters just…

The People’s Front for Freedom, a sprinter group from the FDC main after getting registered by the Electoral Commission a month ago has held it’s first delegates conference and National Convention at their offices on Katonga Road. The Chief Guest on this big event was Rt Col Dr. Besigye who spoke to the delegates from Luzira prisons where he’s been held since November last year when he was abducted from a Hotel in Nairobi. At this evet, Besigye emphasized Unity in the opposition as the only way to dislodge and put an end to Museveni’s four-decade rule. Several of the…

Our politics is not ideologically oriented, it is based on class and opportunity. The politics is individual-centered. Individuals at the helm and Party colors determined the identity and the direction of the Party. The level of civic knowledge and awareness is very low and political leaders have exploited this weakness. Even at one time President cautioned me at State House not to raise awareness among his rural voters, this happened when I was the Chairman of FDC Sironko during the peak of the ‘walk to work’ protest, which was an action of defiance or civil disobedience aimed at the high…

By Mike Rwothomio Under the radiant theme “Advancing the Momentum,” the West Nile Diaspora Convention convened in Gaithersburg, Maryland, drawing sons and daughters of West Nile from across North America. According to a Press release issued by Alur Kingdom’s communication Director David Rupiny, the historic gathering, graced by a stirring address from His Royal Majesty (HRM) Ubimu Philip Olarker Rauni III, King of the Alur Kingdom, delivered through his Royal Envoy to North America and Canada, Amb. Patrick Oyulu, celebrated the region’s rich cultural heritage while charting a bold path for unity and progress. A Royal Call to Unity In…

Tororo, Uganda: Ninety-seven young people have completed an intensive six-month training programme at Busitema University in Tororo district, intended to provide them with marketable skills. Fully funded by Stanbic Bank, the UGX 50 million programme aligns with the government’s National Development Plan to invest in skills development to empower young people and drive economic growth. Speaking during the graduation ceremony, Eng. Dr. Joseph Ddumba Lwanga, the Dean Faculty of Engineering and Technology said, 100 students were initially enrolled, but three dropped out during the course of the study. “The graduates represent 97% completion rate, an indicator of commitment of…

Kampala, Uganda. — MTN Mobile Money Uganda Limited has today unveiled Cover by MoMo, a new mobile-based insurance platform designed to offer simple, affordable, and inclusive insurance services to Ugandans, starting with the launch of Family Cover by MoMo. This groundbreaking product, developed in partnership with Sanlam Life Insurance Uganda Limited, aims to close Uganda’s insurance gap by enabling MTN MoMo customers to access life and hospitalization insurance for themselves and up to six family members, starting from as little as UGX 500 per month. Sanlam Life Insurance Uganda Limited is regulated by the Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda. Built…

As a cloud filled with smoke hovers above the Aden Ade International Airport in Somali capital Mogadishu. Details coming in indicate that 5 UPDF officers have perished in the helicopter crash which involved a Ugandan military chopper. The helicopter was part of the African Union Transition Mission In Somalia went down shortly after attempting to land at the Aden Adde Airport while enroute from the Baledogle military airbase. Emergence response teams were immediately dispatched to the crash site. According to a statement released by the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia, three of the 8 onboard were rescued…

In the news this afternoon, a Ugandan Military supporting the African Union Somali Stabilization Mission has crashed at the Aden Adde International Airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. The crash took place inside the specifically inside the Halane Base Camp, which houses foreign nationals, diplomats, and military personnel from several countries, including the United States. The helicopter was reportedly bound for Baledogle Military Airfield to the north of Mogadishu, which is operated by the U.S. Air Force and the African Union Stabilization Support Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). Reports indicate that the Chopper was having atleast eight passengers and crew onboard at…