Opinion
Opinion | Inside Uganda Politics | The Battle For 2016 – By Andrew Mwenda
The inside story by Andrew Mwenda — An inside account of the war between Museveni and Mbabazi In 2012, President Yoweri Museveni wrote an unusual letter to the Governor of the Bank of Uganda, Emmanuel Tumusime-Mutebile. The President, sources say, told the gove...
The Madiba Dies at 95
The Madiba | South Africa’s First Black President Nelson Mandela Dies At 95
JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and an enduring icon of the struggle against racial oppression, died on Thursday, the government announced, leaving the nation without its moral center at a time of growing dissatisfaction with t...
Diaspora Notice
The Ugandan Diaspora Gala | A Celebration of Uganda’s Very Best Abroad and The Success That Makes This an Annual Event – Monday, 30th December 2013
Diaspora Press Release – What started as a simple networking event in 2011 to help bring together the Ugandan Diaspora when they return home for their holidays has slowly emerged as a major gathering and must-attend for many of Kampala’s socialites and bu...
Africa
Foreign Celebrities who Found Fame, Fortune And a Home in Kenya – Ugandans Jose, Bebe and Dan Top The List
Ugandan crooner, Chameleone is arguably the hottest property in East and Central Africa. The Ugandan singer has that ability to churn hit after hit and he doesn’t seem to slow down. His music journey started in Kenya when together with Kenyan raga superstar Redsan ...
Africa
African Leadership Dialogues – Julie Gichuru Interviews Dr. Maggie Kigozi | Her Insights on Africa and Business
Julie Gichuru interviewing Dr. Maggie Kigozi, Former Executive Director, Uganda Investment Authority, on Africa Leadership Dialogues. African Leadership Dialogues is hosted in Kenya as a pan African TV show that engages with leaders, to analyze the state of the Afric...
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Opinion | Inside Uganda Politics | The Battle For 2016 – By Andrew Mwenda
The inside story by Andrew Mwenda — An inside account of the war between Museveni and Mbabazi In 2012, President Yoweri Museveni wrote an unusual letter to the Governor of the Bank of Uganda, Emmanuel Tumusime-Mutebile. T... -
The Madiba | South Africa’s First Black President Nelson Mandela Dies At 95
JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and an enduring icon of the struggle against racial oppression, died on Thursday, the government announced, leaving the nation without its moral center at ... -
Ugandan Diaspora News | Letter from the Editor | December 2013 | Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Greetings from Kampala, As we enter the last month of the year of our lord 2013 be sure to watch how you conduct your life. The end of the year has always been filled with calamities, ranging from natural disasters to reckless ... -
The Ugandan Diaspora Gala | A Celebration of Uganda’s Very Best Abroad and The Success That Makes This an Annual Event – Monday, 30th December 2013
Diaspora Press Release – What started as a simple networking event in 2011 to help bring together the Ugandan Diaspora when they return home for their holidays has slowly emerged as a major gathering and must-attend for m... -
Foreign Celebrities who Found Fame, Fortune And a Home in Kenya – Ugandans Jose, Bebe and Dan Top The List
Ugandan crooner, Chameleone is arguably the hottest property in East and Central Africa. The Ugandan singer has that ability to churn hit after hit and he doesn’t seem to slow down. His music journey started in Kenya when tog... -
African Leadership Dialogues – Julie Gichuru Interviews Dr. Maggie Kigozi | Her Insights on Africa and Business
Julie Gichuru interviewing Dr. Maggie Kigozi, Former Executive Director, Uganda Investment Authority, on Africa Leadership Dialogues. African Leadership Dialogues is hosted in Kenya as a pan African TV show that engages with le... -
Bakali Mukasa Founder Face of Hope International and a PhD Student At Walden University Wins Scholars of Change Award
Meet an inspirational social activist, Bakali Mukasa the Founder and President of Face of Hope International USA, winner of the Prestigious 2013 Scholars of Change Award, and a PhD. Student of Health Services – Public Health ... -
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago Impeached By a Vote of 29 to 3 Councillors – NBS TV Courtesy Video
Kampala City Hall- Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has been voted out of office. In a special council meeting chaired by Frank Tumwebaze the minister in charge of the Presidency and the Kampala Capital City Authority (K... -
Captain Frank Musisi Assumes New Command Position In the US Army At a Colorful Ceremony Held In New Orleans
Dear friends and well wishers THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT DURING MY CHANGE OF COMMMAND CEREMONY IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: Greetings from New Orleans, Louisiana. I write this message filled with joy and optimism to thank you for... -
Ugandan Diaspora Inspirational Series III | Joviah Nankumba’s Story From Humble Beginnings To A Promising US Attorney
The story of Joviah Nankumba another Ugandan who passed the Massachusetts Bar Exam to become a US Attorney is worth recorgnzing given her humble beginnings in Uganda. She tells of her journey from Uganda to Boston and how famil... -
BBC News | LRA Leader Joseph Kony ‘in surrender talks’ with Central African Republic – CAR
The government of the Central African Republic (CAR) has said it is in talks with Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony with the aim of his surrender. A CAR government spokesman told the BBC that Kony was in the country but wanted his se... -
Ugandan Diaspora Inspirational Series | Catherine Nampewo’s Journey From Namagunga, Boston College to US State Attorney
Here is another story in our new Ugandan Diaspora Inspirational series featuring Catherine Nampewo’s journey from Uganda to America and how she pursued her dream to become Massachusetts State Attorney. I was not always ... -
More Signatures Required | The Ugandan Diaspora Community Petitions Internal Affairs Ministry to Change Dual Citizenship Law
The Ugandan Diaspora Community petitioned the Ministry of Internal Affairs in a bid to change the Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendments) Act 2009. The goal is to obtain 10,000 signatures in a petition that aims to co... -
BBC News | Bernard Randall In Uganda Court On Gay Sex Video Charge
A retired British man has appeared in court in Uganda accused of possessing a gay sex video. Bernard Randall, originally from Faversham, Kent, denies a charge of trafficking obscene publications. Homosexual acts are illegal i... -
Daily Monitor | Lord Mayor Lukwago’s End Nears As Tribunal Report Is Made Public
Kampala- Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago is guilty of misconduct, abuse of office and incompetence, the tribunal instituted by Kampala minister Frank Tumwebaze to probe the mayor’s conduct ruled. Minister Tumwebaze now has 14 days ... -
Ugandan Diaspora Success Stories | Perusi Namulwa Becomes a Massachusetts State Attorney
This is a story of another Ugandan living in the Diaspora whose focus and proper upbringing allowed her to complete the Massachusetts bar exam and now on her way to become a State Attorney in Massachusetts. Perusi Namulwa st... -
Announcing The Mobile Van Clinic Initiative – A Collaboration of Ggwanga Mujje Boston and the Baganda in the Diaspora.
Dear Fellow Community Members, Greetings from the City of Boston, home of the Boston Red Sox. Sports aside, this letter is about a more serious matter that affects each and every one of us in many ways. There is no Ugandan I kn... -
The World Bank | 50 Things You Didn’t Know About Africa
The Africa Development Indicators 2012/2013 is an annual report which provides the most recent, detailed, data on development in Africa. It contains macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering 53 African countries ... -
Seattle | JASIRI 2013 Gala Raises $342,000 Dollars Towards the Vision of a Malaria Free Uganda
Dear friends of Pilgrim Africa, Together with Rotarian Malaria Partners, we wish to extend a heartfelt “thank you” to Dr. Alan Magill of the Gates Foundation; the Hon. John Robert Ekongot of Katakwi; and the 440 gue... -
Uganda North American Association – UNAA Post Town Hall Report & Way Forward
Greetings UNAA Members, We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who attended and participated in our first town hall meeting held on Saturday November 2nd 2013. The town halls present a new engagement model wh...
A Nigerian Website has Ranked Gayaza and Namilyango among the top 100 Best Secondary Schools in Africa
A Nigerian Website has Ranked Gayaza High School, Namilyango College, Rainbow International School Uganda, and Lincoln International School Uganda, among the top 100 Best Secondary Schools in Africa ~ without knowing the criter...
World Athletics 2013 | Kiprotich Does It Again Wins Men’s Marathon Gold In Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda pulled away late in the race and won the men’s marathon gold medal Saturday at the world championships.Boston Marathon winner Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia took the...
Ugandan Diaspora Inspirational Series III | Joviah Nankumba’s Story From Humble Beginnings To A Promising US Attorney
The story of Joviah Nankumba another Ugandan who passed the Massachusetts Bar Exam to become a US Attorney is worth recorgnzing given her humble beginnings in Uganda. She tells of her journey from Uganda to Boston and how famil...
The World Bank | 50 Things You Didn’t Know About Africa
The Africa Development Indicators 2012/2013 is an annual report which provides the most recent, detailed, data on development in Africa. It contains macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering 53 African countries ...
“Far From Home” — The True-Life Story of Ugandan Snowboarder Brolin Mawejje
Brolin Mawejje isn’t your average SLC snowboarder. “Far From Home” is a new documentary telling this 20-year-old’s incredible story: To start, he spent his first 12 years in Uganda, raised by a single f...
Obituary | Annoucing the Death of Semu M. Walusimbi of Poughkeepsie, New York!
POUGHKEEPSIE – Semu M. Walusimbi, 56, of Poughkeepsie, NY passed away October 31, 2013 at home. He was born in Uganda on April 17, 1957, the son of Simeoni & Lovisa Namale Sebagala. Semu married Anne Sengooba in Nairo...
