Opinion
The Observer | The media missed some facts about Crane bank closure by Prof. Emmanuel T Mutebile
By Prof. Emmanuel T Mutebile – The failure and subsequent resolution of Crane bank has continued to dominate news headlines. Unfortunately, much of the commentary on this issue, in the mainstream media, and especially on social media, betrays a profound misunde...
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Fundraising Campaign | Cathy Jingo — Stage 4 Cancer, Going Home
Narrated By Alex Jingo — On June 23, 2017, my loving wife, Catherine Jingo was told her cancer is back, it was worse than before. It has spread from her breasts into her chest cavity and some of her lower extremities. It is now inoperable she has just a few wee...
Kenyan Election in Focus
Al Jazeera | Kenya’s Odinga calms supporters over ‘stolen’ votes
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters not to go to work until he announces his next course of action after losing an election to President Uhuru Kenyatta. Odinga’s move came on Sunday after the international community a...
Kenya Decides
Al Jazeera | Uhuru Kenyatta wins Kenya presidential election
Nairobi, Kenya – Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election amid allegations of voting fraud by the opposition. According to official figures released by the country’s electoral commission on Fri...
Uganda Land Bill
The Observer | Is the land amendment bill a Trojan horse? By MOSES KHISA
By MOSES KHISA — A few weeks ago, I stated in this column that land is likely to be the next major frontier of social conflict and violence in Uganda in the near future. Of course land conflicts are already rampant. They can only get worse. There has been deepe...-
The Observer | The media missed some facts about Crane bank closure by Prof. Emmanuel T Mutebile
By Prof. Emmanuel T Mutebile – The failure and subsequent resolution of Crane bank has continued to dominate news headlines. Unfortunately, much of the commentary on this issue, in the mainstream media, and especially on ... -
Fundraising Campaign | Cathy Jingo — Stage 4 Cancer, Going Home
Narrated By Alex Jingo — On June 23, 2017, my loving wife, Catherine Jingo was told her cancer is back, it was worse than before. It has spread from her breasts into her chest cavity and some of her lower extremities. It ... -
Al Jazeera | Kenya’s Odinga calms supporters over ‘stolen’ votes
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters not to go to work until he announces his next course of action after losing an election to President Uhuru Kenyatta. Odinga’s move came on Su... -
Al Jazeera | Uhuru Kenyatta wins Kenya presidential election
Nairobi, Kenya – Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election amid allegations of voting fraud by the opposition. According to official figures released by the cou... -
The New York Times | Obama Weighs In on Kenyan Election, Urging Calm
By Peter Baker — Former President Barack Obama, emerging from partial seclusion more than six months after leaving office, weighed in on Monday about the tense political situation — not in the United States, but in his ... -
Opinion | Kenya election could go bad, but it’s still a good story for African politics — By Charles Onyango-Obbo
By Charles Onyango-Obbo — August 8, Kenya votes, with opinion polls showing incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta running neck and neck with main Opposition rival Raila Odinga. It is a grand understatement to say that nerves... -
The Observer | Is the land amendment bill a Trojan horse? By MOSES KHISA
By MOSES KHISA — A few weeks ago, I stated in this column that land is likely to be the next major frontier of social conflict and violence in Uganda in the near future. Of course land conflicts are already rampant. They ... -
The Observer | Bank of Uganda Case | Sudhir wants Mutebile as his witness
In his 62-page defence filed yesterday at the Commercial court in response to a Shs 400bn Bank of Uganda lawsuit against him, businessman Sudhir Ruparelia has asked that BoU governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile and the bank’s... -
Al Jazeera | The Stream – Bobi Wine | The road from poverty to parliament
Al Jazeera — Ugandan musician, entrepreneur, activist and self-appointed “ghetto president” Bobi Wine has found much success in using songs to speak out against what he sees as injustices in his country. But c... -
Kenya Decides | If Kenya sneezes next week, the rest of East Africa will catch a cold — By Daniel K. Kalinaki
Daniel K. Kalinaki — Kenyans go to the polls next week to elect a new president and parliament, among other positions. Eighteen months ago, the election was a shoo-in for incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta. The economy wa... -
Daily Monitor Q&A | Museveni okayed Crane Bank closure, says Mutebile – Central Bank Governor
By IVAN OKUDA — KAMPALA. The Bank of Uganda Governor, Mr Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, has revealed that President Museveni gave the “go ahead” to close Crane Bank whose management the central bank took over ... -
Diaspora Transfers | Kenya Diaspora remittances hit a new monthly record
Kenyans abroad made record monthly remittances in May consolidating the inflows’ position as the highest foreign exchange source ahead of tea, official data showed yesterday. Monthly data released by the Central Bank of Kenya... -
Reuters | Kenya election official tortured, murdered before vote says officials
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A senior Kenyan election official was found murdered on Monday three days after going missing, poll officials said, stirring fears of turmoil before next week’s national vote. Chris Msando, the e... -
New Music | Olugendo – Kenneth Mugabi & Iryn Namubiru (Official Lyrics HD Video)
Two magnificent voices and one amazing song! Olugendo is a must listen. Recorded at Statement Music Kampala this new song features two rare vocalists Iryn Namubiru and Kenneth Mugabi in a duet that will leave you thirsting for ... -
Daily Monitor | NRM Must Identify Museveni Successor Now, says John Nagenda
By Isaac Mufumba — Kampala. The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party must identify someone to take over from President Museveni to avert a possible power struggle after him, the senior presidential adviser on t... -
Opinion | Gen Otafiire Incident No Laughing Matter By Dismas Nkunda
Dismus Nkunda — We indeed live in strange times. I never thought that one of the most quoted ministers and feared generals, Kahinda Otafiire, could take to his heels, fearing for dear life! I am told this is what happened... -
NBS TV Special Report Part One | Karibu Restaurant Home of Ugandan Cuisine in Boston By Solomon Serwanjja
The United States is nearly everyone’s dream destination. Well, NBS’s Solomon Serwanjja, Voice of America’s Paul Ndiho and Cameraman Godfrey Badebye took a 2 weeks’ trip to the US reporting in different states. Tonight,... -
Canada Postcard | My Adventure to the Great White North – Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Niagara Falls
By Ronnie Mayanja — On July 1st I set off on a five day adventure to experience the Great White North or the nation that is home to the great Canadian Prairies which was celebrating 150 years. I had been to Canada before ... -
Obituary | Rotary remembers Sam Owori for his ‘Quiet Confidence,’ Integrity, and Friendship
By Ryan Hyland and Abby Breitstein — The Rotary flags in front of Rotary International World Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, USA, and Rotary offices around the world fly at half-staff this week as friends and colleagu...
Developing Story | The Observer offices broken into again
Unknown people have broken into The Observer offices at Tagore Crescent, carrying away more than 20 desktop computers. They also made off with a yet-to-be established number of cameras, laptops, TV screen among other items. The...
Proof of Heaven | Harvard Neurosurgeon Confirms The Afterlife Exists – The Sixth Sense
By Steven Bancarz| Do we have a soul? Is there life after death? The afterlife is something that has been experienced by countless people since recorded history who have returned to tell their tales, with the most noteworthy ac...
Presidential Directive | Museveni deploys army to fight graft at Uganda Investment Authority
President Museveni has taken a leap of faith by deploying the military to fight reported graft in Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) and restore foreign investors’ confidence. Gen David Muhoozi, the Chief of Defence Forces, wi...
Obituary | Rotary remembers Sam Owori for his ‘Quiet Confidence,’ Integrity, and Friendship
By Ryan Hyland and Abby Breitstein — The Rotary flags in front of Rotary International World Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, USA, and Rotary offices around the world fly at half-staff this week as friends and colleagu...
