The High Court sitting in Rukungiri has issued an interim injunction against the 2024/2025 Uganda Miss Tourism Kigezi pageant due to a management feud. Organized by Miss Tourism Uganda-Pearl of Africa, the 9th edition of the competition, aimed at promoting the region’s tourist attractions, had been scheduled for July 15, 2024, at Immaculate Heart Girls […]
Police in Njeru Municipality are holding three event organizers of the three-day Vumbula Uganda event for failure to pay the service providers. Hellen Butoto, the Ssezibwa Region Police Commander has confirmed the arrest of three event organizers of Vumbula Uganda. Butoto has however declined to name the suspects who are currently detained at Njeru Police […]
The renowned Nyege Nyege Festival, now in its 9th edition, will take place from November 14th to 17th and has been relocated from Jinja to the Source of the Nile in Njeru. This move is intended to provide festival-goers with a more convenient experience, eliminating the need to walk long distances between stages. Festival co-founder […]
Girls who use social media for an hour or more on a school day have been found to have lower levels of well-being than those who use less, according to the latest Global Education Monitoring (GEM) report by UNESCO. The report shows girls are at risk of decreased self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. They are exposed […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commended former Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. John Patrick Amama Mbabazi and his wife Mrs. Jacqueline Mbabazi for their contribution towards the reorientation of Uganda which had lost direction before the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government came into power. “I congratulate Rt Hon. Mbabazi and Jacqueline; first and foremost, for being […]
By Insight Post Uganda Rakai, Uganda The romantic relationship between Rakai District Police Commander (DPC) Justus Tashobya and Rakai Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Sarah Kiyimba has provoked diverse responses from the residents and the public. Concerns have been raised that their romantic relationship could potentially jeopardise the security of the district given the nature of […]
Big Talent fans on Christmas showered the B.E.T award winner, Eddy Kenzo with much love as he celebrated his birthday on Christmas. The fans stormed Kenzo at his Christmas show held at Colline Hotel in Mukono where they presented him a birthday cake which he cut after his performance. The show which gathered hundreds of […]
Jovia Mutesi has officially earned her place in royalty after saying “I do” to the monarch, becoming Busoga’s 5th queen through a church service of century Anglican canons followed by ancient cultural rituals and majesty at the palace. At about 1:43pm on November 18, 2023, the world’s latest wed king recited vows with Mutesi, […]
From Nyege Nyege to Woodstock: The Debate About Freedom, Sex, And A New African World Rages By Charles Onyango-Obbo One of Africa’s biggest – and most controversial – indie musical festivals, Nyege Nyege, is underway (Nov. 9-12, 2023) in the eastern Uganda industrial town of Jinja. Nyenge Nyenge season tends to be one of the […]
Every year, Nyege Nyege attracts thousands of local and foreign visitors to Jinja and its surrounding areas for three days of music, community, self-expression and diversity. Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs Rebecca Kadaga has thanked the hundreds of attendees who flocked to the 2023 Nyege Nyege festival on […]