KASESE, UGANDA – In a campaign stop aimed directly at border communities, Common Man’s Party (CMP) presidential candidate Mubarak Munyagwa has promised to abolish the longstanding 10,000-shilling border crossing fee at the Mpondwe border post. He condemned the charge as an unjust burden hindering ordinary citizens and small-scale trade.
KAMPALA, UGANDA – In his annual Christmas and New Year’s message dated December 22, 2025, His Majesty the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, addressed pressing national issues ranging from agriculture and child safety to the state of the nation’s politics.
BUSIA, UGANDA – In a move highlighting the complex calculus of political support, teachers in Busia district, under their Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) chapter, have declared their intention to rally behind President Yoweri Museveni and the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in the upcoming elections.
Residents of island-based Buvuma District have breathed a sigh of relief after the government officially re-launched the Microfinance Support to Women, Youth and Other Special Interest Groups (MYOOGA) programme, four years after it was suspended due to widespread mismanagement of funds.
The MYOOGA programme in Buvuma was halted in 2022 following revelations that millions of shillings meant to boost household incomes had been misused by some beneficiaries, while others reportedly disappeared with the money altogether. The suspension was ordered by the Minister of Microfinance, Hon. Haruna Kasolo, after an assessment revealed that the programme was performing poorly in the district.
The Electoral Commission has confirmed the compulsory use of electronic biometric voter verification machines in the forthcoming elections. This announcement followed a public testing exercise of the system at the commission's headquarters today. The demonstration, which began this morning, allowed members of the public and journalists to observe the machine's operation.
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