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MBALE — Residents of Busano Sub-county in Bungokho Central Constituency are set to breathe a sigh of relief after their Member of Parliament, Hon. Masaba Muhamood Mutenyo, successfully lobbied for clean water interventions that promise to end years of struggle with unsafe and distant water sources. The legislator, working in partnership with the West Bengal Charity Foundation, has prioritised water access as a core development agenda for the constituency. During community engagements and project launches, Masaba highlighted Busano as one of the key beneficiary areas alongside Nyondo Sub-county, Nabumali Town Council, Busoba, Bumbobi and Bungokho. The initiative includes the construction of solar-powered boreholes and a water station, aimed at delivering safe, reliable water closer to households. In Nashisaka Village and surrounding areas, the charity pledged three solar-powered boreholes, while a dedicated water station was committed for Muruba Trading Centre. These projects form part ...

Hon Min Milly Babalanda, yesterday held a media briefing in Busoga to mobilise the public to vote massively for NRM-endorsed candidates in the upcoming Local Council II leadership election on Monday, 10th August, 2026. Babalanda conveyed greetings from His Excellency President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the first Lady and Minister for Education and Sports, Mama Janet Kataha Museveni, PS office of the President, Hajji Yunus Kakande and Entire staff of office of the President. She applauded the people of Busoga for standing with the NRM candidates in the recently concluded Local Council 1 election leadership, where the NRM registered a victory countrywide. Equally, she urged all elected leaders, regardless of their political affiliation, to place the interests of the people above partisan considerations. Every Ugandan deserves quality services, opportunities for economic empowerment and responsive leadership. These can only be achieved through cooperation and a shared commitment to national...

Ameny Thomas Max pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday, 8th August was later remanded to prison until 13th August, 2026. According to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit that investigated the case, Ameny allegedly committed the offenses between 2019 and 2020 in Lira District “Ameny Thomas Max and others still at large, with intent to defraud, and using his position as a member of the District Land Board and former District speaker, forged the land application form for conversion from customary tenure to freehold tenure and willfully made false statements in the application form claiming that Edwe Dorcus Rita his wife, was the customary owner of part of Government land at Ireda Estate. He went ahead and registered the said Edwe Dorcus Rita as the proprietor of a freehold certificate of title for Plot 2 Absolom Oteng Road at Ireda Estate, Lira. On Thursday, 30th July, 2026, the Anti-Corruption Court sentenced three Lira district officials serve four years in prison, while a privat...

The minister of Local Government, Hon. Balam Barugahara has recommended the interdiction of more than 30 senior district and city officials in the Nkore sub-region to clear the way for independent investigations into alleged high-level corruption. The recommendations, sent to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, follow field visits conducted under the “Expose the Corrupt” campaign by Minister Balaam. Officials in Isingiro District, Buhweju District and Mbarara City are named in the latest batch of proposed interdictions. In Isingiro District, the agency listed eight officers on 6 August 2026: District Natural Resources Officer Bwengye Emmanuel, District Veterinary Officer Dr. Kasozi Bruhan, District Procurement Officer Kamwine Frank, Chief Finance Officer Byagagire Innocent, Principal Assistant Secretary Gumisiriza Aloysius, Chief Administrative Officer Alice Asiimwe Rushure, District Engineer Ayebazibwe Mishaki and District Commercial Officer Musinguzi Patrick....

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered a fresh crackdown on corruption, absenteeism, and drug shortages in public health facilities, warning that government workers who fail to serve citizens will be replaced by younger professionals. Addressing members of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus on Friday, August 7, 2026 at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala, President Museveni, who is also the National Chairman of the ruling party, said he had picked several concerns from the electorate during his recent countrywide campaigns that require immediate government attention. The President singled out the health sector, corruption, the Parish Development Model (PDM), crime, local government staffing, cancer, and other non-communicable diseases among the issues that must be addressed by the government and legislators. “I wanted to use this opportunity to tell you what I’m picking on the ground,” President Museveni told the legislators, recalling the old newspaper Gamb...

Kampala — In a development that has quickly circulated on Ugandan social media, popular online personality Bogere Abdallah, widely known by his moniker “True Leader,” has been remanded to Luzira Maximum Security Prison on charges related to the alleged defamation of Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye, the high-profile Senior Presidential Advisor on Political Affairs and Manager of the Office of the National Chairman (ONC), popularly called Chief Muzzukulu. Reports emerging Friday, August 7, 2026, indicate that Abdallah was presented before a magistrate’s court and subsequently ordered held at the country’s main maximum-security facility Luzira pending further proceedings.  The case stems from statements or content he is accused of publishing or circulating that prosecutors allege damaged the reputation of Namyalo, a key mobiliser within the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) who rose to national prominence through aggressive grassroots campaigns supporting President Yoweri Museve...