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The typical Ugandan mind is intriguing. Have seen such comments before. Or how people are attacking the Beeb for running a story about the Mubende dog scammers.

The Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award 2026 is a humbling recognition! It was also such a big honour for the Geneva event to be graced by Nobel Laureate in Economics, Prof. Joseph Stiglitz. I do not take it for granted. Thank you

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Fishmongers’ cabinet winds down with mabati theft taint At the time of appointment, Museveni once referred to the 2021-2026 cabinet as “fishmongers”, and they almost lived up to the epithet - with several ministers implicated in the Karamoja iron sheets theft scandal observer.ug/news/fishmonge…

If only he'd stayed in the torture chambers a little longer and had his genitals outstretched more and fingernails plucked out, he would have made more life-changing millions. Lost opportunity for him, open opportunity for you.

NRM summons MPs over Sovereignty Bill as divisions deepen The Bill, scheduled for its second and third readings today, under a cloud of uncertainty following a dramatic standoff at a joint committee retreat in Munyonyo. A leaked report from the joint committees on defence and internal affairs, and legal and parliamentary affairs, indicates that of the 56 MPs on the two committees, at least 20 did not append their signatures to the majority report recommending passing of the Bill observer.ug/news/nrm-summo…

Kaliro woman on the run over death of 2-year-old stepson. Rahim Kivuluga's body, bearing hallmarks of strangulation, was discovered by a sniffer dog dumped in a man-made well behind the family house. His stepmother, Afuwa Namugwano, allegedly first lied that he'd gone to visit a distant relative observer.ug/news/kaliro-wo…

CMI-torture victim awarded Shs 172m by High court. Leo Ntege was arrested at 3.00 am on July 27, 2021, at his home in Mutundwe on allegations of owning an illegal gun. The operatives were led by pastor Sadrack Kaganda. While in detention, he said he was beaten daily with wire canes, subjected to severe physical abuse, including having a heavy object tied to his genitals, and denied access to his diabetes medication observer.ug/news/cmi-tortu… 📸FILE PHOTO

Six killed, 14 injured in Nile Star bus crash in Nwoya. Survivor accounts suggest the crash occurred when the bus attempted to overtake another vehicle and veered into the path of an oncoming truck heading towards Pakwach observer.ug/news/six-kille… #RoadSafety

Kyenjojo man arrested for ‘eating’ his wife The suspect, Richard Mwesige, also known curiously as ‘Baby Nsolo’ (baby animal), was arrested on Saturday. “A human head was found tied in a polythene bag and hanging from the roof, while other body parts, including bones and clothing believed to belong to the deceased, were also recovered.” observer.ug/news/kyenjojo-…

Attorney General now proposes sweeping changes to Sovereignty Bill. Under the revised proposals, the Bill will apply only to individuals who, on behalf of foreign actors, seek to influence legislation, government policy, or electoral outcomes observer.ug/news/attorney-…

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River Nguse boat accident: Five more bodies retrieved. This brings the total number of bodies retrieved to nine, after four others were recovered on Thursday. The victims are part of more than 20 people feared dead after a locally made canoe in which they were travelling capsized observer.ug/news/r-nguse-b…

Relive Michael Jackson in cinema. Critics felt like Michael (2026) was too sanitised, portraying Michael Jackson as a saint, and completely failing to explain the root of his demons observer.ug/lifestyle-ente… #film #movie #Michael2026

So... The President proposes his beautiful Bill. Somehow, this “beautiful Bill” is hijacked by a Cabinet that sits every Monday at his official residence. And these Cabinet meetings are chaired by the President, or his delegate. Anyway… Clauses Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five... are inserted. The Attorney General, a member of Cabinet, directly appointed by the President, and the government’s designated legal adviser, somehow sees all this. And advises that the Bill be sent to the Ministry of Finance, for which the President is the official minister, to obtain the mandatory Certificate of Financial Implications. The Ministry of Finance duly issues the Certificate of Financial Implications. And the Bill, now laden with all the smuggled-in clauses, is tabled by the Minister of State for Internal Affairs -another direct appointee and member of Cabinet. It is tabled in a Parliament whose Speaker swears to follow and fall in the name of the President, His Son, and the Daughters. Your Cabinet is present. Your Attorney General is present. For the next two weeks, your Attorney General vehemently defends the Bill on the floor and across your government’s media. Your latest big blue fish recruit, a law professor, almost without prompting, steps in to defend the Bill nonetheless. Your toad-eaters, who, also swear by the Father, if not the Son, besmirch anyone opposed to the Bill, branding them vent merchants and foreign agents. Conductor? Maaso awo ku Mulago stage

Ggaba toddler killings: Onyum found guilty on all four counts. “The accused’s actions were calculated and deliberate. To claim insanity without a shred of medical proof, while evidence shows a man capable of complex financial planning, is a legal impossibility,” High court judge Alice Komuhangi Khaukha observed observer.ug/news/ggaba-tod…

Court allows NUP’s Nyanzi to serve NRM’s Ntale via newspapers. Justice Joyce Kavuma observed that there is a growing pattern of politicians deliberately evading service of court documents, particularly in election petitions observer.ug/news/court-all… #UGElections26

Okello tells court: I didn’t kill the four children intentionally. “The claim that I killed for riches is not true. I said those things because I was coerced.” He also dismissed inferences drawn from the digital evidence. “There were factors that were forcing me. I did not do those things willingly,” he said. observer.ug/news/okello-te…