Traders at Kiseka Market say a one-hour shooting spree by security operatives inside shops forced the business center to close as people scrambled to save their lives. The traders in arcades on Aga-khan Road kept their shops closed for over two hours on Monday, after plain-clothed security operatives in a “drone” vehicle clashed with them at Original Kiseka Spare Parts Center Arcade. The confrontation started when traders resisted arrests. A trader at the arcade, who asked not to be named, said security operatives in a drone minibus parked near the building. Three pistol-wielding officers went to the second floor of a spare parts shop and tried to arrest a trader, but he demanded their IDs and to know the charges against him. The trader added that the officers were in a hurry and were unwilling to be questioned. They tried to forcibly remove him from the shop as their colleagues...

The long-running campaign to carve a new Anglican diocese out of West Ankole Diocese has erupted once again after Christians in Sheema District formally petitioned the Church of Uganda’s Provincial Assembly, demanding the immediate creation of the proposed Central Ankole Diocese (CAD). In a detailed petition addressed to the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, The Most Rev. Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, the faithful argue that they have waited for more than three decades, fulfilled every constitutional requirement, invested heavily in infrastructure and finances, and can no longer continue under what they describe as prolonged uncertainty. The petition, dated July 20, 2026, paints a picture of a determined Christian community that believes the time has finally come for Sheema to have its own bishop and independent diocesan administration. The petitioners insist that the matter has dragged on for over 30 years and has become a source of anxiety among Anglican believers...

Uncertainty continues to surround whether medical interns will continue receiving government allowances following the proposed policy changes that seek to abolish them, as more than 2,000 pre-interns prepare to report to internship sites across Uganda next month. According to the Ministry of Health’s internship deployment list, 2,290 pre-interns are expected to report in August. Kampala International University has the largest number of deployed interns, accounting for nearly a quarter of the total. It is followed by Makerere University with 198 interns, King Ceasor University with 162, the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) with 110, and Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) with 86. While the release of the deployment list has ended months of uncertainty over placements, pre-interns say the government’s silence on the issue of living allowances has left them anxious. Dr Daniel Kirunda, a pre-intern, said the lack of communication from the government is deeply concerning, especially...

The Executive Director of the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI), Prof. Charles Kwesiga, has been dragged before the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development over an escalating labour dispute involving three former employees who accuse the institute’s management of unfair reassignment, illegal removal from the payroll and failure to pay their salaries and gratuity. The dispute has now taken a dramatic turn after the Ministry of Gender issued a second official notification warning UIRI management that failure to respond to the Labour Officer’s communication is an offence under the Employment Act, exposing the institute’s leadership to possible legal action for non-compliance. In a letter addressed to the Executive Director and copied to the complainants, the Ministry reminded UIRI that it had failed to respond to a labour complaint filed by Ainebyona Lydia, Muhanguzi Peter Julius and Mwijukye Isiah. The notification, issued on behalf of Permanent Secretary Aggrey David Kibenge,...

UGANDA — Finding a house to rent, buying land, or securing a verified property agent in Uganda just got a massive digital upgrade. Aweit Technologies, a Ugandan tech startup has officially launched Filatom, the country’s first artificial intelligence-powered digital Real Estate platform now available on the Google Play Store, and coming soon on Apple Store. The locally developed App has come to fix the chaos, fragmentation, and lack of transparency that have plagued Uganda’s Real Estate Industry for decades hence eroding away customer trust. For years, Ugandans looking for property have relied on informal brokers, unverified WhatsApp groups, or tedious physical searches. Filatom changes the game by bringing property buyers, sellers, registered agents, landlords, and service providers into one single, organized digital ecosystem. “Filatom represents the growing innovation coming out of Uganda’s tech ecosystem,” says the Co-founder & Lead App Developer Wandera Emmanuel Were. “We built this to solve a...