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Kyotera Robbery Sparks Urgent Call for Community Vigilance

Head Communications2025-07-23T11:15:20+00:00On Monday, an aggravated robbery targeting Mazima Bugaga Coffee Factory in Kyotera District shocked the business community and residents. Armed with guns, five robbers attacked a factory manager, making away with UGX 50 million. Fortunately, quick action by police officers on patrol turned the tide. The...

Corruption Cover-Up: Journalists Jailed, Editor Hunted Over Investigative Story

Head Communications2025-07-20T09:35:08+00:00Two journalists - Ivan Kimbowa and Erick Yiga, working with Insight Post Uganda, have been arrested arrested following the publication of an investigative story that exposed alleged bribery involving Faridah Nasolo, the Inspector of Schools in Mukono municipality and other officials. According to a source inside the...

Ecocide Named a Top Priority at UN Africa Summit

Head Communications2025-07-19T13:26:52+00:00African ministers at the 20th Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) have unanimously agreed to elevate ecocide, the mass destruction of ecosystems, as a top environmental priority for the 2025–2027 period. This marks the first time the issue has been formally...

Over 100,000 Ugandans Can Now Collect Their Upgraded National IDs – NIRA Confirms

Head Communications2025-07-18T06:40:07+00:00In a strategic move toward improving Uganda’s identity system, the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has announced that more than 100,000 upgraded national identity cards are now available for collection. This milestone comes as part of the ongoing mass renewal and registration drive that...

Why Many NRM Incumbents Lost In the Party Primaries

Head Communications2025-07-18T06:01:01+00:00The just-concluded NRM party primaries have stunned so many on Uganda’s political scene. Several incumbent leaders lost their seats to newcomers, a development that has sparked discussions across the country. So, what happened? During the ongoing Validation Meeting on Citizen Needs and Aspirations ahead of the 2026...

VOICES FROM BUGANDA: The Road To Better Services Begins With You

Head Communications2025-07-17T13:28:20+00:00These are not statistics, they are just real voices of citizens from Buganda region. As Community Transformation Foundation Network (COTFONE), we believe in a people-powered transformation. That’s why the organisation has been on the ground holding various community consultative meetings across the region from Masaka to Lwengo, Bukomansimbi, Kyotera and Kalungu. The message is...

How COTFONE Is Amplifying Community Voices, Shaping Better Services In Buganda Region

Head Communications2025-07-17T12:02:45+00:00In Buganda region, access to quality public services, especially health and education, remains a pressing concern for many communities. While government programs aim to reach the grassroots, the gap between policy and actual service delivery on the ground often leaves citizens frustrated and underserved. That’s where...

Can Green Bonds Finance Uganda’s Energy Transition Without Green-washing?

Head Communications2025-07-10T10:56:11+00:00As Africa’s climate financing needs continue rising steadily, green bonds are being seen as one of the best promising avenues for funding the continent’s energy transition and sustainable development.   Success stories are already emerging from countries like Nigeria and Kenya, but experts warn that Uganda must act...

Uganda’s Health at Risk as USAID Support Ends: What Next for Our People?

Head Communications2025-07-03T07:40:51+00:00Uganda’s health sector has been dealt a major blow. The United States government has closed down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Africa, ending decades of support to Uganda’s health programs. For many years, USAID funded key services that saved lives- including HIV/AIDS...

Ugandan Arts Teachers Renew Protest Over Salary Disparities

Head Communications2025-07-03T07:08:29+00:00Secondary school teachers of Arts subjects in Masaka and several other districts are protesting what they describe as unfair and discriminatory salary structures that favor their science-teaching counterparts. The teachers are demanding salary increments to match those received by science teachers, citing demoralisation and growing...