The Observer (Uganda) Headlines Today

Queen Mother Kemigisa not under house arrest – minister

Report highlights role of generic drugmakers in expanding medicine access in Africa

Uganda’s informal economy seeks strength in numbers

SFC disowns ‘Captain’ Yonasan Tibenderana, who was arrested over extortion

Only 2,790 out of 10,615 approved for education loans

Pearl Bank loan book crosses Shs 1 trillion milestone

UBOS signs MoU with Bugwe, Adhola to strengthen community data collection

Musuuga’s sons reject Kijanangoma as new Tooro King

Kenya now shifts to 90-day regularisation after foreign traders backlash

Eleven NRM politicians remanded over State House trespass

Tooro Queen Mother denounces King-elect Kijanangoma

UEDCL rewires western grid to power 700 businesses

Can Uganda break Africa’s dependence on imported medicines?

Daily Express journalist Asiteza applies for bail

Public barred from royal tombs during King Oyo’s burial

Drama in Tooro as Princess Komuntale rejects king-elect

Former CMI commanders Kandiho, Bakahumura arrested over false intel

UBC TV journalist Kijanangoma selected as new Tooro king

Lydia Jazmine turns Cricket Oval into a night of musical memories and surprises

United Bank for Africa ordered to pay customer Shs 128m over fraudulent withdrawal

Obore, six co-accused granted bail after 2 months in jail

Uganda’s Cancer Crisis: 278 patients seek care daily

EAC’s 2031 currency dream faces ugly reality

Museveni unveils Shs 466bn steel ambition

Why Uganda’s coffee ambitions may depend on bees

Warder gets death, magistrate wins Shs 20m as Watoto beats heritage listing

Jogoos host Red Eagles

Ugandans should brace themselves for a largely authoritarian regime

I watched a king bow

Regulation: Smarter rules for faster growth

Government must deliberately plan for its people

The soft underbelly of Uganda’s justice system

The 25 years we were never taught to live

Ugandans are terrifyingly broke, ku ground kikambwe

Why Uganda wants private money to help transform farming

Uganda must build a cancer system its citizens can trust

Tanzania First Gentleman Hafidh Ameir Hassan buried

MPs query UCAA’s Shs 5bn fire truck, Shs 2.3bn transformer

Uganda takes ‘Pearl Sweet’ crude to global oil buyers

Equity bank backs Vurra Secondary School

How a Shs 1tn Stanbic fund is turning students into entrepreneurs

Can a vaccine stop cancer coming back?

SFC Captain Tibenderana remanded over Shs 200,000 National ID bribe

NIRA stuck with 5.4 million uncollected national IDs

Two sons arrested over allegedly beheading 95-year-old mother

Tour ban leaves schools crying over practical learning

Two die in suspected suicide incidents in Kisoro

Woman remanded over murder, robbery of colleague in Bukoto

Over 51,000 school-age children unaccounted for in Agago

Beyond Rwomushana’s arrest: Creeping militarization and the unmaking of the 1995 Constitution

Rwomushana released by security after a day in custody

Water shortage crisis hits Kasese

Lawyers, MPs question legality of Nabakooba’s suspension of special certificates

Uganda emerges as key destination and transit country for migrants

MTN commits Shs 500m to Changemakers Initiative

EACOP awards 16 scholarships to Kyambogo, Makerere students

Uganda blocks DRC mourners from King Oyo burial

Another Ugandan athlete, Kibet suspended over doping allegation

Lwakataka plots comeback with monster machine

Boxer Kazibwe’s failure in Kenya is driving him on

Sex Talk: Understanding women’s obsession with physical looks

Amaato ga Kabaka awakens deep-seated Kiganda pride

Deputy police field commander Ecotu dies at Mulago

Thousands line streets as King Oyo’s remains return to Tooro

Bryan White granted mandatory bail after 293 days on remand

Tooro PM defends concealing King Oyo’s illness

From child king to children’s champion: UNICEF remembers King Oyo

Museveni pays medical, repatriation costs for King Oyo’s remains

Busia residents appeal to gov’t over insecticide-resistant bedbugs

Pearl Magic to live-broadcast Miss World 2026 Finale this Saturday

UNICEF warns: Coming El Niño rains put Uganda’s children at risk

Uber exits Uganda after 12 years

King Oyo to be buried on his 31st coronation anniversary

Can Vipers break CAF League jinx?

Government moves to strengthen UDB capital base

Tecno pushes AI limits at IFA 2026

Museveni names Uganda’s crude oil ‘Pearl Sweet’ as first oil nears

Ebola: US donates death-preventing treatment to Uganda

Cracks open as Muhoozi, Rwabwogo clash

How road mafias are eating billions

Court clears widow of murder, Uganda Breweries fined Shs 1.5bn

Nothing prepared me for that Moscow Metro

Jimmy Kirunda is undoubtedly Uganda’s best ever footballer

Jambojet returns to Entebbe six years after Covid-19 outbreak

Water ministry, Jinja authorities to reopen Namavundu forest boundaries

The concubine of a government official (Part III)

Kizito Ronald Jjuuko: “Shot from behind,” while making Uganda clean again…

Muhoozi is creating his own opponent in Odrek

Uganda must capture more value from what it produces

FAWE Uganda continues to bet on male champions

It’s time to retire dangerous taxis

When Mother Earth sends the bill

International school phenomenon a trap for Ugandan parents

Here are the business opportunities hiding in refugee communities

PDM parishes can be turned into light value-addition nodes

Recover every stolen shilling, make the corrupt pay Uganda back

Ten remanded to Luzira over anti-EACOP protest

Museveni to ‘name’ Uganda’s crude oil blend tomorrow

Police pause Operation Ganyegenya

Court clears way for extradition of former PLU official Michael Katungi