October 3 Uganda Martyrs Bean

at Uganda Martyrs Catholic Church, 3rd & Choctaw in Okmulgee, on Friday, Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The meal will include a bountiful serving of ham n’ beans, coleslaw, cornbread and dessert for a donation of $10. Meals are dine-in or...

UN anti-AIDS leader tells off Ugandan homophobes trolling her son online

Winnie Byanyima tells ‘weak trolls and bots’: ‘Stay out of our family affairs.’ Winnie Byanyima with her son, Anselm Besigye. (Photo courtesy of Winnie Byanyima via X/Twitter) Online homophobes have launched a hate campaign against the son of...

Union Saint-Gilloise v Newcastle Live TV – Global channel listings on Wednesday

Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Union Saint-Gilloise v Newcastle Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Wednesday (5.45pm (UK) kick-off). The Newcastle United players looking to bank...

10 amazing queer movies you can’t afford to miss this Black History Month

As Black History Month 2025 gets underway in the UK, we felt it was a great time to celebrate ten amazing Black LGBTQ+ films that have been recently released, including one set in the American South in the early 1900s. Here are several powerful,...

Uganda names squad ahead of crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying ties

KAMPALA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has named a 26-man squad ahead of two crucial Group G matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Head coach Paul Put named the team on Tuesday ahead of the matches against Botswana and Algeria. Uganda...

Bobi Wine’s Revolutionary Train Campaign kicks off across Uganda: #FreeUgandaNow

KAMPALA-(MaraviPost)-The revolutionary train, led by Musician Bobi Wine, originally known as Kyagulani Ssentamu Robert, started its countrywide campaign on Monday, 29 September 2025, marking the beginning of an ambitious nationwide initiative....

Flush of glory! Uganda rolls out first WASH awards

On Friday night, the red carpet at Kampala’s Protea Hotel will look a little different. Instead of pop stars or movie idols, the spotlight will fall on engineers who have built boreholes in forgotten villages, youth who have mobilized neighbors to...

Uganda has signed a deal with the US to take asylum seekers – what’s behind it and what’s at stake

What deal has Uganda signed with Washington on taking refugees? Uganda has agreed to take on an unspecified number of third-country nationals who have a pending asylum claim in the US but cannot return home due to safety concerns. In other words,...

Who are the people designing Uganda’s taxes?

We were discussing taxation recently and a friend asked me if there were any political economists inside the ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Bank of Uganda or Museveni’s inner circle. The question was specific: political...

Expunging the ghost of Innocent Ngobi Ndiko: An appraisal of the Constitutional Court’s decision on ‘no fault’ divorce in Uganda – Part 5

The previous four editions of this column identified four faces of the legal apparition which appeared in the majority decision of the Constitutional Court in Innocent Ngobi Ndiko and Others v Attorney General and Another (Constitutional Petition...

Something special . . . check out our super theatreguide

“All Things Must Pass”, they say. Well, George Harrison’s name will live on forever. Something About George – The George Harrison Story, the musical biopic tribute about the so-called “quiet” Beatle is back. West End actor and musician Daniel...

Chef Brian Lumley gives Ugandans a taste of Jamaica

In this file photo, Executive Chef Brian Lumley shows off his grilled sage marinated Best Dressed Chicken. Executive Chef Brian Lumley, among Jamaica’s best-trained culinarians, recently copped a major feature in Uganda’s Daily Monitor newspaper...

STUDIO SCANDAL! As M7 demands answers, here’s how ‘selfish’ Bebe Cool spent musicians’ Sh2bn

Kampala – President Yoweri Museveni has publicly expressed frustration with long-time musical ally Bebe Cool, accusing the Gagamel boss of failing to deliver on a state-backed project meant to uplift Uganda’s creative industry. For more than two...

Uganda’s January 2026 elections to pit Museveni’s dictatorship against the bourgeois populism of Bobi Wine

Uganda will hold presidential elections in January 2026, pitting the four-decade ruler Yoweri Museveni against his main opponent Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine. Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, was formally nominated...

CUNY SPH’s Assistant Professor Phil Kreniske Secures $5 Million Grant to Advance Mental Health and HIV Care for Ugandan Adolescents

New York, NY | September 30, 2025 – In an ambitious step toward addressing the intertwined challenges of mental health and HIV treatment adherence in adolescents, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a grant exceeding five million...

Olympism365: 15 grassroots changemakers receive support to foster social development through sport

30 September 2025 – A total of 15 organisations and individuals today joined the Grassroots365 Innovation Incubation initiative, which is part of the Olympism365 Innovation Hub – a collaboration between the International Olympic Committee (IOC),...

TechTrends Media to Host High-Level AI Business Forum in Nairobi This Week

TechTrends Media has announced the TechTrends AI Breakfast Forum, a half-day business gathering focused on real-world applications of artificial intelligence in enterprise operations. The event will take place on Thursday, 2 October 2025, at Hyatt...

Uganda’s minerals boon moment?

Mkhululi Ncube, a Programme Officer at the Africa Minerals Development Centre (left) and Morris Tabaaro, the Inspector of Mines at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development showcase the assessment report that analysed the governance...

Ugandan presidential candidate says that if wins, he will ban Swahili and make French the official language of the country

Uganda’s presidential candidate Mubarak vows to abolish Swahili if elected “We shall ban Swahili as our national language, we shall ban it, we need French instead.” Mubarak Munyagwa has vowed to abolish Swahili language if he clinches the top...

The United Nations in Hindsight: The Increasing Use of Article 51 of the UN Charter and the Security Council

Author’s note: Security Council Report (SCR) is an independent think tank dedicated to supporting a more effective, transparent, and accountable U.N. Security Council. A version of this article will appear in SCR’s October Monthly Forecast. In...