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The 91st Guild President of Makerere University, Churchill James Ssentamu, has denied issuing an apology that spread across Facebook. Churchill currently faces a challenging situation involving his family and supporters of the National Unity Platform. The controversy began when he was photographed with President Museveni during an official visit to Makerere University. This action disappointed many National Unity Platform supporters, sparking widespread criticism and insults online. His father publicly disapproved of his son’s behavior in a social media video, calling it shameful. Nyanzi, a notable figure, pressed Churchill to either apologize or step down from his position. Soon after, a…

The police, in collaboration with the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), have seized more than 500 bags of counterfeit cement in a major crackdown on cement adulteration in Luwero town. According to Savannah regional police spokesperson Sam Twiineamazima, the fake cement was being illegally mixed and repackaged at a residence belonging to Daudah Mutesasira in Kalongo Zone. The operation targeted hardware shops along Kasiiso Road in Luwero town council, where the counterfeit product was being distributed. Acting on a tip-off, law enforcement officers raided the premises and found Ronald Onyango actively mixing stone dust with genuine cement before repackaging…

April 6, 1994, marked one of the darkest chapters in modern African history. On that night, the plane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down over the Rwandan capital, sparking a genocide and a regional crisis that continues to shape the Great Lakes region to this day. Now, 31 years later, the son of President Habyarimana, Jean-Luc Habyarimana, has broken his silence in a powerful personal reflection — part remembrance, part indictment, and part call to action. “I was only 18 when I lost my father,” he writes. “Our little sister was 14. We…

South Sudanese woman Josephine Abyei Tong Akech has publicly congratulated her husband on marrying a second wife—earning praise and sparking heated debates online. In a Facebook post that quickly went viral, Josephine expressed her joy and full support for her husband’s decision to expand their family. “Congratulations, my husband, for bringing us our second wife,” she wrote, radiating positivity and unity. The post drew widespread attention, with many users applauding Josephine for her openness and generosity. Admirers flooded the comments section, hailing her as “a true wife material” and praising her for embracing cultural practices with such grace and strength.

In a surprising political development, James Churchill Ssentamu, the recently elected 91st guild president of Makerere University and nephew to opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine), has met with President Yoweri Museveni. The meeting, which included Ssentamu’s newly appointed cabinet, has raised eyebrows given the sharp political divide between the President and Ssentamu’s family. Ssentamu, who is the son of Fred Nyanzi—the National Unity Platform’s head of mobilization and a vocal critic of Museveni’s administration—secured his position at Uganda’s oldest university with 3,459 votes. His victory came after a competitive race against John Bosco Rukundo of the ruling National Resistance…

President Yoweri Museveni has scored a political win after members of the opposition expressed doubts over a new campaign launched by the National Unity Platform (NUP), led by Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine. The campaign, which seeks to rally Ugandans to cast a “protest vote” against the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) in the 2026 general elections, is facing criticism from within and outside NUP. Critics argue that the approach lacks clear strategies to address the country’s challenges. Buikwe South MP Lulume Bayigga of the Democratic Party and Bernard Odoi, an NRM youth representative from Eastern Uganda, have both…

The decision to cremate Ugandan journalist Shaka Ssali in the United States has caused a wave of sorrow and confusion among his family and community. Shaka, who passed away on 25 March 2025, had a long career abroad, but his choice of cremation has raised concerns, as it contrasts with the traditional burial customs of his people. Shaka, who was born in Kabale and known by many as the “Kabale Kid,” had a long career in the United States. His body is set to be cremated in a private ceremony in Alexandria, Virginia. This goes against the cultural traditions of…

A 30-year-old teacher from Ameenpur Mandal in Sangareddy district, India, Rajitha, killed her three children—12-year-old Sai Krishna, 10-year-old Madhu Priya, and 8-year-old Gautam—to start a new life with her former classmate, Sooru Shiva Kumar. She initially claimed that they had fallen ill after eating curd rice on March 27, but investigations later revealed that she had suffocated them one by one to clear the way for her to marry Shiva. She staged their deaths as food poisoning to cover up the crime. Rajitha’s unhappiness in her marriage to A. Chennaiah, a 50-year-old water tanker driver 20 years older than her, had been growing for…

The man lamented that the bees had unexpectedly stormed the shop, gathering around a stack of cartons of sachet tomatoes. The video was spotted trending on social media. Swarm of bees. They had swarmed around there for long before they all went into the shop and vanished, never to be seen again. Confused by this, the man asked for the implication and meaning of this sudden visit.

A shocking confession that has taken over social media trends shows an American woman named Loren Peaches admitting to intentionally infecting married men with AIDS. In a self-recorded video that has since gone viral, Peaches openly confessed to engaging in unprotected sexual encounters with married men to ensure that they contract the disease and, in turn, pass it on to their unsuspecting wives. According to Peaches, she strategically lures married men into removing their condoms midway through intercourse to increase the likelihood of transmitting AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Her actions, as she gleefully stated in the video,…