That panel was one of eight events that marked the final day of the festival, which started on Friday at the National Theatre. First up was a BookTalk, ‘Imagination in Poetry’, featuring Jane Okot P’Bitek Langoya and Michelle Ivy Alwedo, moderated by Irene Mutuzo.
Lumumba thanked the various stakeholders who have helped transform and elevate the acting and film industry in Uganda. She noted that acting and performing arts were once looked down upon, with some people considering them to be careers with no future.
Women reported discriminatory contracts, including restrictions on pregnancy, as well as limited access to childcare facilities, menstrual support and safe mechanisms for reporting harassment.
The theme of this year's festival is 'Where Do Stories Come From?' but there was no need to ask that here. The story came from what happened to Amony and thousands of other young girls who were abducted and turned into sex slaves by the rebels.
The Ugandan Gospel is the Ugandan rendition of the American Gospel, which looked at similar motifs from the American perspective.
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Racheal Kawala, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, said Patricia Rose Turindamukama was arrested in Bukoto, a Kampala suburb, as she prepared to flee to Iraq. According to the Police, the suspect had applied for a visa to Iraq at the time of arrest. Namuwulya, who was also known on TikTok as Jovia1235, was found dead in her room on Thursday.
Parton, who died this week at 80, is globally renowned for her music. But locals remembered her more for her charitable giving and care for younger generations in blue-collar regions of her native east Tennessee.
Parton opened her own theme park, Dollywood, in 1986 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It has grown into one of the most successful branding efforts in US entertainment history, drawing millions of visitors per year.
"Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus," her nephew said in a video on social media.
According to Kavuma, a video can go viral today and be forgotten tomorrow. But a creator with a smaller, loyal, and engaged community can have a real impact on people's lives, encouraging creators to use their platforms for positive conversations, to support each other, highlight community issues, and to create safe spaces for their followers.
The fifth edition of this year's Rwenzori Marathon brought the foothills of the legendary Rwenzori Mountains alive as runners from more than 40 countries converged in Kasese Municipality for an internationally certified race designed as much to showcase Uganda as it is to test athletic endurance.
President Yoweri Museveni hailed Mukulu whom he described as an icon whose demise was a loss to Uganda’s theatre and culture.
“The contrast was made clear when delegates pointed to South Africa, where strategic positioning of Ankole genetics has created a booming luxury market. Just last month, in July 2026, an Ankole bull named Omega fetched a record-breaking R5.5m (about $300,000) in a private sale, driven purely by its superior genetics and striking horn development,” a statement issued by Ugandan officials in Washington noted.
The company has denied all the allegations, insisting it had worked with parents, experts and law enforcement to incorporate protective safeguards for children.Meta founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg is among the star witnesses expected to testify, along with Instagram head Adam Mosseri.
Pastor Adeboye, who is Pastor Patience Rwabwogo’s spiritual father, is one of Africa’s renowned Pentecostal church leaders and the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, which is one of the largest evangelical churches in the world. He also serves as the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.
“Neither can internet popularity guarantee a successful future. But when technology is used responsibly alongside education and practical skills, it can give talented young people access to audiences and opportunities that previous generations did not have."