Anthropologists and historians have often placed the Batwa under the broad term “pygmies”, a word that carries a painful history. Although it was originally used to describe several short-statured forest communities in Central Africa, the word has also been used to mock and belittle them.
"There are plenty of job opportunities," said Saurav Chhabra, head of French hotel school Vatel's Indian campus, which has been based in Gurugram since 2015 in partnership with Sushant University.
Maher said the two high-profile controversies have distracted the conversation around the death penalty away from the fundamental question of whether the US should use capital punishment in the first place.
Robert Ssebunya, a researcher and lecturer in political studies, argues that although Amnesty International has for years promoted human rights through advocacy, protection and lobbying, it cannot effectively promote political rights in isolation.
During the study, she examined the gendered socio-cultural roles performed by women in environmental conservation within a patriarchal structure.
“I asked for sh100,000, got sh75,000, but was asked to pay back sh120,000. This is daylight robbery targeting desperate people,” he said. Although sh25,000 was deducted from the requested amount, he was required to repay sh120,000 within eight days — effectively paying a sh45,000 financing cost on the sh75,000 received, or 60%. He cites Quick Sente, Mangu Cash, Zenka and Mara Loan, which he said offer similar services.
“The experience I will never forget was when one of our staff, who is deaf, became pregnant. She was already about five or six months pregnant when I started taking her for antenatal care, so I took her to the hospital, where she had a scan, and we were told that the baby was fine,” Namukwaya said. She added: “Later, when she went into labour, we took her to the health centre, but when we reached there, the biggest challenge was communication. The nurses could not communicate with her in sign language. They did not know how to tell her what to do or explain what was happening to her, and instead they were shouting at her for days until the third day, when I went to the labour ward and helped her.
The boundary between urban space and mining land is fading in Kolwezi, in the heart of the African copper belt.
There have been various cases reported over the years. Many have been crimes of passion; others, cases of revenge. Top Bar in Kampala witnessed a gun shootout in January. A cleaner was shot in the toilet. Edwin Nasasira was also shot in a popular hangout spot in Kirinya, Wakiso district, on March 22, 2025. In many more cases, they simply remain threats with phrases like, “Do you know who I am?” or “I can shoot all of you if …”
“The suspects use a motorcycle registration number UDA 890F, and they have carried out the illegal electricity cable vandalism since 2025,” one of the detectives said. The detective added that upon interrogation, Buwembo told investigators that having dropped out of school in primary four at Buvuma Primary School, he was introduced into the vandalism business by his close friend, Benson Ssenyonjo, a resident of Kalule town council, in Luweero district.
After losing over $1.5m (about sh5.7b) to gold scammers who had been introduced to him by Peter Musoke, a senior lawyer and former partner at Shonubi, Musoke & Company Advocates, a German national, Christian Arndt, was allegedly threatened with death and ordered never to come back to Uganda. When he left the country, he was also subjected to a series of arrests by his partners back in Dubai. On September 18, 2026, Arndt landed at Entebbe International Airport, having almost spent two years out of the country.
The New Vision has exclusively learnt that the Inspector General of Government (IGG), Aisha Naluzze Batala, engaged the firm to provide technical support for her investigations into the matter as scrutiny intensifies over the project’s realignment, land acquisition and subsequent increase in the cost. When contacted, the IG spokesperson, Ali Munira, said: “We contracted the firm to help us on the issues of compensation and where the land is situated as part of the ongoing investigations into the matter. We have always done this in cases where technical support is needed.”
Failure to meet the deadline means that the 90,578 candidates will not receive UCE certificates and their result slips will read Result 2. The Result 2 slip reading will imply that the affected students will not qualify to progress to A’level and they will be required to repeat S4 next year. Meanwhile, data obtained from UNEB also shows that a total of 8,090 candidates had been registered as learners with disabilities, but 2,000 were found to have faked the disability after a UNEB audit.
One of the worst cases in UNEB history, he said, was reported in 1995 when several papers for the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) and the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) were recalled. “The source of the leaks has not been identified to date, despite a probe team being set up by the Minister of Education to investigate the issue,” Odongo said in the book. During that time, he said UNEB suspended its entire senior management team in response to the minister’s orders, a decision they learnt about in January 1996.
Health ministry health services director general Charles Olaro says between 60% and 70% of patients treated at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) arrive when the disease has progressed to advanced stages three and four, making treatment more difficult and significantly reducing their chances of survival. “This affects our survival rate. It is not necessarily because health workers do not know what they are doing or are providing inappropriate care,” he says.
“The continuity of the Crown is assured,” Rwomiire said, adding that the identity of the prince would be formally revealed at an appropriate time in accordance with Tooro traditions and customs. President Yoweri Museveni subsequently said he had spoken with Queen Mother Best Kemigisa, who told him that Oyo had left behind a young boy who was his heir.
“The biggest problem we face is the land tenure system. Mailo land should be abolished because these were injustices created at that time [1900 Buganda Agreement], and they only exist in kingdom areas. These are a few individuals, the ones who own this land, that we can do our away with, title the land and make sure people have clear land ownership because people own land here in perpetuity,” Muhanga said.
The sniffer dog subsequently assisted the Police in locating the victims’ heads, which had been concealed in a kiln near a church. Other body parts were recovered near a stream, with intestines reportedly found hanging from a tree. The victims’ bodies were missing several organs, including the hearts, lungs, livers, uteruses and genitals. Police’s crime intelligence unit and the Flying Squad tracked down Sentongo and found him in Kampala.
“For youths to survive in the islands, it is God’s mercy because those who were involved in fishing right now cannot. When they finally had hope to venture into oil palm growing, land wrangles began, and many are being chased from the land,” he says. “Many run to attend to gardens and farms to be able to survive. But the money they get isn’t enough to meet their health needs. Girls sometimes fail to get pads, women fail to have transport money to go to better health facilities, and the community has to gather resources for them to deliver well,” Sekabunga says.
Medical experts are calling for early screening as "our best tool" to prevent or treat cervical cancer.