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The succession of a new Tooro king must comply with the law before the government can recognise and gazette the new monarch, Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Norbert Mao has said.

Only then, Mao said, would the government publish the name of a new Tooro king in the Uganda Gazette, the official government publication.

Speaking at a local radio s...


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Are you wondering who occupies the countless expensive apartments going up daily in Kampala and its suburbs?

The answer you are looking for is: married people searching for a ‘painkiller’. I understand, concubines and side dishes are no longer called such; instead, they now refer to them as ‘Panadol’ by cheating spouses claiming unhappiness and pain in their marri...


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Miss Tourism Uganda grand finale took on a sombre tone as contestants and guests paid tribute to the late Omukama of Tooro, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, whose death has left a void in Uganda’s tourism and cultural circles.

The monarch died on August 27, in Dallas, Texas. For many in Uganda’s tourism industry, King Oyo was more than a cultural leader. H...


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While many Ugandan producers have chosen to live under the radar and their incomes still comes in through working with new, younger artistes, they have kept the veterans around, even though some claim veterans don’t pay.

What veterans bring, though, is buzz and hit songs that attract other customers to work with the producers. This model has worked for some time n...


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A prolonged period of dry weather is raising concerns about food production and rural livelihoods across Uganda, even as urban residents in Kampala contend with heat, dust, and reduced business activity.

Farmers in several districts report that crops have begun to wither after more than a month without significant rainfall, raising the risk of poor harvests and po...


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