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3 weeks ago | 
nilepost.co.ug | Kenneth Kazibwe |Amon Katungulu |Julius Kitone |Bridget Nsimenta
No Excerpt Leaders, politicians and locals in Soroti City are mourning the death of Derry Erupu 'Domingo', one of the sons of the land who passed on earlier today, Thursday.
He passed on at Mulago Hospital in Kampala where he had been admitted with illness.
The Kumam cultural leader, Won Ateker Papa Kumam, Raphael Otaya described Domingo as one whose death has left a big gap .
"He was known not only as a prominent businessman but also as a visionary leader.
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3 weeks ago | 
nilepost.co.ug | Amon Katungulu |JULIUS KITONE |Bridget Nsimenta |Ivan R. Mugisha
No Excerpt Organisers have announced dates for the inaugural Yenze hip hop festival.
According to Godfrey Jeff Ekongot, one of the organisers, the HipHop Cultural Festival will happen at Lugogo Cricket Oval on June 28.
“Yenze festival will be a groundbreaking event that merges music, art, dance, fashion, technology, and all other elements of Hip-hop.
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3 weeks ago | 
nilepost.co.ug | Kenneth Kazibwe |Ramson Muhairwe |JULIUS KITONE |Amon Katungulu
No Excerpt Aspirants for the NRM Vice Chairperson position for Western Uganda are pushing for new leadership in the ruling party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) as competition intensifies to unseat the incumbent, ICT Minister Chris Baryomunsi.
Among the prominent contenders is Igara East MP and PLU National Mobilizer Michael Maranga Mawanda, who has criticized Baryomunsi for failing to maintain a strong connection between party leadership and grassroots supporters.
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3 weeks ago | 
nilepost.co.ug | Kenneth Kazibwe |Amon Katungulu |Shamim Nabakooza |Samuel Muhimba
No Excerpt President Museveni has presided over the screening of “Hidden Uganda”, a documentary by an
American journalist, Mr. Peter Greenberg.
The documentary film showcases the beauty and hidden gems of Uganda.
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3 weeks ago | 
nilepost.co.ug | Alex Mugasha |Kenneth Kazibwe |Amon Katungulu |Muhamadi Matovu
No Excerpt The National Unity Platform (NUP) Party President, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, has urged Ugandan youth to leverage their phones as tools for change, emphasizing that they are now more powerful than guns.
Speaking on the NBS Barometer Akaasameeme talk show, Kyagulanyi called on young people to actively participate in the struggle for a better Uganda instead of leaving it to politicians.
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3 weeks ago | 
nilepost.co.ug | Kenneth Kazibwe |Amon Katungulu |Muhamadi Matovu |Samuel Muhimba
Kilmer died of pneumonia on Tuesday in Los Angeles, his daughter Mercedes told US media. She said her father had been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 but later recovered. Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died at the age of 65.
He also appeared in 1991's The Doors - playing the legendary band's frontman Jim Morrison - plus the Western Tombstone and crime drama Heat.
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3 weeks ago | 
nilepost.co.ug | Kenneth Kazibwe |Amon Katungulu |Muhamadi Matovu |Samuel Muhimba
No Excerpt Absa Bank Uganda is pleased to announce the appointment of Moses Rutahigwa as Retail and Business Banking Director, effective 02 May 2025.
With 17 years of extensive experience in the banking sector, Rutahigwa joins Absa from Standard Chartered Bank Botswana, where he served as Head of Wealth and Retail Banking.
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3 weeks ago | 
nilepost.co.ug | Kenneth Kazibwe |Amon Katungulu |Muhamadi Matovu |Samuel Muhimba
No Excerpt Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park has donated non-food items worth shs48 million to the Muslim community in Mbale City as part of its corporate social responsibility.
The donation was made Tuesday in appreciation of the community’s support for the park’s growth and success.
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3 weeks ago | 
nilepost.co.ug | Kenneth Kazibwe |Amon Katungulu |Muhamadi Matovu |Samuel Muhimba
Exiled Ugandan writer Stella Nyanzi has defied PEN Germany’s demands to delete a leaked letter on Kakwenza Rukirabashaija’s marital woes, accusing the organisation of censorship. Meanwhile, she claims PEN officials once urged his wife to divorce him for asylum. Exiled Ugandan scholar and activist Stella Nyanzi has defied demands from PEN Germany to delete a letter she publicised about the marital troubles of fellow exile Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, escalating a row over free expression.
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3 weeks ago | 
nilepost.co.ug | Amon Katungulu |Kenneth Kazibwe |Ivan R. Mugisha |Tracey Kansiime
No Excerpt NRM leaders in Buganda region have vowed to continue popularizing the government's achievements and also seek support for President Yoweri Museveni and party flag bearers in the upcoming 2026 polls.
The team of ministers, MPs and local leaders hailing from the central region committed yesterday while at Nabbunga playgrounds in Kalisizo town council, Kyotera district as they joined the NRM Deputy Secretary Rose Namayanja in a “Buganda for Museveni” dubbed campaign.
