The Uganda Observer

The Weekly Observer is a tri-weekly newspaper based in Kampala, Uganda. It is among the largest privately-owned newspapers in the nation. In 2007, one of its reporters, Richard M Kavuma, earned the prestigious CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year award. Established in 2004, the newspaper marked its 10th anniversary in March 2014.

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SC Villa shift in football strategy

4 days ago | observer.ug | John Vianney Nsimbe

Villa will be returning to pre-season training on June 28. The purpose of this early return, considering that the 2025/26 Uganda Premier League (UPL) season does not kick off until mid-September, is to ensure that the team gets ample preparation, in order to have a good platform upon which to build a title-winning challenge for next season, according to coach Morley Byekwaso.
JICA opens doors for fourth refugee team at TICAD Cup

5 days ago | observer.ug | Devon Ssuubi

Over the weekend, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) paved way for a fourth team of refugees living in Uganda, to compete in the Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD) Cup later this year, at the Fufa Technical Centre in Njeru. This is after the football tournament held in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district, Northern Uganda. Obongi is one of those new districts that were carved out of Moyo district.
Nakiyingi or Nanvubya: Who is the better point-guard?

1 week ago | observer.ug | John Vianney Nsimbe

Just like the battle in Manila between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, both deceased, 50 years ago, this season’s National Basketball League (NBL) women’s opening fixture between the JT Jaguars and JKL Dolphins was much anticipated, back in March. The Jaguars, who were the challengers, had lost to the Dolphins (defending champions) in the semifinals of the 2024 playoffs 1-3 on aggregate in a best of five series.
Business initiative moves to empower 300,000 young women through coffee

1 week ago | observer.ug | Ernest Jjingo

The Agriculture Business Initiative (aBi), in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation, has launched a program dubbed “Empowering Young Women Entrepreneurs Stimulated by Coffee” (EYE-C), a programme which is aimed at creating dignified jobs for over 300,000 young women through coffee-led economic inclusion, offering a powerful avenue to drive inclusive agricultural transformation.
How the Rwenzori Marathon is setting a new trend of runners

1 week ago | observer.ug | John Vianney Nsimbe

From 2000 runners last year, the Tusker Lite Mountain Rwenzori marathon of 2025 is expected to attract 6,000 this time. This was revealed during the launch of this event recently at the Sheraton hotel. Notably, this went a long way to highlight how the Rwenzori marathon is setting a new trend of runners, ready to partake of the whole experience. Professional athlete, Abel Chebet confirmed that he would be competing in this year’s edition because of how much he enjoyed the race last year.
Stecia Mayanja returns to stage with a bang

1 week ago | observer.ug | Ernest Jjingo

After nearly a decade away from the local music scene, singer and band icon Stecia Mayanja made a powerful comeback, thrilling fans with a stellar performance at her long-awaited ‘Hajjat Stecia Live in Concert’ held at the Kampala Serena hotel’s Victoria hall. The highly anticipated concert pulled in hundreds of cross-generational music lovers filling the venue to capacity well before 7:30pm. From the moment doors opened at 6:30pm the atmosphere was electric.
Zebra Ssenyange JR on course to become boxing trailblazer

2 weeks ago | observer.ug | John Vianney Nsimbe

Isaac ‘Zebra’ Ssenyange Jr. is already up and running for the second round of the Kampala Fight Night, due on July 6. The pugilist had a fairly successful maiden one on June 1 at Nakivubo Stadium. Considering how quickly he had it arranged, to have over 1,000 paid-up spectators must have been encouraging. Yet, for the 21-year-old boxer, Ssenyange is just starting on his dream of becoming a boxing trailblazer.
How will test games in Southern Africa benefit the Rugby Cranes?

2 weeks ago | observer.ug | John Vianney Nsimbe

A total of 25 Rugby Cranes players will fly out to Southern Africa today for a couple of test games. First stop will be Namibia, before continuing to South Africa, where they will face off with a few clubs from the number-one-ranked rugby nation. This is all part of the team’s preparation for the Rugby Africa Cup (RAC) in July. Uganda will be hosting the RAC for the second successive year. Of the eight teams last year, Uganda finished fifth, which in a way was inconsequential.
Put fixing Uganda Cranes for CHAN

2 weeks ago | observer.ug | John Vianney Nsimbe

Barring a second postponement by the Confederation of African Football (Caf), it is exactly 53 days to the start of the Africa Nations Championships (Chan) tournament. August 2 is when the eighth edition of this football tournament, that pits only players who ply their trade in the domestic leagues come up against each other every two years.
Denmark and Uganda forge stronger ties

2 weeks ago | observer.ug | Devon Ssuubi

The Kingdom of Denmark has reaffirmed its commitment to Uganda, emphasising a dynamic and evolving partnership grounded in shared values and local impact. This was reached at during its second annual Danish Partnership Day last week.