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The Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) has suspended the licence of CIC Africa Life Assurance Limited, stopping the company from signing up any new customers effective 7th November 2025. In a strongly worded public notice, the Authority warned Ugandans NOT to seek new life insurance products from the embattled insurer, although existing policyholders will continue to be serviced — at least for now. The move, enforced under Section 44(1)(a) of the Insurance Act, Cap 191, follows growing scrutiny of underperforming and non-compliant insurance players in the market. While details of CIC Life’s alleged violations remain under wraps, insiders say the suspension…

Denise Ayebare, the Secretary for External Relations at the Uganda Youth Council, has received the prestigious Moonshot Non-Profit Award, in recognition of her leadership and impact through Better Life Initiative (BetterLife_Int) in refugee communities. The 2025 Moonshot Awards, that took place in New York City, feature a record number of African-led ventures among the finalists a sign of the continent’s growing presence in high-impact innovation across health, education, sustainability and culture. The Moonshot Non-Profit Award is part of the broader Moonshot Awards, which celebrate and support outstanding youth-led non-profit organizations tackling global challenges aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals…

TMR International Hospital has trashed the circulating claims regarding the circumstances of the care provided to the late Augustine and the hospital’s interaction with his family. In a statement released on Saturday November 15 2025, the Hospital  refuted these allegations and extended condolences to the family ‘’Augustine’s passing is a profound loss and despite the tireless efforts of our medical team and the full spectrum of interventions provided, we were unable to save his life. Throughout his admission, the family received full clinical guidance and administrative support and all decisions about his care were made in close consultation with them’’,…

Tragedy as Greenhill Buwate P.6 Pupil who fell From School Building dies A Primary Six pupil at Greenhill School (Buwate) has died, three weeks after sustaining severe injuries in a suspected suicide that occurred last month. The boy, whose identity is being withheld because he was a minor, fell from the second floor of a classroom block shortly after leaving his class at around 4:03pm on  October 22, 2025. “The video footage shows him moving from his seat, picking toilet tissue and rushing out of his class,” Greenhill said in a statement in October after the incident. “He ran to…

By Pam Bayoch Gatluak The recent closure of the South Sudan Embassy in Nairobi is nothing short of a national embarrassment. It is disheartening to witness a sovereign nation, whose citizens invest millions of dollars across the world, fail to maintain something as fundamental as paying rent for its embassy. South Sudanese gov. Officials in the diaspora have made huge investments in Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa. Yet, the same people and government that boast of such investments cannot sustain their own diplomatic missions. Two years ago, our embassy staff in Italy were thrown out by their landlord, forced…

There’s an old adage that says “one’s success is told by the successes of his predecessor.” Unfortunately, this seems far from the truth for Mr. Echodu, whose performance so far falls short of the vibrant legacy left by Captain Mike Mukula. In less than three months in office, Echodu appears overwhelmed by the big shoes he sought to fill — and at this rate, he risks being remembered as one of the least effective, if not most controversial, NRM Vice Chairpersons for Eastern Uganda. Reports indicate that Mr. Echodu has taken steps to usurp the leadership of the National NRM…

By Isaac Christopher Lubogo In an age when cities have grown louder but not wiser, richer but not fairer, the question before New York is not who can manage traffic lights or police budgets—it is who can reawaken civic reason in a world overdosing on populist noise. I rise, therefore, as a fellow Ugandan and a student of intellectual honesty, to argue that Zohran Kwame Mamdani is precisely the kind of mind this restless city now needs. Zohran is not merely the son of distinguished lineage; he is the living continuation of a cross-continental idea—that identity can be both…

By: Isaac Christopher Lubogo Thus, when Bobi Wine chants “bw’olaaba umbrella tikinga” (“when you see the umbrella, tick it”), he is not mobilizing faith — he is recycling nostalgia. He forgets that the wind that lifted him in 2021 has long been purchased by the state. The “tikinga” doctrine has decayed into a tragic mantra of misread momentum. Disclaimer: This is not be a lament, but a deeply philosophical autopsy of Uganda’s democracy under the shadow of “Protecting the Gains.” Prologue: A Nation Draped in One Slogan Every lamppost, billboard, and roadside frame now bears one face — Yoweri Kaguta…

Ambassador Francis Nkuusa, the principal mobiliser of the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) in the Diaspora, and staunch NRM promoter has commended the National Vice Chairman of PLU Michael Nuwagira, also known as Toyota, for establishing ‘ Tuko Pamoja’ , a mobilization team that will reinforce National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s efforts achieving success in the forthcoming 2026 polls. Nkuusa who will be jetting into the country soon to join the campaign trail and boost NRM support across the country, says as Diaspora team, they are confident in PLU and Nuwagira mobilization efforts…

Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs Dr Rebecca Kadaga , has expressed deep sorrow following the death of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, an iconic leader, who passed away on October 15, 2025, at the age of 80. Odinga died in Kochi, India, after suffering a cardiac arrest during a morning walk. He had been undergoing treatment for an undisclosed condition and was surrounded by family at the time of his passing. Dr. Kadaga described Odinga as a courageous statesman, human rights defender, and a believer in people-centred leadership. She fondly recalled when, during…