Author: Alexandra Katusiime

The Chairman of the Uganda Independent Electoral Commission Justice Simon Byabakama has sworn on national radio that unlike 2016 when ballot papers in Kampala and Wakiso arrived at 2-4 pm, the situation will be different in 2021. While appearing at the Capital Gang on Capital Radio today morning, Byabakama blamed the “glitches” in 2016 to the leadership of the EC at that time and assured the nation that in his time, nothing of the sort will happen. A listener sent in a message to the show suggesting that the EC Chairman uses the platform on air to assure the public…

The iPhone lovers should get ready for another thunderclap in 2020. After the release of the iPhone 11, 11 pro and iPhone 11 pro max, iPhone lovers are already in a quest for the next big thing from the luxurious gadget company. The Ugandan Wire brings you all the scuttlebutt of what this fabulous gizmo will hold. Apple is speculated to be planning to release another fascinating luxury in 2020, though nothing of this holds ground yet. For starters, apple has been releasing most of its products in the autumn since 2011. The company has however been releasing more in…

In a letter that Mabirizi personally shared on social media, he writes to the Secretary of the Commission seeking a referendum for the abolition of the institute of the Kabaka of Buganda.

One of the biggest trolls was the comparison of the Mbarara University bus and the university buses of Kenyatta University.

MP Robert Kyagulanyi, Bobi Wine, has joined other high profile citizens to mourn the passing on of the the now former Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) boss Med Kaggwa who passed on earlier this morning. The People Power leader has praised him for being one of the very few people that came out to visit him in Makindye after he had been arrested following the incidents in Arua by election. “Very saddened by the passing of Hon. Med Kaggwa, Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission. During the Arua ordeal, Med visited me in military detention & told the world…

With the hit song, Parte after Parte making it to Kenya, Rwanda and Malawi’s top billboard charts, it is not surprising that the latest is WizKid officially recognizing its ground breaking presence in Nigeria. Yesterday, WizKid’s Twitter was too busy after tweeting parte after parte on his handle. His fans went wild demanding for a collabo with the Ugandan superstar and requesting him to be taken for a performance in Nigeria before this year ends. Big Tril, whose real names are Kaiza Roland, has nothing but to be proud of himself and to thank the inspiration of Pastor Sempa whose…

Artiste Rema Namakula had her big day yesterday where she introduced her fiancee Dr. Hamza Ssebunya to her parents in Nabbingo. The very happy RnB artiste was shinning brighter than her whole relationship with BET Winner Eddy Kenzo who is now officially the president of Love Niggas. Rema’s daughter with Kenzo led the pack of flower girls at the event and she even told reporters that she didn’t mind the man marrying her mother whom she said that she now calls “Uncle.”

News just in, is that the Cabinet of Uganda has approved 7 new cities that will operationalize next year in July (the new financial year.) The cities, The Ugandan Wire has learnt, are Arua, Mbarara, Gulu, Fort Portal, Jinja, Mbale and Masaka. Each of them will have 2 city divisions equivalent to a municipality. This was disclosed minutes ago as Hon. Jennifer Namuyangu, the Minister of State for Local Government was addressing the media about this week’s Cabinet Resolutions at the Uganda Media Centre. “Uganda’s Vision 2040 envisages an urbanized Uganda, an ambitious plan that seeks to elevate it to…

It’s a public secret that Kanye West flew into the Pearl of Africa in October last year to record his ninth studio album. West talked about recording in Chicago and how he “felt the roots” but wanted to go to further his energy by touching African soil and recording in nature. “The most beautiful thoughts are always besides the darkest,” Kanye West said last year on Ye‘s opening track “I Thought About Killing You.” And it’s refreshing to know that he chose the Murchison Falls National Park as his safe haven at a time he was going through rough episodes…

Prof Barnabas Nawagwe, the vice chancellor of Makerere University is worryingly silent about the situation in his home after one week of thorough dissent to his ways of work by the university students. The students demand the revocation of the 15% cumulative tuition policy that the university council passed last year in July which adds a 15% tuition increase on every course every academic year. The increment affects the joining years only. The policy was reached after a 7 man committee headed by the then guild president Papa Were Salim bench marked several universities in the region and came upon…