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The Secretary in the Office of the President, Hajji Yunus Kakande, has cautioned Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) and security coordinators against complacency, directing them to proactively inspect government projects and resolve implementation bottlenecks rather than waiting for visiting ministers to expose corruption and administrative flaws.

Airtel Uganda has joined forces with SpaceX’s Starlink to commercially launch the country’s first direct satellite-to-mobile service, allowing compatible smartphones to maintain messaging and basic data connectivity across remote islands, mountainous regions, and underserved rural areas outside terrestrial cellular reach.

Police have launched a manhunt for an identified male suspect following the suspected murder of veteran Afrigo Band musician Moses Matovu during an early morning confrontation in Kibuli, Kampala.

President Yoweri Museveni has rallied farmers in Busoga to drop low-yield cash crops and adopt intensive agricultural enterprises to counter severe household land fragmentation and poverty.

​Hundreds of women delegates across the Tooro sub-region converged in Fort Portal to endorse Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba. The convention signals an expanding grassroots mobilisation by the Patriotic League of Uganda to place organized women’s leagues at the core of its national agenda.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned newly constructed accommodation blocks for 518 Special Forces Command personnel in Nakasero, emphasizing that improved housing strengthens troop discipline and operational readiness.

Minister of State for Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon. Dr. Huda Abason Oleru held bilateral talks with visiting Danish and Dutch delegations at Mbuya Headquarters, discussing mutual defence cooperation, regional security, and Uganda’s ongoing role in African-led Peace Support Operations.

Speaker of Parliament Jacob Marksons Oboth has cautioned grassroots administrators and parish chiefs in West Budama Central, Tororo District, against soliciting kickbacks or mismanaging Parish Development Model (PDM) disbursements, declaring zero tolerance for corruption within poverty-alleviation initiatives.