The Observer
@observerug
Ugandan newspaper, comes out every Wednesday first published 25 March 2004.
Kampala Auto Show grows bigger with innovations. Motorsports enthusiasts enjoyed adrenaline pumping drifting displays, stunt performances, and rally car demonstrations that kept crowds on the edge of their seats observer.ug/business/kampa…
Opinion: Is the five-day work week still necessary? The world cannot be at peace when the heart is restless on the coals of #capitalism and work. What are these extra hours of work yielding? observer.ug/viewpoint/is-t…

#ThreeIsACrowd: It is game, set, match for Julie. With his wife Diane noticeably absent, David was warmed and comforted by his girlfriend Julie's presence at his father's funeral service observer.ug/lifestyle-ente…
Bobi Wine’s bodyguard Noah Mutwe granted Shs 5m cash bail. Dach of his sureties was bonded for Shs 50 million non-cash observer.ug/news/bobi-wine…

Hoima NRM registrar arrested over declaring two winners for same seats. Joseph Kutegeka is accused of declaring two winners for both the Hoima Woman MP and Bugahya County MP seats, which has caused disputes among candidates & their supporters observer.ug/news/hoima-nrm… #NRMPrimaries

Ssenfuka’s herbals are wonderfull esp. for diabetes, BUT wa too much expensive yet he claims to use local herbs: Now tax payers money will just boost a monster!!! Why not govt take shares and use them to afford drugs
Jimspire: The Dr John Kiggundu Spire that I knew, as a brother. When his funeral gathered thousands of people that spoke in tears of how he meant a lot to them, even we his own close family felt like we never really knew what we had in our brother! observer.ug/viewpoint/the-…

Katanga crime scene chaos: defense turns heat on police witness. While the defense is pushing back hard, questioning not only the evidence, but the integrity of those gathering it observer.ug/news/katanga-c… #KatangaMurder

My column in this week’s @observerug . I continue to explain why, in my view, the @JudiciaryUG decision @WomenProbono v Attorney General provides an important foundation for the realization of human rights in Uganda.
New report: The military now controls #Uganda. “The 1995 Constitution’s promise that “power belongs to the people” has been systematically hollowed out. Instead, what remains is a state increasingly governed by soldiers, not civilians observer.ug/news/new-repor…
Museveni greenlights funding for Ssenfuka’s #cancer, #diabetes cure. “Govt has a lot of money which sometimes it uses for useless things,” M7 is quoted as saying. “How can we fail to help people like Ssenfuka?” observer.ug/news/museveni-… #health #herbalmedicine #Uganda
Editorial: Mr President, Ugandans need swift action against the “criminal gangs” behind the EPS extortion. For years, Museveni has promised to tackle #corruption, yet the public continues to witness a disheartening cycle of empty rhetoric observer.ug/viewpoint/mr-p…

Migyera farm worker beheads colleague, tries to sell severed head. John Isoke, allegedly confessed to murdering his colleague Herbert Ameir, 26, on Monday. He said he was planning to transport the head to Kisenyi in Kampala for sale observer.ug/news/migyera-f…
#SexTalk: Quality over quantity, anytime. 3 minutes of penetrative #sex is very decent, assuming there has been more before. What kills it all is you diving for your wife, as if you are just stealing the goods within a 2-minute deadline observer.ug/lifestyle-ente…
TikToker Kasule arrested after bragging about power theft. Last week, another TikToker making 'content' was captured perched atop a moving taxi. A Congolese was arrested for threatening unaware customers with a machete in a poorly executed comedy skit observer.ug/news/tiktoker-…
Prof Kanyeihamba to be buried next week on Tuesday. The 85-year-old succumbed to diabetes on July 15 at Nakasero hospital observer.ug/news/prof-kany…

This week in @observerug 🔹Katanga crime scene chaos: defense turns heat on police witness 🔹Museveni greenlights funding for Ssenfuka’s cancer, diabetes cure 🔹New report: The military now controls Uganda 🔹Chaos, guns, and change: What went wrong in the 2025 NRM primaries




18 arrested over daylight robbery during NRM primaries in Nsambya. The shocking footage, captured by a resident from a nearby building, showed a group of men violently robbing passersby during NRM primaries observer.ug/news/at-least-…
Thieves make off with Mayuge church music system, ornaments, according to Fr Allan Kamugisha, the assistant parish priest of St. Matia Mulumba Catholic Church observer.ug/news/thieves-m…
Musinguzi is the funny architect behind Katoto #animation2d. Musinguzi has created other animations, which include Kitami, Opolot and Magujja, Who Killed Captain Alex? The Rushian Masinary, Adventures of Pablo, Cartoons from the Source of the Nile observer.ug/lifestyle-ente…