Our Investigations
The UGX17.7b Parliament Corporate Social Responsibility Heist
Seventeen billion seven hundred thirty-three million eight hundred and sixty-five thousand Uganda Shillings (UGX 17,733,865,000) is what eight Parliament of Uganda staff stacked in their private accounts for what was called “corporate social responsi
Read More
Luzira Prison: Where Uganda’s Conscious are Ordained
During a recent podcast shoot with Eron Kizza and Aloikin Praise, something small but unsettling happened. A moment that replayed in my mind with the stubbornness of a memory that wants to teach you more than you're ready to learn. We were discussing
A Year of Silence: Justice Eludes Julius Ssemwaka’s Family
December 23, 2025, marks a year since Julius Ssemwaka, a mini-truck driver, was shot dead by a policeman in Nakasero, Kampala. The incident, sparked by a traffic dispute, has gone largely un-investigated, with the suspect, Constable Charles Bahati, s
US Aid Cuts and their Impact on Uganda’s HIV Community
The US government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Uganda, injecting USD 2.3 billion (approximately UGX 8.09 trillion) into the country's health sector.
Part 1: Kiteezi: One year after the tragedy, serious concerns emerge
A year after a section of Uganda’s largest garbage dump site at Kiteezi near the capital Kampala collapsed killing dozens of people and displacing hundreds,…
Part 2: KCCA moves from Kiteezi tragedy to Buyala disaster
In the weeks after a section of Uganda’s largest garbage dump site at Kiteezi near the capital Kampala collapsing and killing dozens of people and…
Part 3: Compensation woes for Kiteezi victims
For months after the disaster at Kiteezi, the death toll was disputed, with residents and local authorities reporting different numbers. KCCA public health director Dr.…
Part I: One political activist’s lasting fight with Speaker Among
An acquittance invited Habib Buwembo, 42, a renown political activist, for a meeting at a Kampala hotel in January 2017. When Buwembo arrived, the acquittance…
Part II: How Buwembo was jailed for threatening Speaker Among
On February 8, 2022, the Ugandan parliament was unusually charged. One after another, legislators lambasted government over widespread state-sponsored torture. Kampala Central MP, Mohammad Nsereko, had increasingly toned…
How Makerere erased our freedoms – Part 2
Three decades later, it is telling that at Makerere University, political parties have been abolished, physical campaigns and voting banned, dissenting lecturers forced to leave,…