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In the shadow of Uganda’s oldest university, Kikoni’s clogged drains and scattered litter had long been a daily frustration for students and residents alike. This weekend, Makerere students swapped pens for brooms, leading a clean-up that pulled hostel caretakers, shopkeepers, and neighbors into action. What began as a sanitation drive became something bigger—a rare moment of unity and a powerful reminder that change starts when people pick up the first broom.

Uganda’s private security sector—long overlooked—is finally being recognized as a pillar of national safety and growth. At the Presidential CEO Forum in Entebbe, Minister Godfrey Kabbyanga applauded the industry’s role in protecting life, property, and tourism while pledging reforms on taxation and training. “You are in the right hands,” he assured CEOs.

Teachers, traders, youth activists, and innovators are among those being called to step forward for Uganda’s first national WASH Awards—an initiative that seeks to showcase lives changed through clean water and sanitation.

A wave of twenty-something contenders is taking on Uganda’s political veterans in 2026. Here’s why it matters.

The WASH Awards celebrate Uganda’s unsung heroes in clean water, sanitation, and hygiene. Nominations close August 15.

She couldn’t afford a private hospital. But at the Family and Health Expo in Lugogo, Sarah found what many Ugandans still lack: access. Her 400km journey is a reminder that healthcare isn’t just a right—it’s a lifeline. And thousands like her are still waiting.

With just seven days left until nominations close, Uganda’s first-ever WASH Impact and Influence Awards are rallying the country to recognize the quiet changemakers behind clean water, sanitation, and hygiene access. From youth innovators to veteran health workers, the awards aim to spotlight those working in the shadows to solve one of the country’s most urgent health crises—often with few resources and even less recognition.

Arrested for peacefully protesting the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, 11 environmental defenders spent three months in Luzira Prison. Now on bail, they reunite with family and renew their call to stop a pipeline they say is destroying communities and the climate.

As other countries simplify travel, the U.S. imposes a $250 surcharge on African visa applicants. Uganda’s youth, professionals, and families are caught in a tightening loop of cost and exclusion. What’s the real price of movement—and who gets left behind?

Faridah Nambi may have claimed a landslide in the NRM primaries, but the path ahead is anything but clear. With fraud allegations swirling and a court ruling that disrupted NUP’s strategy, the political terrain in Kawempe North is volatile. Can she hold her lead—or will the ghosts of 20 years past come back to haunt her?