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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?

Uganda’s Electoral Commission has moved presidential nominations from October to late September, a move aimed at creating more time for campaigns and logistical preparations ahead of the high-stakes 2026 general elections.

From student protests to real-world politics, Uganda’s former guild presidents are marching toward the 2026 elections with bold ambitions and grassroots energy. But can their campus-honed idealism survive the bruising grind of national power?

He defied power, defended principle, and never shied from a righteous dissent. On July 14, 2025, Uganda lost more than a retired Supreme Court judge. It lost a voice of conscience. Justice George W. Kanyeihamba’s death marks the end of a remarkable chapter in Uganda’s legal history—one written with courage, scholarship, and an unshakable belief in the rule of law.

As Uganda’s young population demands transparency and speed, the government is training its communicators to meet them where they are—on WhatsApp, TikTok, and YouTube—with authenticity and urgency.