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Uganda has named a deep 30 rider squad for the FIM Africa Motocross of African Nations, set for 29 and 30 August at Gallina Motocross Park near Windhoek, Namibia, as the Motocross Cranes look to build on last year's bronze medal finish. With medal contenders spread across nearly every class, from Jamaira Makumbi's dominant WMX season to Gift Sebuguzi's specialised training in the 125cc division, Uganda arrives with genuine strength in depth against defending champions South Africa and hosts Namibia, aiming to push back into the top two of the continental standings.

Stop raising children who only behave when you're watching. That's the challenge parenting coach Dickson Tumuramye puts to parents in a new opinion piece, arguing that real discipline shows up in the moments no one is supervising, not the moments someone is. He warns that "surveillance parenting," solving every problem, monitoring every move, rescuing kids from every consequence, produces children who comply under pressure but collapse the moment that pressure disappears. His prescription: let children carry real responsibility early, let them face the natural consequences of their choices, and build the kind of internal conviction that holds up once parents, teachers, and cameras are out of the picture.

Dr. Miria Matembe, one of the framers of Uganda's 1995 Constitution and a former Ethics Minister, has publicly detailed the ordeal that preceded her sectarianism charge, including days in hiding, a blindfolded transfer, and near starvation before she was dumped at a CID office. Her account, paired with reporting on the sectarianism case against her, the CDF's conflicting "impersonation" claim, and her subsequent bail, places her prosecution within a wider pattern of arrests targeting opposition figures, lawyers, and activists in Uganda.

A parenting coach argues that professional and financial success doesn't guarantee good parenting, and that children need presence, guidance, and character formation, not just school fees and comfort.

Uganda's Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Eng. Jonard Asiimwe, on Tuesday chaired a high-level briefing on the performance of National Innovation Fund projects, an independent assessment ordered by President Museveni whose findings will feed into a new STI Policy and a forthcoming Cabinet Paper on government investment in innovation.

Citing the State of Uganda Population Report 2025's estimate that 22.9% of children and 24.2% of adults live with mental health conditions, parenting coach and counsellor Dickson Tumuramye warns that many learners mask serious emotional struggles behind good grades and good behaviour. He traces the pressures driving this: family breakdown, economic hardship, social media, bullying, and harsh school discipline, and calls on schools to train teachers to spot distress, make counselling genuinely accessible, tackle bullying firmly, and invest in mentorship, sports, and the arts as resilience builders. His central argument is that academic success alone is no longer an adequate measure of a school's job well done; student wellbeing has to be part of the scorecard too.

Kampala Lord Mayor Ronald Balimwezo attended Makindye Junior Academy's sports day on Salaama Muyonyo Road as guest of honour, where he urged parents to prioritise their children's education and school fees, and took part in the day's sporting activities himself, winning a medal.

The Ministry of Works and Transport has ordered bus operators to rotate drivers on long-distance routes, in a bid to curb driver fatigue on Uganda's highways. State Minister Fred Byamukama announced the measures after meeting bus operators, Traffic Police and other transport stakeholders on Monday evening, directing that drivers on routes over 300km be replaced for the return leg, while drivers on shorter routes must stop for the day after one round trip.

X is retiring its Creator Revenue Sharing program on September 7, 2026, replacing it with a new Original Content Rewards Program that pays creators based on "qualified impressions" from verified Premium subscribers rather than raw engagement, cutting out reply spam, reposts and clickbait in the process; to qualify, creators need an active Premium subscription, 500 verified followers and 500,000 verified impressions in the past 90 days, with applications opening September 8 and the first payouts under the new system landing September 25, a shift analysts say could favor journalists, photographers and niche experts over accounts built on recycled content.