Legendary Ugandan artist Lady Titie Tabel is speaking plainly about something many people feel but few say out loud: money cannot do what a father does. Her words are landing hard, and for good reason.
john-k
The question of who succeeds the late King Oyo has stirred intense public curiosity, but Tooro Kingdom’s succession body has drawn a hard line. There will be no voting, no ballots, and no democratic shortcut. Just culture, doing exactly what culture has always done.
john-k
She lost her siblings. Then her father. Now Aroma Music is navigating life with only her mother by her side, and the silence is deafening. In a candid interview, the Ugandan singer speaks about grief, emotional numbness, and what it means to keep going when the family unit you once knew no longer exists.
john-k
With the late King Oyo barely weeks in the ground, questions about Tooro’s royal future have gripped Uganda. One senior kingdom figure has now made it crystal clear: this throne will be decided by ancestors and lineage, not by a show of hands.
john-kWhat started as a routine Sunday offertory count at a small Ugandan church turned violent when the pastor allegedly threw punches at his own secretary. Police in Rukungiri have now stepped in, and the warning from authorities is loud and clear: a collar does not put anyone above the law.
john-k
In a bold pitch made at a Seoul hotel on the eve of historic trade talks, Ugandan officials told their countrymen living in South Korea that the country needs their money, skills, and ambition, not just their nostalgia. With a $500 billion economic target on the horizon and a railway inching toward Kampala, the ask has never felt more urgent.
john-k
Cameras were still warm from his broadcast when armed men walked into a Kampala radio station and escorted political commentator Charles Rwomushana out the door. No formal statement from police. No confirmed charges. Just a man in a red shirt and a growing chorus of alarm.
john-k
He was a king at three years old, a symbol of cultural continuity, and a young man robbed of decades he deserved. Now, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has come home for the last time, his casket received by a nation still struggling to process the loss.
john-k
He came to the throne as a toddler and ruled for three decades. Now, the fallen King Oyo of Tooro Kingdom will be buried on the very day he would have marked 31 years on the throne, turning what should have been a celebration into a final farewell. Uganda mourns.
john-k
He ascended a throne at three years old and held it for nearly three decades. Now, King Oyo of Tooro Kingdom is making his final journey home, his body departing Dallas, Texas, as Uganda prepares to receive its monarch with the solemnity his reign deserves.
john-kMera Report is an independent digital news publication dedicated to delivering accurate, timely, and well-sourced reporting on Uganda, Africa, and the world.
Email Us: info@merareport.com
Mera Report @2026. All Rights Reserved.
