News Headlines
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1.4KBiden struggles in “pond of exclusionary Summit of the Americas”
Biden made the remarks during his toast at the Summit of the Americas leaders dinner on Thursday, after shrugging off controversy
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1.1KIndian Association offers free heart surgery to 100 children
It was revealed by Rao Mohana, the Chairperson of the Association while paying a courtesy call to the Deputy Speaker of Parliament...
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867Uganda’s inaugural state of public relations survey launched
The first-ever state of the PR survey in Uganda will offer an excellent opportunity to PR practitioners in the private and public...
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549Gunfire, teargas in Luwero as youth stop motorists from driving under Kabaka arch
Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi is expected Saturday at Kasana playground in Luwero town council to launch the Bika (clans) football tournament.
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945Stagflation creeps in on Uganda and neighbors – World Bank
The Global Economic Prospects Report predicts that Uganda will not escape the slowdown in global growth that has been steepened by Russia’s...
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692Indian Association to offer free heart surgery to 100 children
The Association decided to offer the free medical procedure to ailing but vulnerable children as the Indian Community in the country marks...
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973Two dead, scores injured in fatal accident along Nile Avenue in Kampala
The injured were evacuated and rushed to Mulago hospital for treatment while the bodies of the deceased were conveyed to City mortuary...
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537Abducted family members detained at Special Investigations Unit
A case of missing persons was reported to Kireka police station by one Irene Mugenyi, after her 60-year-old father Pius Wandera
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611Lugazi town agents on the spot over local revenue shortfalls
The probe committee was formed in the previous month to investigate the drop in local revenue collections.
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568Ugandan nationals arrested in disputed border area released
Lamwo Resident District Commissioner Osborn Oceng says that the four were arrested at different intervals following a fierce fire exchange
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561Police launches crackdown on crude alcohol in Karamoja
The operations have been in place over the previous years, but took a back seat this year when cattle rustling reached its...
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1.1KDetails emerge on Ugandan MP who fainted in public during meeting
According to reports, the MP first experienced a sharp pain in the stomach before collapsing down unconsciously.
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1.0KPinetti coffee deal: Lawyers file additional evidence
In April this year, Henry Byansi and Michael Aboneka challenged the agreement signed by Ramathan Ggoobi, the secretary to the treasury on...
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513Entebbe court fines man Shs 2.2m for attempting to traffick 11 girls to Saudi Arabia
Sharif Mbabal was arrested last month after 11 girls, who lacked clearance from the ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to...
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885NSSF midterm payments hit sh421 billion in 3 months
The payments are in respect to Section 20A (1), of the National Social Security Fund (Amendment Act) 2022, that allows midterm access...
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495ENTEBBE: Man fined Sh2m for attempting to traffick 11 girls to Saudi Arabia
On Wednesday, chief magistrate Juliet Nakitende convicted Mbabali of intending to commit 11 counts of the offense of trafficking in persons.
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1.9KSeeta school driver on the spot for knocking dead one-year-old girl, offering Shs 500,000 compensation
One-year-old Shanell Lugemwa died on May 31 after being knocked unconscious in Gulumwa, Goma Division in Mukono district while playing in the...
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1.6KSAD: Kagamba SS teacher commits suicide by hanging
There was grief at Kagamba Secondary School in Ntungamo District after a female teacher in her twenties committed suicide over yet to...
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1.0KUNICEF appeals for funding to avert child deaths in East Africa
UNICEF’s Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Rania Dagash said more than 1.7 million children
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684FDC fronts Moses Attan as sole candidate for Soroti East by-election
The Soroti FDC registrar, Juma Opolot declared Attan the sole FDC candidate on Tuesday.
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72717 percent women think gender equality is not practical: Survey
Funded by the Kingdom of Netherlands, the survey was conducted by the Avocats Sans Frontieres-ASF in partnership with Uganda Women’s Network-UWONET
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702Ntoroko CAO charged with forgery
He was charged with ten counts of forgery relating to the illegal appointment of several civil servants using various forged extracts from...
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542LASPNET appeals to gov’t over harsh bail terms given to political activists
In their statement, the LASPNET Board of Directors led by Arthur Nsereko from the Public Interest Law, note that they have witnessed...
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805Rubirizi HR officer pleads guilty after seeing crowd of prosecution witnesses
Tusiime who had prepared to defend herself during a special court session on Tuesday at Rubirizi Magistrate's court immediately wilted