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821SportsSpanish Football chief refuses to resign over ‘kissing’ female player
Madrid, (AFP): Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales refused to resign on Friday after a week of heavy criticism for his unsolicited kiss...
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1.2KNationalMuseveni commissions 16 factories, breaks ground for 9 others at Mbale Industrial Park
Mbale, (UG): President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has attributed Uganda’s flourishing Industrial sector to the good policy decisions made by the National Resistance...
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916NewsMP Rwabushaija’s bill to regulate Human Resource professionals
Kampala, (UG): Parliament on Wednesday granted leave to Workers’ Representative, Hon. Margret Rwabushaija to introduce a private member’s Bill entitled, “The Human...
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654AfricaGMOs in East Africa: Food Security Boon or Seed Stealing Ploy?
In SummaryIn East Africa, concerns for food security are quickly followed by concerns for food sovereignty. And in Uganda, farmers worry they...
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914NewsMPs question Bachelor’s degree requirement for pre-primary teachers
Kampala, (UG): Members of Parliament have asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to review the National Teacher Policy (NTP) on the...
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1.3KBusinessJumia loses one million customers as orders drop by over 3 million
Kampala, (UG): Once dubbed to be Africa’s next Amazon, Jumia, a pan-African online marketplace is is headed for a significant turbulent after...
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1.0KSportsCheptegei out of 5000m race as attention turns to Chelimo
Budapest, (HUN): Uganda’s campaign at the ongoing World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary has suffered a setback following the withdrawal of long-distance...
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1.5KAfricaLIST: Iran, Saudi among six new countries joining BRICS bloc
Johannesburg, (VOA): The BRICS group of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is admitting six new members, its leaders...
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832CourtOwner of Buikwe massage parlor charged with homosexuality, trafficking persons
Buikwe, (UG): Patricia Nantume alias Malaika, the owner of a massage parlour in Buikwe engulfed in promoting gayism has been charged with...
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615Big StoryHow Sorocti city blew shs2.5bn on low-cost sealing of 800-meter road
The anti-corruption monitors in Soroti City have unearthed an alarming scandal where the city management authority spent over Shs2.5 billion on a...
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597NewsMotorcycle accident kills three, injures one in Kween
Kween, (UG): At least three people died on the spot and another sustained critical injuries following an accident in Kween District in...
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1.3KNewsBobi Wine embarks on nationwide campaign to mobilize NUP support
Kampala, (UG): The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) President, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has announced a nationwide tour starting...
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645NewsHealth worker arrested for raping, ‘infecting’ pregnant woman with HIV
Rukiga, (UG): Police in Rukiga District are holding in custody one Darius Orikiriza, an enrolled nurse at Mparo Health Center IV in...
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421NewsKasangati’s Ghetto youth ‘Bisawo bya Sente’ roots support for Gen Muhoozi to be President
KAMPALA- From the sprawling ghettos of Kasangati, a Kampala suburb dwells a young man “Bisawo bya Sente” (real name Muyimbwa Eddylee) has...
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553CrimeTwo UPDF soldiers shot dead by Pokot cattle rustlers in Nakapiripirit
Nakapiripirit, (UG): Two Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers were shot dead and another injured by suspected cattle rustlers in Nakapiripirit district...
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626NewsNDA confiscates L-power coffee laced with erectile dysfunction drug
Kampala, (UG): The National Drug Authority (NDA) has confiscated a consignment of L-Power Coffee Plus, an energizer that was being imported into...
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691NationalMuseveni receives credentials from nine new envoys to Uganda
Entebbe, (UG): President Yoweri Museveni yesterday (Tuesday) received credentials of nine new envoys of countries that recently renewed their relations with Uganda....
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657News70 pupils survive death as school bus catches fire in Ngora
Ngora, (UG): The police in East Kyoga Region are investigating the cause of an inferno that razed down a school bus that...
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592AfricaZimbabwe votes in uphill election for defiant opposition
Harare (AFP): Zimbabweans on Wednesday began voting in closely-watched presidential and legislative elections after a campaign tainted by a crackdown on the...
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753NewsCrime Intelligence boss meets Tabliq sect, discuss peace and security
Kampala, (UG): The Director of Police Crime Intelligence, AIGP Brig. Christopher Ddamulira today (Wednesday) met with the Tabliq sect at Police Intelligence...
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1.7KEntertainmentNyege Nyege Festival 2023: New dates and venue confirmed for Uganda’s most vibrant event
Kampala, (UG): The 2023 edition of the vibrant Nyege Nyege Festival has been confirmed to take place 09-12th November in Jinja, eastern...
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601NationalCEHURD preaches gender justice and Sexual Reproductive Health in Busoga
Iganga, (UG): The Center for Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) have amplified the voice for gender justice and Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH)...
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1.2KBusinessTraders demand sensitization on usage of URA’s e-Receipt
Mbarara, (UG): The business community in Mbarara City, western Uganda have asked the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to provide more sensitisation on...
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1.0KNewsParliament to foot Ssegirinya’s medical bills after board approval
Kampala, (UG): Parliament will foot the medical bills of Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya (NUP, Kawempe Division North) once his documents are in order...
