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1.1KEducationUniversity student in Bushenyi losing hopes of studying over financial burden
“It’s not business as usual, I am faced with the unprecedented challenges of raising tuition. I can’t pay tuition as my income...
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1.1KNationalNRM boss in Kayunga quits party ahead of LC5 by-election
KAYUNGA, UGANDA: The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party leaders in Kayunga have been thrown in great panic after the untimely resignation of...
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1.5KJust InIGANGA: Man commits suicide by hanging, locals cite drug abuse
IGANGA, UGANDA: A man in Iganga district has committed suicide by hanging after allegedly becoming addicted to drugs among others, alcohol. He...
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962NationalCounter-Terrorism police detonate bomb in Sembabule forest
SEMBABAULE, UGANDA: Counter-Terrorism Police and the Bomb squad personnel on Wednesday rushed to Nakasagazi village, Kasongi parish in Kawanda sub-county, to retrieve a...
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1.1KJust InKapelebyong district stuck with a billion shillings parish model cash
KAPELEBYONG, UGANDA: Kapelebyong District Local Government is unable to commence implementation of the Parish Development Model due to the absence of the...
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1.1KBig StoryMPs, gov’t agencies top list of tax defaulters
The former MPs include Odonga Otto (111 million Shillings), Julie Mukoda Zabwe (15 million Shillings), Sam Engola (32 million Shillings), Fred Angella...
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776CrimeCar dealer arrested over defrauding clients
IGANGA, UGANDA: Police in Kiira region on Wednesday arrested Hussein Tizikoma, a resident of Iganga municipality over obtaining money through false pretense...
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967AfricaWorld Bank suspends aid to Sudan after military coup
The World Bank said Wednesday it has suspended aid to Sudan following the military takeover that deposed the prime minister. “I am...
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1.3KCOVID-19Health and protection of elderly persons (>60yrs) in light of COVID-19 pandemic crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and human crisis threatening the health and well-being of millions of people around the world. The...
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1.7KBig StoryWidow of Chinese National Sues Capt. Mukula, Indian Ship Firm over death of husband
KAMPALA, UGANDA: A Chinese woman, Ms. Yong Yie Wang has taken to court Capt. Mike Mukula, the Chairman of Mahathi Infra Uganda...
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1.1KJust InRev. Canon Wilson Nandaah elected next Bishop of Mbale Diocese
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Rev. Canon John Wilson Nandaah has been elected the next Bishop of Mbale Diocese. He will be consecrated and enthroned...
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1.3KBig StoryForum on COVID-19 calls on government to speed up vaccination
KAMPALA, UGANDA: As the country awaits President Yoweri Museveni’s COVID-19 update this Thursday, a team of experts are calling on the government...
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1.0KNewsSecurity heightened in bus terminals after recent terrorist attacks
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Security has been heightened in all bus parks in Kampala in the wake of Monday’s explosion on a bus. The...
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679NationalStray elephants displace residents in Lamwo
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Residents of Lubiri and Kadomera Central villages, Palabek Nyimur sub county in Lamwo district have fled their homes following an...
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734BusinessTanzania – Uganda oil and gas symposium set for November in Dar-es-Salaam
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Private Sector Foundation Uganda together with Tanzania Private Sector Foundation in partnership with the ministry of foreign affairs through its Uganda...
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1.8KJust InRev Pons Ozelle elected 3rd Nebbi Diocese Bishop
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The College of Bishops in the Church of Uganda have elected Rev Pons Ozelle, as the new and 3rd bishop...
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2.5KBig StoryPolice implicate major petrol firms in Shs1.8bn ADF cash racket, detain three
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The security agencies have implicated petroleum and real estate companies in the laundering of over Shs1.8b to bankroll the activities...
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2.2KLatest NewsIt is constitutional to deny bail – Speaker Oulanyah
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon Jacob Oulanyah has dismissed requests by the Opposition to have the House intervene in the...
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1.6KBig StorySix arrested, others wanted as Minister Ogwang storms Luuka to monitor gov’t projects
LUUKA, UGANDA; Several civil servants in Luuka district were made to sweat as the State Minister for Economic Monitoring, Peter Ogwang questioned...
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1.4KEditorialJoin Ugandan midwives in the fight against abortion stigma
Abortion stigma plays a critical role in the social, medical, and legal marginalization of abortion care around the world and it leads...
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1.3KEducationMakerere University to resume physical lectures for all students
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Makerere University has backtracked on a directive that only science students should report for physical classes next month. Last week,...
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2.1KEditorialEating soil by pregnant women could harm babies: Midwives’ insight
The practice of soil consumption (geophagy) can be seen as a form of pica which is the craving and ingestion of non-nutritive...
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1.1KCourtMasaka Priest acquitted of murder charges as DPP lacks evidence
MASAKA, UGANDA: Popular Catholic priest Fr Richard Mugisha is finally a free man after the Regional Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in...
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1.4KBig StoryTerrorists are cowards, will be defeated- Jessica Alupo
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Suspected terrorists who are said to have attacked Uganda in two different bomb blasts, are cowards, and will all be...
