All posts tagged "Latest-News"
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613Crime17 suspects break out of Jinja police station cells
JINJA, UGANDA: An unidentified number of suspects are reported to have broken out and escaped from Jinja Central police station cells on...
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791NationalParish chief commits suicide over failure to repay loan
LIRA, UGANDA: Two people in Lira, Kole district have committed suicide over failure to service loans acquired. In Lira, Patrick Oming, the...
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941Big StoryDPP orders immediate trial of Basajjabalaba over tax evasion
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Director of Public Prosecutions, Justice Jane Frances Abodo has directed for the immediate trial of businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba and...
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793Latest NewsOne dead, five injured as building collapses in Busia
BUSIA, UGANDA: A residential building in Busia district has collapsed killing a minor and injuring five other members of the same family....
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560EducationVictoria University becomes first-ever EON-XR Centre in Uganda
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda’s leading private institution – Victoria University has been granted EON-XR Centre, the first of its kind in Uganda, as...
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818EducationMinister Musenero calls for adoption of Digital-based education to boost ICT innovation
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Minister Monica Musenero has called on all institutions in the country to...
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2.2KEducationVictoria University granted Charter status to run Doctorate Programs
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) has granted Victoria University a Charter Status that allows it to offer and...
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1.2KLatest NewsNUP Candidate wins LC3 chairperson seat in Nakasongola By-Election
NAKASAONGOLA, UGANDA: The National Unity Platform-NUP candidate has won the by-election for Katuugo town council LC III chairperson seat in Nakasongola district....
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883Current AffairsKibale district finance committee decry delayed release of quarterly monitoring funds
KIBALE, UGANDA: Members of the Kibale District Finance Committee led by the chairperson Mr. Charles Businge are up in arms with the...
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1.3KCorporate AffairsUganda Airlines CEO Bamuturaki discusses network, fleet and strategic plans
ENTEBBE, UGANDA: Uganda Airlines is one of Africa’s youngest airline projects having launched operations in late 2019 and only this year being...
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973CrimeTwo policemen gunned down in Kiboga District
KIBOGA, UGANDA: Two police officers were shot dead on Thursday evening by unknown assailants who took away with their phones, police has...
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1.4KNationalMuseveni stole our victory in Kayunga LC5 By-election – Bobi Wine
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The National Unity Platform – NUP leader, Mr. Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has refused to accept the declared results...
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901CrimeJINJA: Witchdoctor lynched to death over exhuming corpse
JINJA, UGANDA: An angry mob in Jinja district has lynched a witch doctor while exhuming a grave. Hassan Bakaki, 55, met his...
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1.5KNationalMinistry of Agriculture launches free supply of fertilizers to coffee farmers in Bunyoro region
BUNYORO, UGANDA: Ministry of Agriculture through the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has launched their campaign of supplying fertilizers to coffee farmers...
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2.8KBreakingEducation Ministry Releases 2022/23 Academic Year Calendar ahead of full schools reopening
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Ministry of Education and Sports has Wednesday released a roadmap for Primary, Secondary and Technical/ Farm schools and Community...
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1.0KEast AfricaFarmers petition EAC ministry over Kenya’s ban on Ugandan poultry products
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Poultry Farmers Association on Tuesday petitioned the Ministry of East Africa Community Affairs imploring it to intervene in...
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1.0KNewsParliament passes Income Tax Amendment Bill 2021
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Parliament has passed the Income Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2021 which provides for windfall tax and limitations of deductions...
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979COVID-19Omicron spreading at unprecedented rate – WHO
The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the new coronavirus variant Omicron was spreading at an unprecedented rate and was likely already...
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854BusinessUDB to give loans to women, youth and SMEs for sustainable growth
KAMPALA, UGANDA; The Uganda Development Bank (UDB), has unveiled new credit offers aimed at addressing the growth of three unique segments which...
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865Big StoryKayunga: Museveni defends govt on unfulfilled pledges, praises Nantaba
KAYUNGA, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni today Tuesday defended his government over the unfulfilled development projects in Kayunga district. Mr. Museveni was in...
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1.2KCOVID-19High Court suspends govt mandatory COVID-19 vaccination order
High court judge Antony Mrima put a hold on a government directive that would have denied services to unvaccinated persons beginning next...
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1.5KBig StoryTeargas, bullets in Kayunga as police disperse NUP supporters
KAYUNGA, UGANDA: Police on Tuesday fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters who had organized a procession...
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1.0KCrimeKIBALE: 16-year-old girl accuses her father of violating her sexual rights
KIBALE, UGANDA; A 16-year-old girl in Kibale district is accusing her 60-year-old father of allegedly abusing her sexual rights after a divorce...
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944NationalBoda Boda cyclists storm Kagadi CPS over unexplained release of two Motorcycle thieves
KAGADI, UGANDA: Boda Boda riders in Mabaale and Kagadi Town council in Kagadi District have stormed the district police station protesting against...