All posts tagged "National News"
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669Big StoryHow Juba’s Market Restrictions Put South Sudan’s EAC Treaty Commitments Under Scrutiny
By Garang D’Chut Deng On the 5th of October 2026, standing in Kubri Haboba market, the Caretaker Commissioner of Juba County, Hon....
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980Big StoryMan Jailed for Faking Museveni’s Signature to Secure 15-Year Ferry Deal
Kampala: Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has convicted businessman Nicholus Male for forging President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s signature on government documents in...
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698Big StoryMukono boss threatens to demote head teachers over poor results
Mukono District chairperson Francis Lukooya Mukoome has warned head teachers of public primary schools that they could lose their positions if their...
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1.2KBig StoryFDC Presses Museveni Gov’t to Scrap Harsh Charcoal Crackdown
The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has urged government to abandon punitive enforcement of restrictions on commercial charcoal trade and instead...
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399Big StoryFormer NSSF Chairman Geoffrey Onegi-Obel Dies
Uganda’s financial sector is mourning the death of Geoffrey Alan Onegi-Obel, a pioneering investment banker who played a key role in establishing...
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722Big StoryMPs Question Shs420b Revenue Projection from NIN Tax Reform
Kampala: The Government of Uganda has defended plans to adopt the National Identification Number (NIN) as the primary tax identification number for...
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514Big StoryCOSASE Faults Wangadya, UHRC Over Delayed Justice, Uninvestigated Complaints
The Uganda Human Rights Commission has come under scrutiny over delays in investigating human rights complaints, inspecting detention facilities and disposing of...
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1.4KBusinessNamayingo Farmers Demand CN Sugar Licence as Market Crisis Deepens
Furious sugarcane farmers in Namayingo District have confronted members of the Sugar Council, demanding an explanation for the prolonged delay in licensing...
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13.6KNationalKamuli distributes 97,000 hoes to boost food production, fight famine
Kamuli Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Mr Badru Ssentongo, urged beneficiaries to put the farm tools to productive use and ensure that the...
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5.4KNationalKamuli parents blamed for rise in teenage pregnancies, defilement cases
Police particularly warned against sending children to fetch water at night, saying the practice could expose girls and other children to sexual...
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1.9KBig StoryCourt rules Muwema Law firm must deposit UGX370m security in Kololo property dispute
Muwema & Co has been given one month to provide the security, either by depositing the money in court or presenting an...
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13.6KNationalNRM MPs to pay Shs250,000 monthly to for party, caucus activities
Under the arrangement, Shs150,000 from each contribution will go to the NRM Party, while Shs100,000 will be allocated to the Caucus Secretariat...
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5.6KBig StorySDA Members exempted from Saturday Clean-Up Exercise, to have their cleaning on Sundays
President Museveni directed that SDA faithful undertake their cleaning activities on the last Sunday of every month in recognition of their Sabbath,...
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3.1KCampus LinkONC boss Namyalo secures 100 bursaries for bazzukulu from St Lawrence University
The 100 bursaries will be made available to selected students through an arrangement between St Lawrence University and the ONC.
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4.8KCampus LinkTeam University to offer 100 degree scholarships to Iganga District annually
Under the partnership, Team University will provide 100 bursaries every academic year exclusively for degree programmes in Arts and Sciences. The university...
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6.4KBusinessHow URSB is using ADR, Quasi-Judicial role to ease commercial disputes
URSB Registrar General Mercy K. Kainobwisho said unresolved commercial disputes involving intellectual property ownership, company shareholding and management, governance and membership can...
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31.3KNationalMinister Kasolo pushes value addition to boost Uganda’s coffee exports
Kasolo made the remarks after visiting JBER Coffee Ltd, an export-oriented enterprise involved in processing and exporting Ugandan coffee, where he highlighted...
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31.9KNationalMuseveni swears in Ayebare, Musherure and Witonze, orders crackdown on corruption
The three take charge of Foreign Affairs, Micro-Finance and Internal Affairs respectively, with Ayebare and Musherure's swearing-in coming after citizenship-related questions delayed...
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5.7KCrime40 arrested as army tightens grip on banned charcoal trade in Northern Uganda
At least 40 charcoal dealers have been detained in Gulu as security agencies step up enforcement of the presidential ban on charcoal...
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2.1KBig StoryFirst Daughter Natasha shares rare photos of Maama Janet amid recovery
The photographs, shared through her Instagram, show the First Lady standing and smiling alongside family members. In one of the images, Natasha,...
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15.9KCourtState pokes hole in medical expert’s competence in Kayanja trespass case
Dr Bwambale Fehehansi, a senior police officer with postgraduate training in pathology, was called to testify after examining some of the accused...
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2.0KBig StoryObore, six other Parliament officials committed to High Court over Shs27b graft case
Obore is accused of allegedly embezzling Shs5.253 billion between 2023 and May 2026, money prosecutors say came into his possession by virtue...
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1.7KBig StoryRoad safety groups call for safer Kampala intersections
During the engagement, Eng. Kasenene Sunday of the Ministry of Works and Transport said plans were already being developed for future upgrades...
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4.5KNewsBulamogi residents get relief as MP Mugoya launches road works
Hon Mugoya said the road works form part of his campaign pledges and are intended to supplement government efforts amid limited resources...