All posts tagged "National News"

US slaps new Visa ban on Ugandan officials over human rights violation

Washington, (DC): The United States (US) Government has imposed fresh visa restrictions on Ugandans, particularly government officials who are believed to be...

1.6K

Court

MP Gideon Mujungu sent to prison over shs183m unsettled court debt

Fort Portal, (UG): The High Court in Fort Portal City has committed to Katojjo government prison MP Gideon Thembo Mujungu of Busongora...

447

ZOMBO: Flashlight grasshopper harvesters decry high costs of electricity

Zombo, (UG): Businessmen and women in Paidha Town Council, Zombo District who invested heavily in the flashlight grasshoppers harvest systems are decrying...

693

Crime

Prime suspect behind child trafficking in Mukono, Kampala netted in Makerere

Kampala, (UG): Police in Kampala have arrested one Ibra Kaweesa, a prime suspect behind a child trafficking scheme which had become notorious...

638

Five killed, two injured after perimeter wall collapses on rental units in Ndejje

Kampala, (UG): At least five people lost their lives, and two others currently nursing critical wounds after a perimeter wall of Good...

412

Museveni’s office injects shs10m into Muslim Women’s SACCO, urges hard work to enter money economy

Kampala, (UG): President Museveni through his political adviser, Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo who heads the Office of the NRM National Chairman (ONC) on...

870

Featured

MUST READ: How Uganda can end AIDS by 2030

Uganda is on a steady path to achieving the UNAIDS targets: 95%of people living with HIV knowing their status, 95% enrolled on...

725

Kyokwijuka faces uphill task in Ndorwa East ahead of 2026 polls

Kampala, (UG): As we report, the current head of communications at MTAC-Uganda, Mr Alexander Kyokwijuka and self-proclaimed humble citizen from Kigalama, currently...

733

Nyombi Thembo assumes office as new UCC Executive Director

Kampala, (UG): The former Minister of State for ICT, Mr Nyombi Thembo Friday formally assumed office as the new Executive Director of...

691

Health

World AIDS Day: 99% of HIV Mbarara Hospital patients attain viral load suppression

Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital is one of the biggest government facilities that boasts of making tremendous steps in improving the quality of...

829

Bazzukulu start own Newspaper to popularize govt programs

Kampala, (UG): The Office of the NRM National Chairman headed by SPA/PA Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye has launched its newspaper to popularize...

1.5K

Daily Express journalist wins 2023 National Population Media Award

Kampala, (UG): The prestigious annual National Population Media Awards 2023 Thursday awarded five journalists including our very own David Okema for their...

1.2K

Shs10b needed to relocate district headquarters from cities

Kampala, (UG): The Local Government Ministry is seeking at least ten (10) billion shillings to facilitate the relocation of the mother district...

549

MPs task govt to reduce tax on cooking gas

Kampala, (UG): Members of Parliament have asked for a revision of the import tax on cooking gas if government is to succeed...

482

Farmers urged to adopt organic products, farming practices for quality output

Kampala, (UG): The government of Uganda has urged farmers and consumers to embrace the application of organic farming practices if they are...

541

ERA commended for newly constructed power station in Mbale

Mbale, (UG): The State Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Sidronius Okaasai Opolot has commended the efforts of power regulator; Electricity Regulation...

799

City engineer, two others mysteriously die in Kawempe septic tank

Kampala, (UG): Residents of Komamboga Central Zone in Kawempe, Division, a Kampala city suburb are in shock after a yet-to-be-explained death of...

686

East Africa

East African Court throws out civil society case challenging EACOP project

Arusha, (TZ): The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has handed down a judgment in the case filed by a number of...

505

Two dead, scores injured in fierce Zombo land dispute

Zombo, (UG): At least two people were confirmed dead and several others left nursing critical injuries at Nyapea Hospital following a fierce...

1.3K

Museveni commissions Uganda’s HIV, Malaria self-test kits plant

Kampala, (UG): President Yoweri Museveni, yesterday (Tuesday) commissioned Microhaem Scientifics (MHS), a state-of-the-art diagnostic manufacturing facility in Ntinda, near the capital Kampala....

716