All posts tagged "News"

Tayebwa urges Mao to keep his word in the DP-NRM pact

GULU, UGANDA: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon Thomas Tayebwa has asked the Democratic Party President General Mr Nobert Mao to follow...

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PICTORIAL: ONC’s Namyalo preaches Gov’t programs as Mityana endorses Museveni for 2026

MITYANA, UGANDA: Thousands of Ugandans Saturday converged at Mayor’s Gardens in Mityana District as the Senior Coordinator in the Office of the...

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Big Story

Investment Authority on the spot for frustrating local investor from developing Namanve land

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has come into the spotlight after recent evidence presented in court pinned the Government entity...

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FDC-NRM Conundrum: Funding Speculations, and more to come

By Busiinge Aggrey As Uganda’s political landscape continues to evolve, one question that has stirred much debate and speculation is whether the...

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Business

How 23-year-old Atukwatse won $20,000 Seed Funding Capital in NSSF’s Hi-Innovator Program

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Sometime back in 2021, Ms Tracy Atukwatse, a Computer Science graduate accompanied her pregnant aunt to a hospital in Mbarara...

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Minister Kwiyucwiny directs Pakwach RDC on monitoring PDM, Wealth Creation Programmes

PAKWACH, UGANDA: The State Minister for Northern Uganda, Hon Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny has directed the RDC’s office in Pakwach District to directly...

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FDC Bigwigs surprise mourners at former MP Gutomoi’s burial in Lira

LIRA, UGANDA: It was a surprise appearance in the eyes of thousands of voters who never expected to witness the four bigwigs...

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Iganga SS boosted with sh2m donation to repair braille machines

IGANGA, UGANDA: The Iganga District Woman Member of Parliament Hon Kauma Sauda Alibaawo in partnership with the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) on...

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Crime

Armed gunmen shoot Nsangi businessman dead, shs 80m stolen

WAKISO, UGANDA: The Police at Nsangi Division in Wakiso District are on a serious hunt for unknown gunmen who shot and killed...

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‘No investor will take ranch 11’, ISO boss assures Kiryandongo locals

KIRYANDONGO, UGANDA: The Deputy Director Internal Security Organization, Gen. Taban Amin has dared any investor to step on the under contested ranch...

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Breaking

Former MP Hussein Kyanjo is dead

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The former Member of Parliament for Makindye West, Hajj Hussein Kyanjo is dead He was 63 years old. Hajj Kyanjo...

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Mukono school temporarily closed after ‘food poisoning’ incident

MUKONO, UGANDA: Government on Friday announced it had temporarily closed Nankanyonyi Senior Secondary School following the incident of suspected food poisoning at...

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Business

Airtel Mobile Commerce (U) Ltd and TerraPay launch borderless merchant payments

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited (AMCUL), in partnership with TerraPay, has introduced seamless cross-border merchant payments within the United Arab...

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Ugandans urged to use registered recruitment companies for overseas employment

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant General Musanyufu Joseph has urged Ugandans seeking employment abroad to...

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Nakanyonyi SS Food Poisoning: What we so far as school administration, security speak out

MUKONO, UGANDA: By Thursday evening, the country was still in utter shock after disturbing news reported that nearly 200 students had been...

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Ambassador Walusimbi, Kezaala discuss ways to improve welfare of Ugandans in Qatar

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Qatar is no more just a place where Ugandans work, but consider another home away from home. With the opening...

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Thousands in Mityana await grand launch of “Jajja TovaKuMain” campaign

MITYANA, UGANDA: Thousands of Ugandans will tomorrow (Saturday, July 22) throng the Mayor’s Garden in Kiyinda, Mityana District to join the Office...

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Uganda makes record with second-youngest population in the world

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A new report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has put Uganda’s population growth rate as the second youngest...

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Schools are incurring huge overheads in buses, so why not feed our children milk?

By Ben Ssebuguzi It is disheartening to learn that Ugandan milk company, Brookside has laid off 70% of its workforce because of...

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OP-ED: Is the mighty FDC headed for the graveside?

By Steven Masiga | Mbale The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is one of the most ‘fished political lakes’ in Uganda...

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Breaking

200 students hospitalised after suspected food poisoning at Nakanyonyi SS

MUKONO, UGANDA: More than 200 students at Nakanyonyi Senior Secondary School in Mukono District are in critical after an alleged incident of...

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MASUUMI JUMA: How RDCs and RCCs Performance has improved

It is noticeable that the discipline of Resident District/City Commissioners is well stipulated in this regime of Milly Babirye Babalanda, the Minister...

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