The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) which is Uganda’s umbrella body for the private sector made up of 230 Business Associations, Corporate bodies and the major Public Sector Agencies that support private sector growth and...
Ten supporters of National Unity Platform-NUP party have been charged with terrorism and remanded for burning Wobulenzi Magistrate Court. The suspects include Godfrey Katongole aged 25 years, Joel Lutankome (22), Charles Ssetooke (24), Abdullah Katumba...
Poaching in Uganda’s protected wildlife areas has gone down by up to 70% since the lockdown was eased in June. This is according to the Uganda Wildlife Authority. Wildlife and forests were the most affected...
For the third consecutive year, Equity has won the 2020 SME Bank of the year - Africa Award at the Global SME Finance Awards virtual Gala. The win, in the Gold category is testament to...
Malaria continues to be the biggest killer in Uganda according to medical reports. This is according to the World Malaria Report released on Monday. The report shows that Uganda contributed to five percent of the...
Citizen Coalition for Electoral Democracy (CCEDU) has called for respect of section 26 of the presidential elections act. Article 26 of the presidential act states that anybody who threatens any candidate or voter with harm...
The Ministry of Health has struck off Lancet Laboratories on the list of approved covid-19 testing facilities. The laboratory was one of the first privately accredited laboratories that were carrying out testing at 344,900 Shillings....
Traders have asked security personnel to stop firing teargas and live bullets in arcades during protests. They note that whenever there is a protest in the town, arcade traders suffer at the hands of security...
The death toll from protests over the arrest of Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi has risen to 58. According to records at Mulago Hospital, 37 bodies were brought to the mortuary from different hospitals, while 12...
Security teams arrested 577 people across the country during the two days’ of sporadic protests that were sparked off by the arrest of Presidential candidate, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. The protests started on...
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