Hearing of the petition challenging the constitutional amendment that scraped presidential age limits has resumed this morning before the Constitutional court sitting in Mbale. Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana is today expected to make more...
An affordable power tariff must be introduced by electricity distributor, Umeme to stop customers being ripped off, a committee of MPs has said. The Natural Resources Committee of Uganda’s Parliament and power distribution stakeholders over...
The spokesperson of Makerere University Ritah Namisango has stated that the university will reach out to and engage all students to remain calm following the outbreak of major protests today. Teargas rocked Makerere University on...
The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) Executive Director Judy Obitre-Gama is under investigation for alleged irregularities in the recent mass enrollment of pupils and students for the National ID project. The case was referred...
The Health Committee of Parliament has demanded that government allocates funds to ensure that medical specialists like anesthetic professionals receive a salary increment next financial year. MPs on the committee met with the Health Minister...
Erias Lukwago the lawyer representing the Leader of Opposition in Parliament Winnie Kiiza and five other opposition MPs says Parliament breached its rules by passing a private member's bill that caused a charge on the...
Though experts insist Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) has the capacity to carry out open heart surgery on one thousand patients annually but six hundred of them prefer to go abroad like India. The outbound numbers...
It took some pretty hectic UNEB maths to work out if Uganda made it through but we got there in the end at the on-going 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia. They needed to win...
Centenary Bank customers shall now be able to borrow micro loans conveniently, through the new CenteMobile Loans service on the CenteMobile banking platform. The service officially rolled out to customers by Centenary Bank in partnership...
President Museveni has challenged Western companies to take interest in helping Africa explore its resources potential, saying the continent presented immense business opportunities. "There is a lot of sleeping in Africa. You find people who...
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