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The country’s biggest telco, MTN Uganda’s charity hand MTN Foundation has on Monday donated 100 beds to nine health centers under the jurisdiction of the Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA). The beds and amenities including...

Government plans to invest $500 million in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and $300m in the oil pipeline project, TheUgandan understands. A source in the energy ministry said however this depends on the...

Police in Kitgum district is holding seven people suspected of illegal possession of firearms and masterminding a string of murders and robberies in East Acholi districts. Police says the suspects are linked to the theft...

Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today, a new report says. The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms...

Patrick Oboi Amuriat defeated Major General (Rtd) Mugisha Muntu, now the outgoing President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) at Namboole Stadium to herald a new dawn of political defiance. Amuriat garnered 641 votes...

Nicholas Opiyo  a leading human rights lawyer and the founder of the human rights organization, Chapter Four Uganda. He has been working tirelessly since 2005 to promote civil liberties in Uganda, often for free. Opiyo...

The real estate business in Uganda is one of the fastest growing sectors today, almost everyone dreams of building and owning a house someday. Peter Wasswa, a construction engineer, says one can go commercial, build...

Cruelty against journalists recurred when Uganda Police raided the Pepper Publications Group on Tuesday, arrested before preferring treason charges against five directors and three editors of the country’s leading tabloid. The group was arrested on...

(Photos via Nicholas Bamulanzeki) Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party delegates will today vote for a new party president, campaigns are done with voting underway at Mandela National stadium in Namboole. The party top echelon...

On different occasions, Dr.Eng Harrison Mutikanga, UEGCL chief executive officer, has been assuring Ugandans that the company is ready to deliver the 920MW in the next five years. The debate on UEGCL's priorities started appearing...