Government through the Ministry of Finance will by the end of this year release funds required to fully cover the budgetary shortfalls currently afflicting all Ministries, Departments and Agencies. According to Hajji Yunus Kakande, the...
A malaria vaccine with “world-changing” potential has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford. The team expect it to be rolled out next year after trials showed up to 80% protection against the...
The death toll in the Kasese mudslides has risen to 15 people. Six more bodies were recovered today Wednesday afternoon in addition to the nine recovered earlier in the day. Seven people were taken to...
The Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea held in January last year set it as one of the important targets of a new five-year plan to build 50,000 flats in Pyongyang. In April...
The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has pledged to champion efforts to establish Diaspora bonds.This he says, will encourage Ugandans in the diaspora to invest in the country's treasury bonds. Tayebwa made this pledge at the...
Uganda's Parliament on Tuesday raised concerns about the Nyege nyege festival, calling for this year's episode to be banned. Speaker Anita Among Annet was among those who voiced their concerns over the festival that was...
National Medical Stores (NMS), a government body tasked with the procurement, storage and distribution of essential medicines and health supplies, is set to take part in this weekend’s Rotary Cancer Run. “In line with our...
The Permanent Secretary of the to the Judiciary, Pius Bigirimana, has closed the taps to Lady Justice Esther Kisakye Kitimbo’s salary over alleged absenteeism. In a letter dated 1st July 2022, copied to the Chief...
Members of Parliament on the Committee on Education and Sports want the line ministry to develop a tuition policy for all schools to ease the pressure of school fees rates on parents. The MPs have...
Hon. Gen. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda on Wednesday afternoon, officially launched and handed over a consignment of running kits to H.E. Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Robert Rusoke...
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