Islamic state claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed at least one person in Uganda's capital Kampala on Saturday night, the militant group said in a statement posted in an affiliated Telegram channel late...
President Yoweri Museveni has warned that those responsible for an apparent bomb blast in Komamboga, a city suburb, will be brought to book. Describing the perpetrators as 'pigs' and the incident as a terrorist attack,...
The Anti-corruption court under Justice Margret Tibulya, convicted former junior minister for Labour, Herbert Kabafunzaki on corruption charges and asked him to pay a fine of Shs10 Million, failure of which he has to serve...
A new report by the Auditor General has revealed financial indiscipline at Uganda’s Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark. This is in relation to the utilization of Shs 5.6 billion total budget disbursed to the Embassy for...
BUTAMBALA 13th October 2021. Residents of Kitimba and Mpanga in Butambala were in a joyous mood as electricity distributor Umeme switched on lines co-funded by the Government of Uganda and KFW this week. They say...
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has dispelled what it called ‘inaccurat information’ after being been sued for shortlisting and later appointing Fred Bamwesigye as its director general despite alleged glaring discrepancies in his age...
High court justices are now shying away from hearing the bail application of MPs Allan Ssewanyana and Muhummad Ssegirinya following anti-bail comments by President Yoweri Museveni according to their lawyer, Erias Lukwago. Museveni recently castigated...
Umeme has commissioned another multibillion project in Luuka District in its quest to boost the Government’s ambitious access agenda and rural electrification. The US$ 4,205,623 (about sh15.2b) project, that involved the construction of over a...
Hundreds of Ugandan women fear they will not get the compensation they are fighting for after being evicted from their land as UK aid supporting their legal case is coming to an end. Villagers in...
President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that the country's economic situation is resilient following its ability to withstand the different difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Museveni made the call as he addressed the nation to...
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