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...
Mr. Fred K. Bamwesigye has served as the Ag. Director General of Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) since July 2020. He was appointed as the Authority’s Deputy Director General on 5th May 2018. Prior to...
The government is set to spend at least Shs 78 billion to set up and operate the testing centre for arriving passengers at Entebbe international airport for the next one year. Mandatory Covid-19 testing for...
Uganda has heightened security along its border with Rwanda to reportedly curb the increasing cases of illegal immigrants and smuggling of livestock by Rwandan nationals. On February 27, 2019, Rwanda closed its borders to Uganda...
Government will today avail two types of vaccines, Pfizer and Astrazeneca, to Ugandans amid debate among scientists that the latter offers more sustained protection against Covid-19. Dr Misaki Wayengera, the head of scientists advising government...
A five-floor building that collapsed in Lukuli, Makindye in May last year and killed 13 people was being constructed by an “engineer” whose highest qualification is a certificate in bricklaying. This revelation is contained in...
The plan by government to digitally track vehicles has suffered an onslaught from Shadow Internal Affairs Minister, Hon Abdallah Kiwanuka and opposition MPs, who termed the move illegal.Global Systems LLC, a security and IT systems...
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