A Ugandan government official has been sentenced to 40 years in prison and ordered to pay $5.4m (£4m) in compensation. The court heard Godfrey Kazinda - an accountant in the prime minister's office - had...
By Tegike Ashirafu President Yoweri Museveni has threatened that governmet will petition court challenging the decision to give the murderers life imprisonment instead of death sentence. Museveni made these remarks yesterday while presiding over the...
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will address the nation tomorrow September 22 on COVID-19 and the measures being taken to control it. The address is set for 8pm. He is expected to address the long standing...
On Thursday, 16 September 2021, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Matthias Schauer, handed over five ventilators to Dr. Rosemary Byanyima, Deputy Executive Director of the Mulago National Referral Hospital and Dr....
By Tegike Ashirafu Uganda government has kickstarted a three-day roadshow in Rajasthan a business community in India to attract investments and trigger large-scale industrialisation in the country. The event dubbed; Road show on Investment and...
By Tegike Ashirafu Parliamentary Elections Act 2005 as amended requires all persons who intend to contest to possess minimum qualification of an Advance level certificate of Education or its equivalent and one must be a...
Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga has implored the government to put up a proper roadmap of reopening schools in the country amidst the ongoing pandemic. He says this should begin with ensuring that all teachers and...
LUUKA. The Government of Uganda has secured $100m (about sh360b) funding from the African Development Bank to switch-on some of the long-pending new electricity connection applicants under the Umeme footprint. Up to 87,500 no-pole of...
It is 30 years this year since Uganda Civil Aviation Authority was established in 1991. At UCAA’s establishment in 1991, Entebbe International Airport handled 118,000 passengers and the figure rose to 1,980,000 in 2019, but...
My fellow Ugandans in North America and beyond, I greet you all! Let me take this opportunity to express how I am profoundly grateful for the strong support I received in the last concluded elections....
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