Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey is reconsidering plans to spend part of the year in Africa in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Mr Dorsey had in November 2019 announced plans to move to the continent...
Three Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UDPF) soldiers have been killed in Zombo district in an attack by yet to be identified people. According to the army spokesperson, Brig Richard Karemire, the attack happened on Friday...
The State Minister for Transport, Hon. Joy Kabatsi on Wednesday evening launched a financial literacy project that is based in Lwemiyaga, Sembabule District. The project, CHOMI Foundation, was officially launched by Kabatsi at a ceremony...
Fellow Citizens, People in Uganda, today I want to address you on the issue of Coronavirus. Coronavirus is real, it does not kill as much and fast like Ebola, but spreads at a very terrific...
Tax body Uganda Revenue Authority has shaken up the tax body’s senior management. An internal communication seen by this website shows how the Commissioner-General Doris Akol has had five commissioners transferred to different departments. The changes take...
Uganda's First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni has praised has expressed her satisfaction over the increased use of ICT by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB). Janet Museveni made the remarks...
Rwandan security operatives arrested and detained three Ugandan Citizens while they were crossing the border back from visiting their relatives in Uganda. The business men, who include Mr Bosco Nkwasiibwe, a resident of Kamwezi Sub...
Addressed the 20th African Water Association (AFWA) International Congress at Serena International Conference Centre today. I welcome all the guests to this beautiful country and urge you to feel at home. Water issues must be...
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age of 91. Mubarak spent three decades in office before a popular uprising swept Egypt. He...
Political activist Mr Edwin Musinguzi - boyfriend to Rita Nabukenya, a supporter of the People Power movement, who was Monday knocked dead in Nakawa, Kampala - was taken for police questioning as an intimidation tactic...
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