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Bunyoro to govt: back off Kibiro hot springs
Bunyoro Kitara kingdom has opposed a government plan to establish a geothermal electricity project at Kibiro hot springs in the western district of Hoima. The hot springs, located 35-kilometres north...
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Uganda to host 2024 Commonwealth speakers conference
Uganda has been tapped to host the Speakers and Presiding Officers Conference of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) in 2024. The decision was made on Monday at the ongoing CSPOC in Ottawa, Canada. Speaker...
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Police log 4,000 complaints against cryptocurrency firm
After its surprise collapse in December, state prosecutors say they have logged over 4,000 complaints against Dunamiscoins Resources Limited, a once bustling downtown digital cryptocurrency scheme....
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New minister: I won’t resign
Since he was appointed as minister of State for Information, Communication and Technology - ICT this month, Peter Ogwang, the Usuk County MP, has been readying himself to start enjoying those top-tier...
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Uganda hands over nine freed Rwandan nationals
Uganda has today handed over the nine freed Rwandan nationals arrested between 2017 and 2018 in Kampala and Mbarara. The nine, who had been charged with illegal possession of firearms in the General...
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Six killed as building caves in in Kasanga
Six people have been killed in Kasanga, a Kampala suburb after a building under construction caved in today afternoon along Mitala road. By the time of the accident, the incomplete building was being...
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Makerere finally secures graduation gowns from China
Makerere University has received from China the first batch of graduation gowns for the 70th graduation ceremony scheduled for next week. The university authorities confirmed the arrival of 7,000...
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Akena murder: Hospital guard pins Kanyamunyu brothers
A former security guard at Nakasero hospital, has told court that he saw Mathew Kanyamunyu give a pistol that was allegedly used to kill children's activist, Kenneth Akena to his brother Joseph...
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Oil money already exhausted - minister Bahati
Government has exhausted resources in the Petroleum Fund, minister of state for Planning David Bahati has said. Government in the previous financial years since the establishment of the Petroleum...
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Norway to take 600 migrants evacuated to Rwanda from Libya
Norway says it will take 600 asylum-seekers recently evacuated to Rwanda from Libyan detention centers as the Scandinavian country wants to stop the sometimes deadly smuggling of migrants across the...
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Makerere distances itself from imported gowns scandal
Following a social media backlash, Makerere University has distanced itself from the deal that saw a local supplier import into the country 7,000 graduation gowns from China ahead of the 70th...
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Surgical instruments, 7 towels were recovered from Akena's body
A witness has told court that surgical instruments and seven towels were recovered from the body of Kenneth Akena, a child rights activist shot in November 2016. The witness whose identity was...
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MP Ssekikubo arrested for defying quarantine order
Lwemiyaga County MP Theodore Ssekikubo has been arrested for defying a government quarantine on the movement of cattle in Sembabule district.Ssekikubo was arrested this morning amid a scuffle that...
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Uganda, N.Korea ranked worst in sim-card registration
Uganda is among the top 15 countries with the worst sim-card registration policies, Comparitech a technology research company in England and Wales has revealed. Uganda scored 15 points out of a...
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Kenya confiscates 23 tonnes of Ugandan milk
Several traders distributing Ugandan milk in Kenya have seen their products confiscated by authorities even when they have evidence that they had paid duties to get the milk into the country.This is...
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Starvation stalks counties in South Sudan
In many homes around Jebel Boma county, dinner consists of bitter-tasting leaves that can be picked off the bushes outside. The leaves are neither filling nor nutritious, but in South Sudan’s Jebel...
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Mental health patients overwhelm Butabika hospital
The increasing number of mental health patients overwhelming Butabika mental referral hospital with the facility falling short on both financial and human resources. There are only 33 mental health...
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EC petitions Supreme court over dismissed MPs
The Electoral Commission has filed an application in the Supreme court seeking to stay the execution of the recent Constitutional court ruling which dismissed the election of six MPs in the newly...
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60 old taxis banned from Entebbe airport
At least 60 airport taxis have been phased out of Entebbe airport by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) due to being old. The affected taxis were manufactured majorly before 2003 and were...
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Gown crisis: Makerere runs back to Wandegeya tailors
Makerere University has run back to local tailors in Wandegeya whom it forsook in 2017 for a sole contractor to secure at least 4,000 gowns for the 70th graduation ceremony for the over 13,000...
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