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Clear out? More Uganda Revenue Authority commissioners resign
Four senior commissioners from Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) have tendered their resignations, in what looks like a clear-out of the old guard.Together with Dicksons Kateshumbwa, the head of domestic...
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Shoprite sued for Shs 300m for selling expired chocolate
A city resident has run to court seeking more than Shs 300 million in compensation from Shoprite supermarket for allegedly selling him expired chocolate. Francis Jjumba, in his documents submitted...
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Uganda records highest daily COVID cases spike as Rwanda registers first death
Uganda's has recorded its highest daily confirmed coronavirus cases tally thus far after 84 cases tested positive on Saturday. The total caseload has now risen to 413. The new cases include 52 Ugandan...
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ICC clears former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo to travel
The International Criminal Court (ICC) eased travel restrictions on former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo for the first time Thursday since his acquittal last year over post-election violence...
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World reacts with anger, dismay to US anti-black racism
Protests were held in several cities around the world Saturday, in seeming solidarity with demonstrators in the US over the death of an African American man while in police custody earlier this week....
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Uganda-Kenya rift over Lake Victoria escalates
The rift between Uganda and Kenya over rising water levels in Lake Victoria has escalated further after five Kenyan nationals, sued Uganda for allegedly leading to the displacement of more than 50,000...
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7 Ugandan health workers test positive for coronavirus
Seven Ugandan frontline health workers have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The infected workers include three nurses, two doctors and two senior-level staff. Uganda's...
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40 more Ugandans test positive for coronavirus
The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Uganda has risen to 457 after a further 40 samples tested positive yesterday.The 40 positive cases were part of 1,319 samples that were tested from different...
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Investigation pins Makerere University secretary on gowns scandal
Makerere University secretary Charles Barugahare was responsible for the embarrassing gown scandal which marred this year's 70th graduation ceremony vice-chancellor, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe has...
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US companies send message in support of nationwide protests
American companies typically are quiet during protests. Not this time. Technology, banking, apparel and entertainment firms issued messages of support for those demonstrating against police treatment...
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Museveni rescinds schools reopening, extends airport closure
Ugandan schools will stay closed for at least another one more month after government rescinded on its plans to reopen them this month. President Museveni had earlier announced the phased reopening of...
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Jinja RDC Sakwa loses bid to block interdiction
The High court in Jinja has dismissed with costs an application by Jinja resident district commissioner Joseph Erick Sakwa challenging his interdiction from office. Justice Jeanne Rwakakooko delivered...
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Uganda records 32 more COVID-19 cases
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases have increased to 489 after 32 people tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The new cases were confirmed from the 2,116 samples tested on Monday....
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Mbale hospital halts admission of COVID-19 patients over lack of beds
Mbale regional referral hospital administration has said it will no longer admit any more Covid-19 patients due to limited bed capacity. The hospital currently has 16 positive Covid-19 patients...
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Mak research raises hope on Covid-19 severity
Covid-19 has wreaked havoc globally and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. In Uganda, the pandemic has so far been managed and we are yet to register any death much as the total cases have risen...
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Tumukunde gives Kayihura, Amama Mbabazi new hope
The long road to Police chief Gen Kale Kayihura’s dramatic dethronement in 2018 and banishment from public life began with the June 2016 rise in the political stock of his nemesis Lt Gen Henry...
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Muntu: How Muhoozi can be president
First son Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s path to the presidency in 2026 is very narrow and fraught with elements of inevitable failure, Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu, a former army commander, former president...
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Uganda's COVID-19 cases hit 507 as community infections spread
Confirmed coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in Uganda have increased to 507 after another 18 samples tested positive from the collected 1,086 samples yesterday June 2. The new cases include 4...
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Ugandans stuck in Qatar to be repatriated this month
The Ugandan Embassy in Qatar has started registering Ugandans stuck in the country and wish to return home. The embassy says that it is making arrangements for a repatriation flight this month...
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US media, music industry 'black out' services for George Floyd
Several prominent American media and entertainment organizations, including Apple and ViacomCBS, paid tribute to the call for racial equality and justice in the United States amid the recent protests,...
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