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Uganda woos Qatar investors
Uganda has made a passionate appeal to the visiting Qatari business community to invest here because the pearl of Africa has a favourable trade environment and policies. Vice President Edward Ssekandi...
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Term limits are back in parliament
The ruling NRM is faced with another unattractive parliamentary battle; the reintroduction of the two-term presidential limits as part of an opposition push for elaborate electoral reforms ahead of the...
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Report reveals 75 dealers in bad fuel
Demand for quality fuel has climbed and so are routine official tests of standards of filling stations and value-for-money. In all, 76 filling stations out of about 3,200 across the country failed a...
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Property wrangle: Oscar Industries boss, family in bad fight
Mohan Musisi Kiwanuka is a renowned rich man who has built up enormous holdings in real estate, trade, radio and manufacturing but his failing mental health has ripped away the solid wall of normalcy...
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7 people killed in Nakasongola bus accident
An accident involving a bus belonging to Robyln Coaches in Nakasongola district along Kampala-Gulu highway has claimed the lives of seven people and left nine others critically injured.Some of the dead...
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Avoid reckless sex with Commonwealth delegates, Kadaga tells MPs
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has advised Ugandan members of parliament and protocol officers to maintain dignity throughout the upcoming 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. The...
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Freed Kaweesi murder suspects rearrested at High court
The Kololo-based International Crimes Division of High court was a scene of drama this afternoon during the re-arrest of four of the eight suspects charged with the murder of former police...
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Sanlam to award Shs 50m to outstanding Rotary Club initiatives
Sanlam Insurance company is to award to the tune of Shs 45 million outstanding Rotary Club initiatives that are helping to improve the lives of communities in Uganda. Announcing the award at the...
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African refugees trapped in Libya to be evacuated to Rwanda
Hundreds of refugees trapped in Libyan detention centers will be evacuated to Rwanda as conflict rages in the north African nation, the United Nations said Tuesday. Vincent Cochetel, special envoy for...
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Buganda princess drags Kabaka to court over land
The daughter of prince George William Chwa has dragged the Kabaka of Buganda kingdom, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II and six others to court for alleged trespass on their family land found in Munyonyo...
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Mugabe's body arrives home in Zimbabwe
A crowd of thousands of Harare residents grew suddenly, eerily silent Wednesday afternoon as an unmarked plane rolled slowly down the tarmac, bringing home the body of the man who many consider the...
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Army justifies rearrest of Kaweesi murder suspects
The army has justified the rearrest of suspects accused of the murder of former police spokesperson, Andrew Felix Kaweesi just moments after their release on bail by the High court. Kaweesi was shot...
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Museveni, Kenyatta sign cross-border peace agreement
Uganda President, Yoweri Museveni and his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a joint cross-border integrated programme for sustainable peace and...
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Patient commits suicide at Kiruddu hospital
A patient admitted at Kiruddu hospital in Makindye has committed suicide. Deputy Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, said Faustine Musinzi, from Gomba district, jumped from the...
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Scientists create two northern white rhino embryos
Scientists have created two embryos of the nearly extinct northern white rhino, part of an effort to pull the species back from the brink. "Today we achieved an important milestone on a rocky road...
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One million register for Uneb exams
At least 1,137,315 candidates have registered for 2019 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE). Of the 1,137,315...
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Jailed Tunisia presidential candidate starts hunger strike
A lawyer for a jailed presidential candidate in Tunisia said his client has started a hunger strike to defend his right to take part in Sunday's election. In a statement published Thursday on...
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Uganda Airlines denies grounding planes after reports of cancelled flights
Uganda Airlines has disputed claims that it had grounded one of its planes and failed to make scheduled flights to Somalia this week. Early this month the airline launched flights to Mogadishu, Somalia...
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US imposes sanctions against Kayihura over corruption, human rights abuses
The former inspector general of police (IGP), Gen Kale Kayihura and his immediate family members will henceforth not be issued with a United States visa and will have their properties which he fully...
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Tepid turnout at Robert Mugabe final public sendoff
The flag-draped coffin had arrived, followed by black-clad family members, their heads bowed. Several dozen suited dignitaries marched in, chests puffed out. Military members stood rigid and proud. All...
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