UNRA to complete roads in oil belt, roads to anchor construction of refinery,...
The Uganda National Roads Authority says that compensations will not get in the way of Constructing the Critical Oil Roads which have to be in place by the year 2019 to facilitate the movement of raw...
View ArticleSeven family members perish in accident, police attributes accident to...
Seven members of the same family are among eleven people who perished in an accident along Mpigi - Butambala Gomba road. Police say the head-on collision between the minibus and a saloon car happened...
View ArticleAccommodation at Mirama hills border in dire state
This was revealed during an inspection by the parliamentary committee on defense and internal affairs which was assessing the state of security at the borderLaw Enforcement officers working at the...
View ArticleDSTV raises money for provision of clean water
The State Minister for Youth and Children’s Affairs, Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, has said Ugandan children need to acquire basic necessities in life including access to clean waterThe State Minister for...
View ArticlePresident Museveni pledges shs400m to Lira diocese
Rt. Rev. Joseph Franzelli thanked the President on behalf of the church explaining that many Christians were poor to raise the funds needed for the renovationPresident Yoweri Museveni has handed a...
View ArticleUNRA blames compensation, contractors for slow progress on road construction
The Executive Director also revealed that prolonged legal battles are getting in the way of progressThe UNRA Executive Director Allen Kagina has explained why work on major roads that had initially...
View ArticleWoman claims unfair eviction from marital home
She alleges the police and court bailiffs, acted on a false court order to evict herJane Ntege Nakyanzi, who has been married to Augustine Ntege Mukasa for 18 years, she was evicted from her home by...
View ArticleMubende woman with disability struggles to take care of family
A story of a disabled mother in Kangulumira, Mubende district who struggles to make ends meet while dealing with the stigma and discrimination3rd December is the International Day of Persons with...
View ArticleNkumba garbage dump offers livelihood for people
The landfill in Nkumba in Wakiso district where rubbish comes from areas all the way from Makindye to Entebbe lies on 15 acres of landThe landfill in Nkumba in Wakiso district where rubbish comes from...
View ArticleAgape ministries accused of failing to pay for work done
Six months after contractors took loans to commence construction, they have not been paidThe Agape Sanctuary ministries church is under investigation for failing to pay billions of shillings to...
View ArticleOperation Wealth Creation UPDF officers accused of supplying poor quality...
Some of the farmers are also accusing the UPDF officers of inflating the quantities and costs of the coffee seedlings procuredCoffee farmers in Lwengo district have accused UPDF officers in charge of...
View Article8 year old boy knocked dead on northern bypass in hit and run accident
According to eyewitnesses he may have been going to the market nearbyA boy yet to be identified has been knocked dead in Kyebando along the Northern bypass.According to eyewitnesses he may have been...
View ArticleIGG decries failure to report corrupt officials
News inquiries into the escalating corruption in the country suggest that local government officials are engaged in the bribery scandals more oftenNews inquiries into the escalating corruption in the...
View ArticleNixon Agasirwe, senior police officers sent back to Luzira, bail hearing...
Nixon Agasirwe Karuhanga; the former commander of police's Special Operations Unit who presented his bail application first, asked the court to be lenient and release him on bail because he is a single...
View ArticleIGG Mulyagonja reports rise in local government corruption
According to the corruption perception Index annual report conducted by Transparency international in 2016, Uganda ranks among the 25 most corrupt countries on the globe.On 9th December, the world will...
View ArticleFDC confirms Muntu, Amuriat reconciliation talks
Harold Kaija, the party’s Deputy Secretary General, says while no formal meetings have been called between the two major factions of the party, informal talks between different stakeholders are...
View ArticleNGOs decry shrinking space for operations
However, the deputy executive director of the Uganda Media Centre Col. Shaban Bantariza, says Uganda has its own circumstances and priorities that necessitate the regulation of NGOs. He says they if...
View ArticleFormer Buikwe south MP Lulume Bayiga remanded to Luzira on obstruction charges
Dr. Lulume was arrested on Saturday in Lugazi while giving medical care to people at a health camp organized by the Rotary Club of MukonoFormer Buikwe South Member of Parliament Dr Lulume Bayiga was...
View ArticleKarimojong leaders express concern over malnutrition in their region
The situation has been made even more complicated by recent severe droughts, which affected crop production, and the consequent increase in the poverty level, which now stands at 72%.Malnutrition among...
View ArticleHealth Minister Dr Joyce Moriku in intensive care, government plans to fly...
In order to confirm or eliminate the possibility that Dr. Moriku might have been poisoned, the government has sent samples to South Africa for a toxicology analysis to establish the problem that...
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