One person dies in another road accident along Masaka-Kampala road
One person has died in a accident along the Masaka-Kampala Road after the truck he was travelling in collided with another truck. One person has died in a accident along the Masaka-Kampala Road after...
View ArticleUNRA creates road safety check points along Masaka highway to curb road...
Uganda National Roads Authority and the Ministry of Works have created twelve road safety check points along the Kampala -Masaka Road and the Masaka-Mbarara highway in an effort to curb road...
View ArticleKapchorwa- Suam road to get an upgrade in 2017
The road has extensively affected the farming business in Sebei region as transporters stay on the road for up to three days or moreSebei region has to wait until 2017 before the Kapchorwa - Suam road...
View ArticleCatholic church commences process to beatify Clara Nalumansi
Researchers have pieced up information which suggests that a Buganda princess could be amongst those martyred for their faith. Could the authors of the historical account in regard to the venerated...
View ArticlePresident to contribute 5 bn shs to medics SACCO
Museveni implored medical workers to seek other means of eking a living apart from relying on their paltry salariesPresident Museveni has promised to contribute 5 billion shillings to a Savings and...
View ArticleYouth unemployment: The issue of Ugandans who travel abroad for work
Hundreds of Ugandans trek the streets of Kampala and other major towns daily in search of jobs. Many of them end up getting frustrated at the bleak prospects of getting employed.Hundreds of Ugandans...
View ArticleBukwo farmers seek to improve productivity amidst challenges
The districts of Kapchorwa, Kween and Bukwo in Sebei region are very competitive in farming. The districts of Kapchorwa, Kween and Bukwo in Sebei region are very competitive in farming.Farming...
View ArticleMakerere University students protest against delayed opening for new semester
Non-teaching staff in various public universities want the Ministry of Finance implement to the President’s directive on salary increment.Makerere university students have staged a protest over the...
View ArticleKabaka Mutebi opens 24th Lukiiko
The Lukiiko is the BUganda kingdom’s parliament where social, economic and political issues are discussed.The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, has opened the 24th Buganda Lukiiko amid lots...
View ArticleChief Justice Katureebe says Makindye court mob scenes should never happen again
The Chief Justice who was inducting new Grade One Magistrates at the Judicial Studies Institute in Kampala also warned judges against laziness and absenteeism.Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has asked the...
View ArticleMuseveni expresses support for maintaining the death penalty
President Yoweri Museveni has said he fully supports maintaining the death penalty on the aw books as the ultimate punishment for capital offences.President Yoweri Museveni has said he fully supports...
View ArticleSebei's marginalised Ndorobo community calls on government to honour promise...
The group of about 400 have not had a meaningful livelihood in more than 17 years since their ancestral land was taken over by government.The Tariet Ndorobos of Sebei, a minority group that claims to...
View ArticleInternal Affairs minister condemns Makindye court siege by Kayihura supportes
In a statement issued to the press Internal Affairs minister, Jeje Odongo, said that his ministry regretted the incident The minister for internal affairs Jeje Odongo has condemned the actions of the...
View ArticleDPP takes over Kayihura case
The Director of Public Prosecutions has taken over a case in which the Inspector General of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura is accused of torture.The Director of Public Prosecutions has taken over a case in...
View ArticleParliament asks government to table bill regulating export of labour
State Minister of Labour Herbert Kabafunzaki made a statement in parliament seeking a partial lifting of the ban on the export of domestic workers to Saudi Arabia.Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga...
View ArticleParents of pupils in UPE schools to start paying for school meals
Thousands of parents will start paying for meals for their children in schools under the Universal Primary Education program in the next school term. Thousands of parents will start paying for meals...
View Article9 UPDF soldiers in Somalia sentenced to prison terms for misconduct
The soldiers are part of a group implicated in a fuel racket that was busted by AMISOM officials in June this year. Nine soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defence Force soldiers serving under the African...
View ArticleBududa residents living in constant fear of deadly landslides
Local leaders in Bududda say many families have abandoned their houses and taken refuge in schools and churches where they sleep but return to farming and other business during the day. Close to 40...
View ArticleInter-Religious Council of Uganda condemns Makindye court siege
The clerics warned that such actions of supporters of the police chief could provoke violence.Members of the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda have also condemned the rowdy protest that happened...
View ArticleGovernment launches campaign to promote the "rolex"
The state minister for tourism Godfrey Kiwanda Ssubi says the festival seeks to create more demand for the rolex as a fast food and rolex-making as a commercial activity. The ministry of tourism and...
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