Charity calls for more assistance for visually impaired children
Visually-impaired children experience difficulties in school, especially the conventional ones where equipment to help them is usually unavailable.Activists are proposing the setting up schools for the...
View ArticleTororo residents benefiting from compensation for Standard Gauge Railway...
The Standard Gauge Railway is a high speed rail line that regional leaders from the East African Community committed to implement. Dozens of rural dwellers in Tororo district have become millionaires...
View ArticleKato Lubwama promises to use parliament car money to buy ambulance
NTV spoke to Lubwama who also explained himself on the concerns about the Shs150 million to be given to MPs to purchase vehicles. Rubaga South Member of Parliament Paul Kato Lubwama has promised to use...
View ArticleGovernment needs Shs26B to clear backlog of cases of inmates on remand...
Some of the prisoners have spent between 1 and 10 years without their cases appearing on the cause list of cases in the Judiciary. Government needs at least 26 billion shillings to deliver justice to...
View ArticleInter-University Council of East Africa in row with NSSF over not remitting...
The East African community institution based in Uganda has been singled out as one the biggest defaulters to the pension fund.The Inter-University Council of East Africa could get locked in a legal...
View ArticleMeet Allan Hofmanis, an American making action movies in a Kampala slum
Uganda’s version of Hollywood known as Wakaliwood has spurred a cult following on the internet and social media attracting many tourists to Uganda. Uganda’s version of Hollywood known as Wakaliwood has...
View ArticleEarth quake effects: 11 dead, 200 injured in Tanzania while a boy receives...
13 people in Tanzania have been confirmed dead while 200 others were injured following yesterday’s earthquake that measured 5.7 on the Richter scale. 13 people in Tanzania have been confirmed dead...
View ArticleSheikh Mubajje condemns the increased grabbing of Muslims' land
Sheikh Mubajje also prayed for the muslims who are attending Hijja or Hajj in Mecca and reiterated the importance of slaughtering animals on this Eid The Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Ramathan Mubajje has...
View ArticleGen. Aronda Nyakairima remembered one year after his death
Aronda, who died while on official duty abroad, has been described as model soldier who served his nation selflessly. A year after his death General Aronda Nyakairima, the former Chief of Defence...
View ArticlePrince Kassim Nakibinge confirms reports of plans to assassinate him
Nakibinge told NTV that for over a year now, he has been aware of the plot to end his life and as such, police has given him extra security.The titular head of the Muslim community in Uganda prince...
View ArticlePrisons service calls for amending law to limit time inmates spend on remand
The Uganda Prisons Service is calling for a revision in the law to limit the period an inmate can spend on remand awaiting trial.The Uganda Prisons Service is calling for a revision in the law to limit...
View ArticleKibuule welcomes investigation into his alleged assault of a security guard
The minister has in recent weeks come under pressure, mostly from women's rights activists, to resign over the alleged assault incident. The Minister of State for Water, Ronald Kibuule has welcomed...
View ArticleGen. Katumba Wamala: UPDF mission in Somalia is no longer sustainable
Wamala revealed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain the UPDF in Somalia after the EU cut its budget to AMISOM by 20% in January. The Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Katumba Wamala says...
View ArticleKampala to experience water shortages as NWSC upgrades Ggaba plant
The affected areas include Jinja road, Kyambogo, Banda Nakulabye Makerere, Kawempe,Luzira ,Mulago ,Nansana, Nsambya and surrounding areas.National Water and Sewerage Corporation says water supply to...
View ArticleTailors in Busia town forcibly bathe their dirty colleague
Mukomba who wept after being bathed against his will, insisted he is a family man with several wives and children who always takes care of his personal hygiene. A tailor in Busia town got the shock of...
View ArticleArchbishop Ntagali cautions against grabbing church land
Archbishop Ntagali has raised concern that church land around the country is under threat and could be grabbed by powerful individuals. Part of the land on which Entebbe Airport sits belongs to the...
View ArticleExperts call on government to prioritise environmental protection to achieve...
Environment experts have opined that government cannot achieve a sustainable middle income status without protecting the fragile environment. Environment experts have opined that government cannot...
View ArticleDisaster minister visits earthquake victims in Rakai
The 5.7 magnitude earthquake was felt in most parts of the country and it left a trail of destruction and injuries caused by collapsing buildings in the areas along the Tanzania border.Hilary Onek, the...
View ArticleBugisu MPs defend power thefts in greater Mbale area
Some Members of Parliament from Bugisu sub-region have shunned the call by power distributor Umeme to help the company fight power theft.Some Members of Parliament from Bugisu sub-region have shunned...
View ArticleCAA officials reveal that president's election helicopter was not safe to fly
Samuel Muneeza, director of safety, security and economic regulation told the committee that Mukula’s helicopter did not meet flight safety guidelines.A senior official of the Civil Aviation Authority...
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