AU Commission Officials, Foreign Affairs Officials Discuss Domestication of...
AU Commission experts, who were visiting Uganda, met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials led by the Permanent Secretary Amb. Patrick Mugoya, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)...
View ArticleNWSC Nominated for African Utility of the Year Awards
National Water and Sewerage Cooperation (NWSC) has been nominated in the 2017 African Utility of the Year Awards, under the Water Utility of the Year category. This becomes the third time the utility...
View ArticleUganda Cup: KCCA FC Through to Semifinals
Uganda Cup Quarterfinals Police 0-1 KCCA FC Kampala Capital City Authority Football Club (KCCA FC) kept their hopes of winning a domestic double by progressing to the semifinals. The Lugogo based side...
View ArticleFriends, Relatives Mourn Fallen URSB Boss Maudah
Friends and relatives Monday afternoon poured their hearts out while eulogizing the deceased Head of Registry at the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), Maudah Atuzarirwe who died in a road...
View ArticleMuseveni Opposes Relief Food for Starving Communities
President Yoweri Museveni is not entirely supportive of the idea of distributing free food to people hit by hunger crises, warning that this must be done with extra care. The president warned Monday,...
View ArticleUGAFODE Teller Dragged to Police Over Missing Client Money
A business man in Ishaka Town, Bushenyi on the weekend rushed to police claiming that his savings in UGAFODE had disappeared without trace. UGAFODE is a microfinance deposit-accepting institution which...
View ArticleFormer President Wacha Olwol Dead
One of the three men that ruled Uganda under the Presidential Commission in 1980, Mzee Wacha Olwol has died at the age of 94. According to family sources, Wacha Olwol, the leader in the interim...
View ArticleOtafiire Donates Relief Food to Landslide Hit Kabale
Residents of Rwamucucu Sub County in Kabale district that were hit by landslides in March 2017 have received relief aid from the Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Major General Saverino...
View ArticleNew Textiles Factory Employs 1,200 Workers in Jinja
President Museveni has commissioned Sunbelt Textiles Company Limited, a new enterprise that is based in Walukuba, Masese Division, in Jinja district. Speaking during the ceremony on Monday, President...
View ArticleUganda Wins Bid to Host 23rd Continental Library Conference
The National Library of Uganda has won the bid to host the 23rd Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library Information Association. SCECSAL is a regional forum for library and...
View ArticleReport: Police Tops Journalist Torturers Again
The Uganda Police Force has for the fourth consecutive year topped the list of violators of media rights and freedoms as per the Press Freedom Index Report (2016) released by the Human Rights Network...
View Article2 UPDF Soldiers Convicted Over Mbuya Barracks Attack
The Makindye General Court Martial has convicted two UPDF soldiers for attacking Mbuya Barracks on the night of 4th March 2013 The two officers Lt Augustine Moro and Private Kenneth Kalokwera were...
View ArticleMPs Contest Police Takeover of Boda boda Registration Exercise
Members of Parliament (MPs) sitting on the Presidential Affairs Committee are contesting the Police takeover of the registration exercise of Boda bodas in Kampala, an exercise they believe should be...
View ArticleAUPL: Bright Stars Hold Vipers in Dull Barren Stalemate
Uganda Premier League Bright stars 0-0 Vipers Vipers winning run in the league was brought to a halt on Tuesday after playing out a goalless draw against Bright stars. In the game played at the bumby...
View ArticleAccountants Urged to Build Strong Systems for Africa’s Economic Development
Accountants have been challenged to use their profession to foster economic development in their respective countries across the African continent. The collective appeal was made by among others,...
View ArticlePrudential Uganda Gives 4% Bonus to Customers
New insurance market entrants Prudential Assurance Uganda Limited announced last week a 4% bonus to be paid out to their customers’ sum assured, for the year 2016. A sum assured is a guaranteed amount...
View ArticleAUPL: KCCA FC Earn Hard Fought Win Against JMC Hippos to Edge Closer to the...
Uganda Premier League JMC Hippos 0-1 KCCA FC Kampala Capital City Authority Football Club (KCCA FC) edged closer to defending the league title with yet another hard fought win. The reigning champions...
View ArticleMbuya Barracks Attackers Get 15 Years in Jail
Makindye Gen Court Martial Chairman Lt Gen Andrew Gutti this morning sentenced to 15 years in jail, two UPDF officers who were convicted yesterday of attacking Mbuya Barracks in 2013. The officers Lt...
View ArticleCooperatives Plead for Tax Breaks
Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies in Kabale want Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to exempt them from certain taxes in order to enable them develop faster. All Savings and Credit Cooperative...
View ArticleCourt Orders Release of Businessman Wamala Murder Suspect
Nakawa chief magistrate’s court has ordered the immediate and unconditional release of Ben Zziwa Kafuuma who has been in Jinja police custody for 23 days in relation to the murder of city businessman...
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