Month: April 2024

Philemon Asasira (in featured photo), a Uganda Wild Life Authority (UWA) game ranger has been shot dead in an operation to crack down against illegal ivory trade. Asasira attached to Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area was killed on Friday night in Bwambara Sub County, Rukungiri District, reports URN. Hangi Bashil, the

A special fund to cater for women raising families in refugee camps should be created, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has said. Speaking during the 14th session of the Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Conference (PUOIC) in Rabat, Morocco, Kadaga said the funds will come in handy to save

The Sexual Offences Bill 2015 that is undergoing harmonization ahead of its re-tabling on the floor of Parliament is calling for jailing of officials in charge of inmates if found guilty of the sexual acts. Tabled by Kumi Woman MP, Monicah Amoding, the Sexual Offences Bill that seeks to consolidate

Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni has described commercial banks in the East African country as 'blood suckers' who are working at destroying Uganda’s manufacturing industry with their expensive loans. The President made the remarks this morning while addressing NRM MPs at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi where he asked Legislators

The leadership of the Independent Online Journalists Association Uganda (INDOJA-U)  over the weekend ( Saturday) hosted a delegation from Open Society Foundation (UK) together with Human Rights Network for Journalists- Uganda (HRNJ-U), headed by Robert Ssempala. Ms Elisa Juega Ocana, the Program specialist, Program on Independent Journalism and Mr Carlos

In a bid to facilitate planning and quality service delivery, the Ministry of Education and sport together with Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) have flagged a team of researchers that will carry out the exercise of counting all education institutions in Uganda for a period from 11th March to April

This month Pericles Lewis, Yale University's Vice President for Global Strategy and Deputy Provost for International Affairs, visits Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda to meet with leadership, alumni, and medical residents. Yale and Makerere University have a long, rich partnership that dates back nearly two decades. In 2002, Dr. Majid

Tony Elumelu, the Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman, Heirs Holdings and the United Bank for Africa, has challenged African leaders to prioritise the future of the African continent in order to make it better. He made this call at the inaugural Africa Now Conference held in Kampala.

South Sudan’s six-month-old peace deal is doomed to collapse unless the sides can settle a string of disputes and bring former rebels into the army before the formation of a new government in May, a think-tank said on Wednesday. About 400,000 people have been killed, and more than a third

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has revealed the basic leadership principle needed for Africa to transform. Museveni made the revelation on Tuesday in speech at the Africa Now summit held at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The summit is organised by the Africa Strategic Leadership Centre. "Education per se isn’t enough. If it