President Yoweri Museveni and his Chinese Counterpart are expected to witness the signing of six agreements between the two countries. Museveni is also expected to sign more agreements with Chinese investors, bringing the total number of pacts to 10. The President is expected to arrive in China today (Monday) on
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There is uproar among the business community in Katuna border town in Kabale following the decision by Rwanda to close its border about two weeks after reopening it, URN reports. On June 10, 2019, Rwanda Revenue Authority-RRA announced it was reopening the border to help carry out trials for heavy
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The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Stanley Ntagali has asked Christians to stop speculations about his successor. Ntagali who cited reports about the next Archbishop of the Anglican Church told Christians to avoid rumours. "I never dreamt of being Archbishop but God called me as
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On Saturday night, Uganda’s crème de la crème in the Muslim community converged at the luxurious Pearl of Africa hotel in a VIP dinner with top global and popular Islamic Scholar Sheikh Ismail Ibn Musa Menk aka Mufti Ismael Menk. L-R: Uganda's Mufti Sheikh Ramadhan Mubajje, Mufti Menk and Aya
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Yesterday, 22/06/2019, at around 8 pm, detectives from the Flying Squad Unit, in an intelligence-led operation, shot at two suspected armed robbers, killing one instantly and wounding the other. In a statement dated June23, 2019, Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga says a third suspect, identified as Okello David, was arrested and
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The chief of staff of the Ethiopian army, Gen Seare Mekonnen (in featured photo), has been shot dead by his own bodyguard in the capital, Addis Ababa. He and another officer died trying to prevent a coup attempt against the administration in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region, PM Abiy Ahmed said.
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By Ronald Baluku Busimba Engaging youth in agriculture has been a prominent topic recently and has risen up the development agenda, as there is growing concern worldwide that young people have become disenchanted with agriculture. Reasons for rural youth involvement in non-farm activities and migrating to urban areas include the
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Dozens of Rwandan nationals living with HIV/AIDS have missed treatment following the closure of the Uganda-Rwanda border. In February, Rwandan authorities closed the border with Uganda at Katuna and the heavy trucks were diverted to Mirama Hills in Ntungamo district. This was later followed by a move to restrain the
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School girls in the greater Bushenyi region of Western Uganda will soon have a reason to stay in school longer when the construction of a factory to produce reusable sanitary towels is completed. Breaking ground for the factory on Friday, 21 June 2019, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, hailed
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The Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) is facing challenges of scrutinising and recovering funds disbursed in 2014 and 2015 for the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) because of forgeries and the misrepresentation that they were donations from the central government. According to the committee chairperson, Judith Franka Akello, this has made
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