Month: January 2025

New URSB boss, Mercy Kyomugasho Kainobwisho Following the election of Mr. Bemanya Twebaze as Director General of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), there was need for appointment of a substantive Registrar General to take on the role of Registrar General of URSB and Official Receiver. The Board of

The Minister of Works and Transport, General  (Retired) Edward Katumba Wamala (pictured) has revealed that Uganda Security Printing Company (USPC) won’t take over handling and issuing of driving permits from Face Technologies until 28th February 2021. Therefore, Face Technologies will continue issuing driving permits. Addressed journalists at Parliament today, Katumba said

A 28-year-old Kenyan doctor has died of Covid-19 without having been paid for five months, the doctors union has announced. Stephen Mogusu (pictured) did not have a health insurance and his family had started an online fundraiser while he was admitted at the intensive care unit. The main doctors' union

Ugandan presidential candidate and musician, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has told CNN that he survived what he called assassination attempts in the last two weeks ahead of next month's elections. The politician last week briefly suspended his campaigns after members of his campaign team were injured and

Northern Uganda has great potential for renewable energy, which if harnessed, can play an important role in addressing the challenges of energy security, access and affordability.  In the coming years, the rising energy demand due to population growth (about 10-12 per cent per year), rapid urbanization and economic development will

A man who purports to be an operative of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) but is going around Kampala city extorting money from bar owners has finally been exposed. Peter Ssetenda, who claims to be working in the KCCA enforcement department, is allegedly accused of conniving with some rogue police