Month: May 2025

Parliament’s joint Public Accounts Committee (Central and Local Government) has learnt that Government spent Shs2.8Bn in the distribution of Covid relief to the vulnerable persons affected by the lockdown.The revelation came during an interface between Ministry of Finance that was represented by Henry Musasizi, State Minister for Finance General Duties

A number of traders have been blocked from accessing shops in arcades around Kampala as landlords demand rent arrears. Many of the traders were locked out of the buildings, in June, when President Yoweri Museveni announced a 42-day lockdown to help the country deal with a new wave of COVID-19.

The government of Uganda has denied that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is interfering in the internal politics of Kenya. Speaking to journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala today, the minister of state for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem said Uganda’s foreign policy is that it never gets involved

A seven-year-old boy died instantly while two others were rushed to hospital on Tuesday evening in Mukono district after eating sweet bananas laced with poison to trap monkeys. Rayan Bwire, a son to John Bwire, a resident of Namawojjolo in Mukono district picked a Polyethylene bag containing sweet bananas laced

Members of Parliament have tasked the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development to explain the criteria used by the government to come up with the beneficiaries of the COVID-19 relief cash. The Minister; Betty Amongi appeared before a joint committee comprising both the Public Accounts and the Local Government

Livestock keepers in Nwoya are counting losses following an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease-FMD in the District. This is the second outbreak in the District since 2014. The outbreak was detected in June this year and has affected the sub-counties of Anaka, Lungulu, Purongo, and Anaka Town Council. Records obtained from

Uganda’s cooperatives and small-scale farmers are to benefit from a World Bank-funded program. The program is designed to give digital tools and training resources to small-scale farmers and small agri-businesses in Africa. The program is a partnership between Microsoft’s 4Afrika initiative and International Finance Corporation-IFC, the World Bank’s investment arm.

A Boda- boda rider accused of raping seven female clients and robbing them of their valuables is in police custody in Mukono district. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the suspect as 30-year-old Asumani Owere, a resident of Kitega Village in Kawolo Sub County in Buikwe