Month: January 2025

Jeevan Joy (pictured above) is a Senior First Officer (co-pilot) at Uganda  Airlines, the fast growing national carrier for Uganda.  Jeevan brings to the table considerable experience on the Airbus family of aircraft, with previous experience flying with Fiji Airways, Arik Air Nigeria and Kingfisher Airlines in India. With a commendation of

Severe rains have flooded coffee fields and other crops in central eastern areas in Brazil, the latest in a climate roller-coaster for the nation's agricultural regions that has included devastating frosts and droughts. The rains are more than four times the norm for regions north of Minas Gerais, the main

More than 50 pigs have died in Masaka city resulting from the outbreak of African Swine Fever. The deaths have been reported in the villages of Luvule, Bulayi, and Sunga in the Nyendo-Mukungwe division and Ssenyange and Kijabwemi in one week. Peter Ssennabulya, the City’s Veterinary Officer, confirmed the outbreak,

Uganda’s national carrier Uganda Airlines has today resumed its flights to Dubai after the United Arab Emirates lifted a ban on direct passenger services into the country. The airline announced Friday that it will resume its flights on January 8, and it will continue to fly the route four times

Nakasongola police are hunting for a security guard from J Unit security company for robbing Shillings 100 million from an MTN dealer. Nicholas Ojambo reportedly put the MTN agent from Nile Com Limited and driver at gunpoint in the forest between Katuugo Check-point and Nile Fibre Board in Nakasongola before

Government has finally opened the newly renovated old taxi park, close to two years since its closure in May 2020. Uganda’s biggest taxi park used by over 200,000 passengers daily was closed for renovation shortly after the March 2020 national wide lockdown Instituted to control the spread of COVID-19. When

Some of the cross boarder traders stuck with their goods in Mpondwe on Thursday Local fish traders in Kasese will no longer export their fish and products to markets in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DR Congo. They will strictly sell their products in Mpondwe Market in Kasese.  When Uganda closed

The government has dropped its decision requiring truckers to undergo the mandatory COVID-19 testing before entering the country. The truckers have been paying Shillings 100,000 for COVID-19 testing before they are allowed to cross into Uganda. Recently, the truckers from Kenya rose up in protest and parked their trucks covering

Chicken in the classroom A couple has seized a classroom block at Nakifuma Children’s Voluntary primary school in Mukono district and set up a poultry farm over rent arrears for over ten years. Farouk Lubega and his wife, Amina Nakito explain that they agreed with the school management to pay

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is behind talks of the ongoing parliamentary democracy debate for selfish interests, some political observers have noted.  Early this week, media reports emerged that the ruling National Resistance Movement – NRM Government adherents are quietly mooting a move to inaugurate a Constitutional Review Commission to change