Month: September 2024

Coffee prices continue to decline on the back of low demand and a projected surplus of the commodity in the world market occasioned by a better crop in Brazil and Central America. The Kenyan beverage recorded a decline in the latest sale per 50-kilogramme bag to stand at $189 (Sh22,886)

A Tanzanian passenger plane has crashed into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba. The Precision Air flight was carrying 43 people, 26 of whom have been rescued and sent to hospital, said a local official. Rescue workers and local fishermen are on the

There was panic and fear at J- Smart guest house in Nansana West zone B, when police on Saturday night stormed the place to arrest one of their own, PC Patrick Katushabe, who was allegedly selling illegally obtained ivory. Since the operation was conducted at a quarter to 8 pm,

The Mukono district Chief Finance Officer, Robinah Nabwire has revealed that a total of 16 billion shillings was returned unspent to the Consolidated Fund at the end 2021/2022 Financial Year. Nabwire says that they received a total of 29 billion shillings to facilitate the district activities; however, they were only

The Kamuli grade one magistrate, Aisha Nabukeera, on Friday remanded Moses Kamya, the director of Mustard seed senior secondary school and the director of studies, Hawali Muledu, to Kamuli government prisons, over abetting examination malpractice. Their school is located within Busoota zone, in Southern division, within Kamuli municipality. The duo

Wakiso policing division has gone to court seeking an order allowing them to exhume the headless body of businessman, Daniel Ssanyu Nkuba, after his killers have returned his decomposed head. The murderers had taken their victim's head to the client who hired them as proof that they had carried out

It was silence, fear, and staring in the Old Taxi Park on Friday after a woman identified as Faridah Namyalo died quietly after battling depression for two. She was discovered dead by the Kampala Capital City Authority -KCCA team that notified Ben Kiwanuka Police Post. Even though there were no

The “I pledge” campaign aims  to inspire a movement of pledges that contribute to the socio-economic transformation of Uganda. To commemorate sixty years of Uganda’s Independence celebrated under the theme: A declaration of African interdependence and our shared destiny. The Innovation Village has launched new campaign dubbed “I pledge” to

More companies are set to join electricity distribution Electricity consumers will have the right to choose their electricity provider, regardless of who controls the physical infrastructure when the just enacted electricity law takes effect. Electricity Regulatory Authority Chief Executive Officer, Engineer Ziria Tibalwa Waako reveals that the changes are expected