Month: January 2025

Broken Busamaga Bridge. A reconstructed bridge along Mbale-Busamaga road in Mbale city has collapsed a week after it was opened by the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA. The bridge was rebuilt in mid-December 2022 after it was destroyed by floods in August, which affected several roads in Mbale district. Hamdan Khaukha, the Chairperson

The government has announced the suspension of the Bilateral Labor Agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in an effort to improve the welfare and rights of Ugandan immigrant workers in the Kingdom. In 2017, Uganda entered into a five-year labor agreement with Saudi Arabia aimed at promoting the welfare

The Kampala Archdiocese and Ministry of Education and Sports have struck a compromise on the appointment of a new head teacher for St. Mary College Kisubi- SMACK. The Education Ministry Permanent Secretary, Ketty Lamaro, says that they have given the church three weeks to nominate a suitable replacement to Bro Deo Aliganyira, who

DRC people running away to Uganda for safety The European Union (EU) has contributed Euro1.5Million about (Shs5.802Bn) United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to be used for the registration of refugees running away from the insecurity in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Uganda. Through their body the European Commission's Civil

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has revealed that the nation collected Shs69bn in revenue from visitors visiting the national parks across the country. The revelation was made by Sam Mwandha, Executive Director of UWA in his Christmas message, where he detailed the performance the Authority in 2021/2022. He wrote, "Visitor

Mbarara City Council has allocated 100 Million Shillings towards hosting the first edition of a City Festival. The City Festival has been scheduled to take place in January next year. The money that was raised through local revenue had been allocated for utilization during the second quarter of the 2022/23

Local leaders in Ngenge and Sundet Sub counties in Kween district have asked the government to put up more boreholes to curb the water crisis that occurs between November and February annually. This follows a reduction of the water volume in Ngenge and Sundet rivers, which are the main Water sources for both

Most of the insecurity in Entebbe municipality stems from fraudulent land transactions,  the Resident District Commissioner, Jackline Kankunda has revealed. According to Kankunda, village chairpersons (LCs) witness multiple land sales, which has become a source of insecurity. She disclosed this shortly after holding a security meeting where she warned to deal

Lwengo district lost an estimated Shillings 100 million last year in deceitful expenditure by heads of department, a report by the District Public Accounts Committee-DPAC has revealed. The report pins heads of departments for conniving to misappropriate public funds as well as falsifying accountability for money meant for various projects under

Blocked: MP Lutamaguzi Police in Nakaseke district have blocked the Nakaseke South Member of Parliament (MP) Paulson Luttamaguzi Ssemakula from donating an assortment of items to Kapeeka Health Center III. According to Luttamaguzi, after various complaints by the medics about the dire state of the facility and lack of proper