The government through the Office of the Prime Minister plans to resettle over 3,500 people displaced by floods in Buliisa district resulting from the rising water levels in Lake Albert. Floods have displaced thousands of people in Butiaba and Kigwera Sub counties and Butiaba town council in Buliisa district since
Read MoreUganda Airlines will commence international flights to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in September; the Acting Chief Executive Officer Jenifer Bamuturaki has revealed. She was speaking at an event organized by the Rotary E-club of Uganda Global on Sunday that attracted over 200 participants. She revealed that the national
Read More
State Minister for transport, Fred Byamukama The government, through the ministry of Works and Transport has given drivers whose driving licenses have expired up to September 1 to renew them.State Minister for transport, Fred Byamukama says that this has been done in response to the lifting of the 42-day lockdown
Read More
Terego farmers are moving away from tobacco to banana farming Farmers and local residents in Terego district have expressed excitement over the transition from Tobacco to Banana production.Farmers and locals in Terego have been stuck to growing tobacco as their main source of income, an activity that has had far-reaching
Read More
Slide Raft unfolded in 7 seconds less of the required 15 seconds Uganda Airlines Cabin Crew yet again conducted Land Evacuation Drills on Friday July 31, 2021, having successfully completed ditching drills as per the Civil Aviation (Air Operator Certification and Administration) Regulation 2020. The land evacuation drills are required to
Read More
The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has denounced a proposal by the government to abolish the Mailo land tenure system, as a response to the rampant evictions and land disputes in the country. While commemorating his 28th coronation anniversary at Nkoni Palace, in Lwengo district on Saturday, the
Read MorePregnant mothers seeking healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic face a high level of anxiety and other psychological challenges, according to new data by Twaweza. These findings which come out after a recent incident where a newly operated mother committed suicide by jumping off a building at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
Read More
Uganda has received an additional 586,080 Covid-19 vaccine doses. The doses include 300,000 Sinovac vaccine doses donated by the Chinese government and the rest are AstraZeneca vaccine doses from the Norwegian government through the Covax facility. This brings the total number of vaccine doses received to 1.7 million doses through
Read More
Samuel Ssegawa, 31, abandoned boda boda riding for studies. He scored 15 aggregates at Hilton High School. Samuel Ssegawa, a 31-year-old man, a resident at Kyetume, Mukono was one of the lucky candidates who passed with flying colours in the recently released Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) by Uganda National Examination Board on Friday.
Read More
Uganda and other African countries need policies to support fuel economy or risk losing substantial amounts of revenue in oil and gas imports. One such policies would include taxes on vehicles with high carbon emissions and incentives to promote the uptake of electric vehicles as well as those with clean
Read More
