January 23, 2023
Uganda: Researchers Develop Low-Cost Briquette Technologies
Makerere University researchers have designed low-cost and efficient technologies to assist briquette production and utilization as a means of reducing the cutting of trees and… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Uganda: Coffee Farmers Call for More Funding
Coffee farmers have urged government to set aside more than Shs 182.8 billion for the procurement of coffee processing and value-addition machines to ably compete with other coffee… Read more »
Uganda: State House Spends Millions of Dollars a Day
State House spends approximately Shs 2.8 billion daily, a record of its financial year (FY) and supplementary budget allocations between 2016/2017 and 2022/23 reveals. Read more »
January 14, 2023
Uganda: Red Cross to Set Up Sanitary Pads Factory in Mukono
Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has announced plans to set up a factory making reusable sanitary pads at Namakwa, Mukono district. Read more »
January 13, 2023
Uganda: Museveni Wants Billions for New Vehicles
Government is set to spend over Shs 21.950 billion on new vehicles for President Museveni and his vice president Jessica Alupo, according to the State House Budget framework paper… Read more »
December 28, 2022
Uganda: We Need More Effort for Refugees to Access Tertiary Education
World over, access to quality higher education is considered a basic human right that everyone, including refugees, ought to enjoy. Read more »
Uganda: Museveni Unveils 2023 Plan for Fuel Prices, Land Fights
In a 4,400-word transcript of his question-and-answer session with journalists, President Yoweri Museveni addressed the illegal land evictions, vandalism of electricity… Read more »
December 22, 2022
Uganda: Uganda, DR Congo Sign Pact Over Transmission Line
Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are undertaking a feasibility study for the construction of an electricity transmission line from Kasese to Bunia. Read more »
December 21, 2022
Uganda: Artisanal Gold Miners Defy Govt On Mercury Use
In October, President Museveni signed into the law the Mining and Minerals Act 2022. One of the key provisions in the law is the banning of mercury use in mining activities. Read more »
Uganda: Namuganza Spills More MPs' Secrets
Berated by some MPs in the media and assailed on the floor of parliament by others, the under-fire Minister of State for Housing, PERSIS NAMUGANZA looked like the loneliest… Read more »
Africa: How Much Did Africa Put Into Morocco's Great Performance At the World Cup
It is not axiomatic when the idea of the football World Cup was conceived, but it's certain when it was first implemented - July 13, 1930. Read more »
December 19, 2022
Uganda: Govt Plan to Fund Continuing Students Hangs in Balance
The Higher Education Students Financing Board (HESFB) will this year not support any finalists that are struggling to finish their study programmes due to lack of tuition fees. Read more »
December 09, 2022
Mozambique: Son of Former President Jailed 12 Years for U.S.$2 Billion Hidden Loans
The son of former Mozambique president has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of directly taking a $33 million bribe acquired through concealed $2.4… Read more »
Uganda: Mobile Fraud Blamed On Abuse of SIM Cards
A few days ago, a music fan attended a concert and while there, his mobile phone was stolen. In a few hours, those that took his mobile phone were able to access his bank account,… Read more »
November 30, 2022
Uganda: Let's Create Housing Solutions a Common Man Can Be Proud Of!
Our lives seem incomplete when we do not have a place we call home. I am not talking about a rented house. I am referring to that place that you own, where you can raise children,… Read more »
Uganda: Ebola! Another Reminder Why We Must Fix Our Public Health System
The current tripartite crisis of food insecurity, climate change, and pandemic outbreaks like Covid-19 and Ebola underscores that Uganda needs a robust and resilient public health… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Uganda: Succession - Muhoozi, Museveni Race Hots Up
The old guard of the ruling NRM has expressed frustration at President Museveni's silence as an army of his son's loyalists continues to mount an early campaign for his… Read more »
Uganda: Take Child Mothers Back to School - Minister Muyingo
The state minister for Higher Education, Dr John Muyingo, has said the ministry will not deviate from its policy on the reentry of teenage and expectant girls in schools amidst… Read more »
November 08, 2022
Uganda: Makerere Starts Two-Week Public Fair to Issue Out Uncollected Transcripts, Certificates
Makerere University has dedicated two weeks to handle issues of uncollected academic transcripts and certificates, going as far back to the 1950s. Read more »
October 23, 2022
Uganda: Uganda's Hipipo Ranked Among World's Top 20 Companies Escalating Innovation
The Global Business Leaders Magazine has named Uganda's HiPipo among this year's world's Top 20 companies escalating innovation in the digital financial services market. Read more »
October 19, 2022
Uganda: Activists Call for More Access to Palliative Care Services
Civil society organizations under the Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) want government to increase its support towards palliative care services in the country. This… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Uganda: Makerere Students Raise 781 Concerns Against Blended Learning Tools
Students of Makerere University have aired out deficiencies in the tools, methods and activities of blended teaching and learning, and proposed some remedies. Read more »
October 17, 2022
Uganda: MTN Kampala Marathon Returns This November
The MTN Kampala Marathon is back after a two-year hiatus caused by the Covid-19 lockdown. The 17th annual edition will take place on November 20, 2022, according to new MTN CEO… Read more »
Uganda: Museveni Hails Julius Nyerere's African Unity Ideal
President Yoweri Museveni has hailed the late Julius Nyerere's ideal to unite the African people, quoting him as having said, "Unity won't make us rich, but it will make it… Read more »
October 11, 2022
Uganda: Uganda At 60 Years - What If Uganda Was a Human Being?
If your week ends on Sundays, by the end of this week, Uganda will be 60 years old having received its independence from the British on October 9, 1962. Had Uganda been a person,… Read more »