December 2

• Uganda: Inflation Marginally Increases to 4.9 Percent

  Uganda's year-on-year inflation rate rose marginally for the first time in eight months to 4.9% in November, from 4.5% in October, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) reported... Read more »

• Uganda: New Nile Tilapia Variety to Boost Fish Productivity

  Two improved strains of Nile Tilapia that grow about three times faster and heavier than the indigenous ones could help to increase aquaculture productivity and food security in... Read more »

December 1

• Uganda: Expert Tips On Shilling

  The Uganda Shilling is forecast to stabilise as the high US dollar demand from importers, which sent the local currency tumbling to a 13-month low in recent days, starts to recede,... Read more »

• Uganda: Salaamu Musumba Wins Kamuli Seat

  The opposition politician, Salaamu Musumba has beaten NRM's Thomas Kategere and six others to the Kamuli LC5 seat. Read more »

• East Africa: Museveni in Nairobi for EAC Talks

  President Yoweri Museveni is in Nairobi, Kenya on a 2-day visit during which he will attend the second retreat of the East African Community Heads of State on infrastructure... Read more »

• Uganda: We Have 500 Phd Staff to Handle Research Issues - Prof Ddumba

  The Vice Chancellor Prof John Ssentamu Ddumba says Makerere University has the highest number of staff with PhDs in Uganda. Read more »

November 29

• Uganda/Kenya: Wash United, Cecafa in Hand-Washing Campaign

  The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) has joined hands with WASH United, a German non-profit organization that harnesses the positive influence of... Read more »

• Uganda: KCCA Rebrands

  Kampala Capital City Authority will today unveil a new logo that will represent the new look and corporate entity body of Kampala City. Read more »

• Uganda: Small - Scale Farmers Need New Development Interventions

  A three-year study looking into ways small-scale farmers operate in Africa, Asia and Latin America has prompted calls for a rethink of development and business interventions, if... Read more »

• Uganda: Kadaga Suspends Sessions, Orders Probe Into Debate Chaos

  The speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has ordered the Rules and discipline committee to investigate the misconduct of members of parliament(MPs) during the oil bill debate on... Read more »

November 28

• Uganda: Airtel Commissions School Building in Kayunga

  Airtel Uganda has commissioned a second building at Ndeeba Primary School in Kayunga district under their corporate responsibility program known as adopt a school. Read more »

• Uganda: Health Partners for Wider Palliative Care Coverage

  Norah, 40, a mother of seven was diagnosed with rectal cancer at Case Clinic January 2011. She was put on radiotherapy and chemotherapy at Mulago National Referral but when she... Read more »

• Uganda: Unicef, Barclays Renew Partnership Against Youth Unemployment

  In 2011, UNICEF reported that young people are almost three times more likely to be unemployed compared to adults, and those in work are more likely to be in casual employment or... Read more »

• Uganda: Bravo to Those MPs That Want Our Oil Protected [opinion]

  Oil has always been treated as a sacred thing by the current regime. We have witnessed deliberate denial of information relating to oil dealings with the executive attempting to be... Read more »

• Uganda: EC Dispatches Polling Kits to Kamuli and Kween

  The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that polling materials for the by-elections in Kamuli and Kween districts will be dispatched to the respective districts today. Read more »

• Uganda: Ugandan Albinos to Be Declared Among Persons With Disabilities

  The minister for persons with disabilities, Suleiman Madada, has today said that Uganda is considering including albinos into the ministry of persons with disabilities. Madada told... Read more »

November 27

• Africa: Environmental Conservation a Must for Oil Companies

  Oil companies prospecting for oil and gas in Africa need to ensure the very highest standards in environmental risk management, Tullow Oil's director of exploration, Angus McCoss... Read more »

• Uganda: U.S. Presses Uganda on Gay Bill

  The United States spokeswoman for the State Department, Victoria Nuland, has said that the US is pressing Uganda not to pass an "Anti-Homosexuality Bill". Read more »

• Uganda: Ministry to Unveil New Policy for Tertiary Institutions

  The executive secretary, education ministry, Dr.Charles Akor said that government is coming up with policies to support private universities. Read more »

November 26

• Uganda: Mungyereza Named Ubos Executive Director

  Ben Paul Mungyereza has been appointed as the new executive director of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics effective Nov. 26, the statistics body said in a statement dated Nov. 26. Read more »

• Uganda: Rich Nations Let Down the Poor On Climate Change Financing

  The most detailed analysis to date of how well rich nations have kept promises to provide the poorer ones with funds to tackle climate change released Nov 26 concludes that they... Read more »

• Uganda/South Sudan: Milestone for South Sudan Football

  South Sudan's 'Bright Stars' may have succumbed to a 1-0 defeat on Nov 24 at the hands of Ethiopia's 'Black Lions' at the ongoing CECAFA tournament in Kampala but the result pales... Read more »

• Uganda: Mugarura Dismisses Rumours of Cheating in FDC Elections

  The FDC electoral commission has today come out and denied earlier allegations of cheating in the recently concluded FDC by elections. Read more »

• Uganda: Kadaga Recognized as Uganda's Pioneer Female Speaker

  Rebecca Kadaga has been honoured as the first Female speaker in Uganda among eight women all over Africa. They each won the prestigious African Influential Amazon Award 2012. Read more »

• Uganda: Prison Bosses Defend Kazinda's Absence at Pac

  Former Principal Accountant in the Office Prime Minister (OPM), Geoffrey Kazinda was a no where to be seen at Parliament on Monday like it was earlier reported. Read more »