Uganda: Extortion Scare Rattles Bobi Wine

At first, National Unity Platform (NUP) officials roundly rejected any suggestion that the party's flag was up for sale to moneyed political aspirants. Read more »

Uganda: Support Local Firms in Oil Industry During These Covid-19 Times

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented unique challenges across all aspects of society. Read more »

Uganda: Uganda's Oil Agreement Shows Shift in Mindset

It took months of give-and-take negotiations between Uganda, Tanzania, and French oil major Total to get to initialing the Host Government Agreement (HGA) for the East African… Read more »

Uganda: Denmark Boosts Entebbe Airport's Reopening Efforts

The Uganda government on September 8, 2020 received an assortment of equipment and supplies to help it handle resumption of commercial passenger flights at Entebbe International… Read more »

Uganda: Anti-Corruption Fight Possible If We Fight Voter Bribery

Over the last 30 years, Uganda has held six general elections with the first being the Constituent Assembly Delegates election of 1994, which led to the 1995 Constitution. Read more »

Uganda: Agencies Should Implement Museveni's Directives On Local Buses

Many Ugandans are excited about the Ugandan-made Kayoola EVS (fully electric) buses that have been plying the Kampala - Entebbe road and Entebbe Expressway routes for the last two… Read more »

Uganda: 2021 - Why Clergy Don't Want to Vote Museveni

Some top leaders of Uganda's traditional churches have served notice that they may not be ready to support President Museveni's re-election bid next year. Read more »

Uganda: 3 More Succumb to Covid-19 in Kampala, 326 More Infected

Uganda has today recorded it's highest daily confirmed coronavirus infections of 326 cases from the 4,106 samples tested on Friday. Read more »

Uganda: Rural Electrification Agency Falls Short of Connection Target - Report

A new report faults the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) for the failure to connect all the targeted 300,000 households to the grid last year. Read more »

Uganda: Urbra Aims to Tap Informal Sector

Uganda's retirement benefits sector investment portfolio shot up to Shs 14.28 trillion in 2019, up from Shs 11.8 trillion in 2018, as more people warmed up to the idea of saving… Read more »

Uganda: Centenary Bank to Offer Moneygram Services At All 74 Branches

Centenary bank customers will be able to receive cash from over 300,000 MoneyGram locations worldwide, after the bank entered a new partnership with the money transfer solutions… Read more »

Uganda: Alain Goetz Urges Businesses to Support Schools

With schools and churches still under lockdown, Alain Goetz, the founder and former chief executive officer of African Gold, has called on the business community to support some of… Read more »

Uganda: Over Shs 1.2bn Prize Money Won in MTN Momo Nyabo Promo

For three years running, telecom giant, MTN Uganda has run an annual Mobile Money promotion known as MoMo Nyabo in which all MTN subscribers are eligible to participate and stand a… Read more »

Uganda: Full-Body Disinfectant Booth to Combat Spread of Covid-19

Whereas the Covid-19 pandemic has driven many Ugandans to despair, it has also spurred innovations aimed at combating its spread. Read more »

Uganda: Makerere Unveils Three New Covid-19-Related Innovations

Makerere University researchers have unveiled three innovations in the line of managing Covid-19, hardly a month after unveiling another one. Read more »

Uganda: Auditor General Pins 11 Ministries

Of the 487 financial audits concluded for ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), commissions, statutory and state enterprises, projects, districts and municipalities, 433 (89… Read more »

Uganda: Covid-19 - How Uganda Good Fight Went Wrong

Praised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a model country in the fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus, Uganda is now seemingly headed into the same trajectory… Read more »

Uganda: Airtel Wins Top Global Award

Airtel Uganda, together with its technology partners Comviva, has won the 2020 Digital Wallet Innovation Award under the 'Market Adoption' category, a statement from the company… Read more »

Uganda: Inside the EU, Bobi Meeting

Excited crowds lined the motorcade route as the European Union delegation SUVs snaked through the usually crowded neighborhood of Kamwokya, Kifumbira, en route to the head office… Read more »

Uganda: Entebbe Airport Please Style Up

On Saturday, April 4, 2020, more than 250 EU stranded citizens in Uganda, flew safely out from Entebbe to Cologne on a repatriation flight organised by the German Foreign Office. Read more »

Uganda: Bobi Wine Summoned By Court Over Altered Age

Wakiso Chief Magistrate's court has issued criminal summons against National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi requiring him to take plea on three offences related… Read more »

Uganda: Probe All Embassies, Culprits Must Refund Stolen Money

This month, the country was astounded by a leaked audio of senior diplomats at Uganda's embassy in Denmark planning to steal public money under their custody. Read more »

Uganda: Stella Nyanzi Arrested Over Arcade Closure Demo

Makerere University researcher, Dr Stella Nyanzi has been arrested on allegations of holding an illegal demonstration. Nyanzi was arrested from near Nakasero market with two others… Read more »

Uganda: Companies Ask Landlords to Reduce Rental Space

Judy Rugasira, the managing director of estate agency Knight Frank, says closing retail businesses that depend on the day-to-day cash flows for 60-days was damaging. Read more »

Uganda: Torture - Police Okays DPP to Sue Officers

The wanton torture of suspects in custody has caused many disabilities to victims over the years, prompting growing public calls to ban the practice - and revived debate over its… Read more »