December 09, 2022
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 »
Uganda: Odds Stuck Against Cranes in CHAN Draw
Uganda Cranes have made qualification to the African Nations Championship (Chan) tournament a habit. Next year's edition in Algeria will be the sixth successive time The Cranes… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Uganda: Makerere University Staff Cry Foul Over Being 'Left Out O'f Centenary Celebrations
A section of students and academic staff of Makerere University is crying foul after being left out of centenary celebrations Read more »
October 05, 2022
Uganda: Uganda Named Worst Digital Rights Violator
At last week's Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2022, in Lusaka, Zambia, Uganda drew unwelcome criticism. Speaker after speaker described the east African country as the worst… Read more »
Uganda: Lockdowns - 420,000 Ugandans Lost Jobs
An abridged report written by the Makerere University-based think tank, the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), lays bare the fullest and most detailed insight to date into the… Read more »
Uganda: Climate Crisis and How It Affects Uganda's Economy
To enlist the expression of Chinua Achebe in describing the state of affairs in his native Nigeria, this time in the Ugandan context, and through a meteoric frame of reference;… Read more »
September 26, 2022
Uganda: Ugandan Schools Must Continue With E-Learning Post-Covid, Govt Insists
Education institutions must develop post-Covid Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) strategies because e-learning is the future of education, the National Council for Higher Education… Read more »
September 12, 2022
Uganda: Makerere Gets Uganda's First Smart Classroom
Prof Barnabas Nawangwe, the vice chancellor of Makerere University has commissioned Uganda's first smart classroom. The CreateView classroom is located in Block A of the college of… Read more »
September 07, 2022
Uganda: Uganda's Public Debt Reaches Over U.S.$20 Billion
The recently released parliamentary committee report on the national economy and the state of indebtedness, grants, and guarantees indicates that Uganda's public debt stock had… Read more »
Uganda: Makerere University Gets $150,000 Emergency Medicine Boost
TotalEnergies EP Uganda has committed $150,000 (Shs 576 million) to boost the capacity of Makerere University in emergency medicine. The deal was part of the three-year memorandum… Read more »
Uganda: Kabaale Airport to Be Completed in February 2023
The contractors of Uganda's second international airport, Kabaale International Airport, also known as Hoima Oil City International Airport, say the airport is due for completion… Read more »
September 06, 2022
Uganda: Which Dialect of Kiswahili for Uganda's Schools?
The July 4, 2022 recommendation by Uganda's cabinet ministers on teaching Kiswahili as a compulsory subject in Uganda's primary and secondary schools was a surprise to many of us.… Read more »
Uganda: Kampala Should Learn Wetlands Conservation From Kigali
Does the pearl of Africa have some environmental lessons to pick from the land of a thousand hills? I answer in the affirmative. Read more »
Uganda: Shaming Children At School Is a Violation of Their Rights
Children at school struggle to maintain self-esteem, and battle for popularity, grades, social rankings among others, when a teacher portray them as unworthy or shames them. Their… Read more »