Uganda: Is Climate Change Fueling Uganda's Malaria Burden?

Even though the government has over the past couple of decades masterminded a wide-range of interventions in its fight against malaria, one of the deadliest diseases on earth,… Read more »

Uganda: Country Needs Reforms in Tourism Sector As Economy Grows 5.7% in FY 22/23 - World Bank

Uganda's economic activity is accelerating despite commodity-price inflation, global monetary tightening, international supply-chain bottlenecks, and a local Ebola outbreak,… Read more »

Uganda: RwandAir Starts First-Ever Flights to Paris

On June 27, RwandAir launched new direct flights to the popular city of Paris for the first time. Now customers can fly with RwandAir as the only direct service between Rwanda and… Read more »

Uganda: Paeb Releases May Exam Results for Accountant Students

The Public Accountants Examinations Board (PAEB) of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) on June 26 released the results of the May 2023 examinations.… Read more »

Uganda: Govt Leadership Needed to Unlock Uganda's Economic Potential Through Air Access, Route Development

In the pursuit of economic growth, nations around the world are increasingly recognizing the pivotal role of air-route attraction strategies. These initiatives have the power to… Read more »

Uganda: President Museveni Holds a Consultative Meeting With UN Resident Coordinator in Uganda

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on June 27th held a consultative meeting with the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Uganda, Susan Ngongi Namondo who called on him at… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda to Connect Refugees to Fast Internet

The Ugandan government partnered with the World Bank to launch the Universal Digital Acceleration Program to provide Internet access to Uganda's refugee communities. Read more »

Uganda: MPs Frustrated Over Delayed Security Deployment in Kasese

Following the suspected rebel attack on a school in Kasese that left 43 people dead, legislators from the district have poked holes into the government's response to beef up… Read more »

Uganda: French Embassy Invests in Uganda's Creative Future

The Embassy of France in Uganda contributed Shs180 million to support young Ugandan content creators in the design and production of digital media. Read more »

Uganda: NSSF, Unra Partner to Promote Social Security Compliance in the Road Sector

The National Social Security Fund, with support from the Uganda National Roads Authority, has embarked on a sensitisation drive to ensure contractors in the road sector comply with… Read more »

West Africa: Nakalembe, Kibirige Impress in West Africa Pro Golf Tournaments

Irene Nakalembe and Marvin Kibirige are back home after impresing on their debuts in tournaments in Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire recently. Read more »

Uganda: Alcohol Consumption Age to Move From 18 to 21

The Ugandan government has announced plans to implement an earlier agreed policy to raise the legal age for alcohol consumption from 18 to 21 years. Read more »

Uganda: Kasese School Massacre Worries Educators

The recent attack on a secondary school in the western Uganda border district of Kasese that left at least 41 people dead; including 37 students, has left educators worried about… Read more »

Uganda: Police, Judiciary Ranked As the Least Trusted Institutions in Uganda

The Uganda Police Force and Judiciary have been ranked the least trusted institutions in Uganda. Read more »

Uganda: Rwanda Development Board Signs Deal With Basketball Africa League

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) today announced a multi-year extension of their existing collaboration that will see the BAL continue to… Read more »

Uganda: MP Kamukama Jailed for Six Months Over Shs69.1 Million Debt

The Chief Magistrates court at Mengo remanded to Luzira for six months, Bunyangabu Member of Parliament, Davis Kamukama to prison over a shs69.1 million debt. Read more »

Uganda: Digital Number Plates Are Too Expensive - Kacita

Kampala City Traders Association, KACITA blamed the government for the rushed decision to implement digital number plates. Read more »

Uganda: Mukono - 35 Suspected Criminals Arrested

35 people have been arrested in Kyetume parish, Mukono District following a wave of crime in the area. The suspects whose names have not been disclosed are accused of waylaying… Read more »

Uganda: MP Mapenduzi Signs MOU With NRM

In a significant development, Hon. Ojara Martin Mapenduzi, the Bardege-Layibi Division Member of Parliament, officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ruling… Read more »

Uganda: DPP Closes 17 Files On Iron Sheets Scandal

The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has closed 17 files on the theft and diversion of Iron Sheets meant for the Karamoja Region. Read more »

Uganda: National Sports Bill to Be Reconsidered

The National Sports Bill, 2023 that President Yoweri Museveni did not assent to was referred to the Committee on Education and Sports for reconsideration. Read more »

Uganda: MP Davis Kamukama Jailed for Six Months Over Sh69.1m Debt

The Chief Magistrates court at Mengo has remanded to Luzira Prison for six months, Bunyangabu Member of Parliament, Davis Kamukama over a shs69.1 million debt. Read more »

Uganda: Uganda's Politics of Frustration

The government of President Yoweri Museveni is old and exhausted. It has no zest for anything new or imaginative. Lacking its own project of national transformation, it now only… Read more »

Uganda: UBL Staff Plant 5,000 Trees in Nakaseke

On June 17, Uganda Breweries Limited staff in partnership with Tree Adoption Uganda and the Nakaseke community planted 5,000 trees in Nakaseke district to contribute to… Read more »

Uganda: New Fund for Agroecology Enterprises Launched

On June 15 SHONA and Biovision Foundation launched The Neycha Accelerator and Fund (Neycha) to identify and partner with growth-oriented Agroecological Enterprises (AEEs) in Uganda… Read more »