Specifically, €45 million (approximately sh180bn) of the total funding will support the second phase of the Kampala Water Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Project. Uganda has secured €85 million (approximately sh340bn) in development aid from France to significantly improve both water infrastructure and broader urban development in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA), Finance Minister […]
These women are not only improving their own lives but also making a positive impact in their communities. With the income generated from their motorcycle fleets, they’ve supported their families, invested in property, and even built homes. In the streets of Kampala, bodabodas have become an essential part of urban transportation, driving daily commutes and […]
According to Kevin Nattabi, one of the residents, besides the garbage stench, a deep pitch dug for dumping the garbage has become a death trap especially to lives of people travelling at night, and she desperately appeals to authorities to step in and save the situation. Sipiika owa NUP Agobezza ba Kkansala Obukoofiira bwa NUP […]
UNEB disclosed that a 22.1 per cent increase of students last year was registered, in comparison to the previous year’s 10,569 who registered for the 2023 examinations. Last year’s Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) results are to be released by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) on Friday this week, sources have revealed. According […]
According to the arbitration order, KIU was ordered to pay Housing Finance Company Limited US$ 12,767,503.33 within 30 days when the order was made in 2019. The order also gave a 9.5% interest per annum computed from January 2018 until the full payment. The High Court in Kampala has allowed the enforcement of an arbitration […]
Lubongoya says that the doctors advised that Machete’s organs were at the verge of getting permanent damage if he continued with his hunger strike. s part of the protest of continued alleged unlawful imprisonment for the National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters and trial in the General Court Martial, one of the prisoners, Yasin Ssekitoleko Machete […]
Abdallah Kiwanuka (Mukono North) also challenged the government to explain the security forces’ new dress code, specifically the practice of covering their entire faces with hoods. Parliament’s Defence and Internal Affairs Committee has grilled top management of the Uganda Police Force over concerns regarding the functionality of the National CCTV Systems Project. The meeting, chaired […]
A worker at Namataba Town Council disclosed that the money collected from the transporters is not receipted as the law requires, and does not get to the council’s coffers. Produce and general merchandise transporters from Naggojje, Ntunda and beyond who ferry their ware via Namataba Town Council has sounded a loud protest against what they […]
Kiwanda noted that the artistes’ compositions awoke Ugandans to President Museveni’s achievements, which he said has gone a long way in reminding the country where they came from and where they are destined. In the final campaign round for Kawempe North by-elections, local artistes under their signature campaign music logo titled ‘Museveni Awooma’ organised a […]
A violent panga-wielding gang raided homes in Namugongo Nsawo Zone over the weekend, leaving several residents severely injured and hospitalized, while others lost valuables worth millions. The attack, which occurred in the early hours of Sunday, has sparked outrage among residents, who are now demanding urgent security interventions. According to Michael Ssendawula, chairperson of Nsawo Namugongo, […]
