Christians and friends of Sts. Philip and Andrew’s Cathedral of Mukono Diocese have taken part in a fundraising run to raise money for construction of the new cathedral building projected to cost around sh6bn. The three-category run comprising of the 10km, 5km and 2km categories attracted prominent figures who are residents and working in Mukono including […]
The Electoral Commission, the body holding the constitutional mandate to compile, maintain, and update the national voters’ register, has rescheduled the exercise in preparations for the 2025/2026 general elections, to run between January 20, and February 10, 2025, from the earlier schedule of January 3 to 24, 2025. The update exercise will be conducted at updated stations throughout Uganda, starting […]
Chaos has erupted among believers of St. John’s Church of Uganda Kitegomba in Kasangati, Wakiso district and have boycotted a number of religious obligations, demanding that the Bishop of Namirembe Diocese reverses his decision to sack the parish priest Rev. Abel Sserwanja Mereewooma. It is reported that on learning about the bishop’s directive, the Christians […]
Sections of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Mukono district are up in arms for what they consider neglect by organizers of President Museveni’s visit to the district to commission the revamped Mukono-Kampala passenger train service, to include a slot for him to meet party leaders and also hold a rally for the locals. […]
President Museveni said that despite the fact that ADB is lending Uganda Money for executing this project, it should not put up unfavourable restrictions. President Yoweri Museveni has out rightly rejected the use of metallic slippers for the extension project of the Uganda Railway (UR) meter gauge railway line from Kyengera westwards and elsewhere in […]
“I am irked by parents who take their girl-children with the psychosocial problem for sterilization because they do not want the girls to give them an extra burden of a baby! This is a big crime because it denies the girls a chance to enjoy the right to form a family! The sterilization issue has been […]
BYA TONNY EVANS NGABO AND MIKE MUSISI-MUSOKE Wakiso District Administrative Officer (CAO) Alfred Malinga has declined a prayer to renew the contract undertaken by M/S Haso Engineering Co Ltd for construction of Kasangati Health Unit, on allegations of failing to beat the deadline as agreed upon in the signed memorandum of understanding. The CAO declared […]
In a rare case of unprecedented patriotism, a Kampala landlord has volunteered to surrender 50 acres of his land located along Kampala-Mityana Road for the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to use as a dumping site, in a move he described as a corporate social responsibility to Ugandans. The offer is contained in a letter […]
The old saying of history repeating itself came true when this year, Kabale University School of Medicine for the second year running emerged winner of the African inter-medical school quiz competition, bringing 39 other participating universities to their knees. Last year, Kabale beat 53 competing universities in the prestigious quiz organized by the Federation of […]
The school community of St. Thereza Namilyango Girls’ Boarding Primary School were on Thursday morning shocked by the news of the school farm manager who was severely cut by her ex-lover who later cut his throat and caused his own death. The victim has been identified as Maureen Namwanje and the suspect as Henry Ssabakaaki […]
