For the 83-year-old Yosam Kagolo, travelling on the newly paved road to nearby towns is more than just a convenience but a symbol of progress and opportunity. Kagolo, a seasoned trader in the Ngwedo trading center of Buliisa district in rural mid-Western Uganda, vividly remembers the challenges before the Chinese built the 159-km road through […]
Omulabirizi w’omulabirizi bwa West Buganda, Bp. Henry Katumba ayolekedde okuwummula obuweereza olw’emyaka egy’essalira 65 abaweereza ku ddala lye kwe baba balina okuwumnulira. Okusinziira ku bwino, Bp. Katumba waakuwummula mu March w’omwaka ogujja 2025. Na bwe kityo, enteekateeka zaatandika dda okulaba ng’abavunaanyizibwa basunsula amannya g’abaweereza ba Katonda abanaddira Bp. Katumba mu bigere. Abamu ku basongeddwamu olunwe […]
Engineer James Nkamwesiga Kasigwa has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). Nkamwesiga replaces David Livingstone Ebiru who was sacked last year following an alleged corruption and abuse of office at the country’s standards body. His appointment by Francis Mwebesa, the Minister of Trade, Industrial, and Cooperatives ends […]
The 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Affairs Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga on Tuesday officiated at the graduation ceremony for Busoga Zonal Presidential Industrial Hub in Jinja City. Kadaga urged the skilled youth to put into practice what they have learnt. This event marked the successful completion of vocational training for […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has disagreed with traders who say that there are many taxes in the country being imposed on them. “The first claim is that there are too many taxes in Uganda. This is not true and that is why I’m here to talk with you,” he said. The President made the remarks on […]
Residents and leaders in the villages along Mparo-Noozi-Butambi road in Rukiga district are angry after the contractor abandoned the project. The government through the Ministry of Works and Transport contracted MITA Engineering and Logistics Limited to construct the 8.2-kilometre road under the District Urban and Community Access Roads program. The road connects Rwamucucu sub-county, Mparo […]
Jomayi Property Consultants Ltd, once Uganda’s most prominent real estate company, has been sent into liquidation after being declared insolvent. The order to wind up comes after NC Bank failed to recover sh868,250,000 from Jomayi and petitioned the court to declare the company insolvent and unable to pay its debts. In 2018, one Ssemwogerere John […]
This Thursday, limited passenger services resume between Kampala and Namanve, following suspension last year to pave the way for the rehabilitation and upgrade of the existing line. The passenger services will feature departures from Namanve to Kampala at 6:40am and 7:45am and evening departures from Kampala at 5:30pm and 6:50pm to with each trip taking […]
The Bishop of Kasana-Luweero diocese, Lawrence Mukasa has strongly condemned the alleged murders of parents by their own children driven by greed for property which are currently escalating in Luweero and the neighbouring districts. Bishop Mukasa expressed deep concern over the disturbing trend where children resort to killing their parents when denied land titles over […]
The National Unity Platform (NUP) President, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu a.k.a Bobi Wine has passed by AghaKhan Hospital in Nairobi Kenya to check on the ailing health conditions of Muhammad Ssegirinya. The Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Ssegirinya has been ill for quite some time, the illness which intensified when he was imprisoned for over three […]