Rwandan nationals residing in Uganda have been given conditions to follow before getting Ugandan National identity cards. According to the spokesperson for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Simon Mundeyi, on June 25 2025 President Museveni held a meeting with ministry officials led by the State Minister Gen. David Muhoozi and leaders of the Rwandan nationals […]
President Museveni praised the fighters of the National Resistance Army (NRA) and recognized the unique role played by the people of Kabula and Sembabule in supporting the liberation effort. Mental Health Concerns: Court of Appeal Strips Tycoon Mohan Kiwanuka of Business Control President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today reiterated his commitment to honouring Uganda’s war […]
During the launch, Lugoloobi acknowledged the progress but emphasized the need for targeted interventions in high-poverty regions to ensure inclusive growth. IGG Finds Mukono CAO Culpable of Public Fund Misappropriation The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on Thursday unveiled the findings of the Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) 2023/24 at Hotel Africana, revealing significant improvements in poverty […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Dr. Micheal Atingi-Ego Governor of the Bank of Uganda and Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba as the new Deputy Governor. Atingi-Ego who has been serving as the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda replaces the late Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, who died in January 2022, after a long illness. Nuwagaba is an international consultant on Economic […]
As a measure to cut on government spending on national identity cards with expiry dates, an arrangement to introduce open identity cards is underway, and the programme is expected to become operational after the planned communal registration of all Ugandans. According to the State Minister for Internal Affairs, David Muhoozi, use of the existing identity […]
President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Police to stop giving police bonds to petty criminals, saying it is abetting insecurity in the country. In his televised New Year’s Address to the nation, the President also said he had asked the judiciary through the Chief Justice to end giving bail to suspected criminals on trial. This, […]
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 […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024, into law. According to the Presidential Press Unit (PPU) in a statement issued on Monday, December 23, 2024, the President assented to the bill on December 20, 2024. Parliament of Uganda passed the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024 integrating the Uganda Coffee Development […]
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 […]
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu has asked President Yoweri Museveni to put in place an independent system for the election of the chairperson of Electoral Commission (EC) and the Chief Justice. Kaziimba who doubles as the Chairperson of the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) said that by separating […]