His hotel, Tropic Inn in Masaka City employs over 100 people with some having acquired requisite skills on the job under his sponsorship. A Ugandan dentist of repute, Dr. George William Ssamula has succumbed to diabetes and hypertensia after being bedridden for a long period. The late Dr. Ssamula has since the 1980s been popular, […]
Mpuuga expressed disappointment that some of the party leaders chose to be arrogant at the expense of supporters for whom they would have tiptoed to secure their release from prison. District Chairperson, Service Commission Bosses Arrested for Soliciting Bribes for Jobs Despite parting ways with the National Unity Platform (NUP), Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, the President […]
Former State Minister for ICT, Alintuma Nsambu, has withdrawn from the NRM party primary elections for Bukoto East County in Masaka district shortly after picking nomination forms. Nsambu, currently serving as Uganda’s Ambassador to Algeria, paid the required nomination fees at the NRM party electoral commission headquarters in Kyadondo, Kampala, on Friday, June 13, 2025, […]
At least 950 voters in three cells in the Nyendo-Mukungwe division in Masaka City are in panic over the mysterious deletion of their polling stations from the Electoral Commission’s registers. The affected voters are residents of Kinsadde, Bujja-Njeru located in Nyendo ward and Kitovu Hospital gate cell in Ssenyange ward. For a long time, they have […]
The parliamentary committee for health has established that although pork is the most widely consumed meat in the country, only Masaka and Kampala cities have only one gazetted abattoir each for slaughtering pigs. Committee chairperson Joseph Ruyonga (Hoima West Division) told parliament on Wednesday that out of nine cities and four districts inspected, it was […]
Two senior six candidates in Masaka City have been implicated in an examination cheating scandal involving artificial intelligence (AI). According to information obtained from the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), the students Nabahinda Cecilia and Nakiyimba Grace, sitting their examinations at Masaka Hall, were caught using smartphones during an afternoon exam to access AI-generated essays […]
A group of environmentalists under the Biodiversity Conservation Foundation (BCF) is mooting for the enactment of punitive ordinances against actions that lead to wetlands destruction in Masaka sub-region. Antonio Kalyango, the BCF Executive Director observes that many local governments are failing to customize and effectively enforce provisions of the National Environment Act 2019, hence the […]
St. Julian 3-0 Amus College In their first time appearance in the Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) boys’ football championship, St. Julian High School Seeta in Mukono Municipality has emerged champions of the 2024 tournament. St. Julian convincingly outcompeted Amus College School in a 3-0 victory at Mpungu Arena in Masaka City on Sunday […]
The government is considering revoking its partnership and grant aiding private schools that are faulting the Universal Education policy. The State Minister in Charge of Primary Education Doctor Joyce Moriku Kaducu, said that the government is going to withdraw its capitation grants and any support to private schools that have continued to overcharge its students […]
Masaka City authorities have condemned 160 schools and ordered them not to resume operations for the new term, next month. According to a circular written by Stephen Kakeeto, the Masaka City Education Officer, the affected schools have been declared illegal and are not allowed to open for classes when the first term starts on February […]