CAPTION: Uganda Airlines Managing Director, Girma Wake, center, with support staff during a function recently. (File photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – Tourism stakeholders have welcomed Uganda Airlines’ decision to launch direct flights to Kigali, Rwanda, and Accra, Ghana, saying the new connections are expected to boost visitor arrivals, trade, and investment while strengthening […]
CAPTION: Abdul Nasur Ikun, the suspect in gold scam being escorted by Police in Kampala August 7th, 2026. (PPU photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – The Police Mineral Protection Unit, in collaboration with the State House Investors Protection Unit (SHIPU) and other security agencies, has launched investigations into an alleged US$450,000 gold fraud involving […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, left, and Tanzanian President Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, 2nd left in the back ground, with other officials after the signing Thursday August 6th, 2026. (PPU photo). By Our reporterDAR ES SALAAM – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Tanzanian President Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan have launched a new chapter in Uganda–Tanzania energy […]
CAPTION: European Union, Ambassador to Rwanda Belén Calvo Uyarra, left, exchange the contract agreement with Rwanda’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Yusuf Murangwa, right, after signing in Kigali Rwanda August 5th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Alex NgarambeKIGALI – Rwanda has secured €40 million ($46.8 million) in financing from the European Union to speed up modernisation […]
CAPTION: Emmanuel Njuki, the head of legal & corporate affairs, Nile Breweries Limited, hands over a certificate to one of the retailers during the training. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterMASAKA – Nile Breweries Limited has trained 230 retailers in Masaka district in practical business, financial and digital skills, as the company’s Growing Retailers Innovatively Together (GRIT) […]
CAPTION: Interpol ranked Kenya second in Africa for cyber-attacks. Photo: William Ruto. Source: Facebook By Japhet Ruto NAIROBI – Kenya ranks as the second most exposed country to cyberattacks in Africa, accounting for 11.9% of all exploitable digital vulnerabilities detected across the continent in 2025, according to Interpol’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026.The report, which draws […]
CAPTION: South Sudan’s Foreign Affairs Minister James Pitia Morgan. By AgencyNAIROBI – South Sudan and Kenya have renewed efforts to complete a key road linking the two countries, saying the project would reduce cargo transit times from the Kenyan port of Mombasa to Juba and strengthen trade and economic integration.The commitment was made during talks in […]
By Agency JUBA – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed economist Johnny Ohisa from his post as the country’s central bank governor. He previously served as the bank’s chief on two separate occasions and was reappointed for a third time earlier this year. Kiir did not give a reason for Ohisa’s removal which […]
CAPTION: Secretary to the Treasury, Dr. Ramathan Ggoobi appointed as Non-Executive Directors of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC). (Courtesy photo). By Agencies NAIROBI – The Secretary to the Treasury, Dr. Ramathan Ggoobi, and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Irene Pauline Bateebe, have been appointed as Non-Executive Directors of […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, right, with investors from Iran at State House, Entebbe on Wednesday July 29, 2026. (PPU Photo). By Stephen Wandera Ouma ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today welcomed the establishment of the HUVET Bio-Science Park, describing it as a major step towards Uganda’s vaccine sovereignty and its ambition […]