By Our reporterPARLIAMENT – Kampala top engineer, James Kalibbala, has come under scrutiny for being a member of the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) while at the same time serving as Chairperson of the National Standards Council, which regulates the manufacturers.Kalibbala, who has accumulated 46 years’ experience but not registered under the Uganda Engineers Registration Board, […]
CAPTION: Some of the members of the minority and indigenous communities in East Africa out side a conference in Nairobi on Wednesday August 19th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporter NAIROBI – Climate change is an existential threat to minority and indigenous communities in East Africa. According to East Africa Indigenous people’s reports, these […]
CAPTION: Health workers give a training presentation about how to detect and prevent the spread of Ebola, outside South Sudan’s town of Yei on Tuesday February 26 2019. (File photo). By Agency YEI – South Sudan is strengthening Ebola surveillance along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where heavy cross-border movement and informal routes pose […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, second right, Ambassador Ibrahim Ahmed , second left, and support staff at State House Entebbe Wednesday August 19th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni received the outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to Uganda, H.E. Ahmed Ibrahim for a farewell meeting at State House Entebbe […]
CAPION: Samia Suluhu Hassan, right, and Félix Tshisekedi, left, during a meeting Zanzibar Tuesday August 18th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterZANZIBAR — Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo have called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Congolese territory and pledged deeper defence and security cooperation as Presidents Samia Suluhu Hassan and Félix Tshisekedi […]
CAPTION: MTN Uganda and KCB Bank Uganda interact with traders in Kalerwe Market August 19th, 2026. (Courtesy photo).By Celia Abenawe NsimireKAMPALA – KCB Bank Uganda has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing financial inclusion and economic empowerment through MoPesa, its digital micro-credit and savings proposition delivered in partnership with MTN MoMo.This partnership is reinforced through the […]
By Our reporterCAPTION: The Cabinet has reversed its earlier decision to suspend the facilitation of medical interns, with each set to receive a net UGX Shs1.2 million monthly allowance.While briefing Parliament on Tuesday, the Minister of health Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, revealed that the current cohort of 2,490 medical interns to be deployed across 77 accredited […]
CAPTION: African Union peacekeepers from Uganda provide security as Somali lawmakers arrive to cast their vote in the presidential election, at the Halane military camp in Mogadishu, Somalia May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) By AgenciesGAZA / ISREAL – Senior military officers from the African nations of Uganda and Burundi visited the US-led Civil-Military Coordination […]
CAPTION: Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, right standing, being recognized during at the Garbons’ 66th Independence anniversary celebrations Monday, 18th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporter GARBON – Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, joined several African heads of state in Gabon’s capital on Monday to mark the country’s 66th […]
CAPTION: State Minister for Energy, Hon. Sidronious Okaasai, speaking in Parliament on Thursday, 13 August 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA -Uganda’s ambition to connect electricity to underserved communities is being challenged by a Shs570 billion financial burden inherited when the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) was absorbed into the Ministry of Energy and […]