CAPTION: Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi, left, with health worker discgarge the last patient from Mulago Hospital July 16th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA The country must wait 42 days without a new case before it can be declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation (WHO) despite the discharge of the last patient from the Ebola […]
CAPTION: Hon. Members of the Committee on Physical Infrastructure listening to officials from UCAA at Parliament on Thursday, 16 July 2026. (Courtesy photo). KAMPALA – The Committee on Physical Infrastructure has directed the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) to submit the academic credentials of 13 senior managers for verification, following the dismissal of 89 staff over […]
CAPTION: House in cession recently, MPs want increase the coverage of road networks across the country. (Courtsey photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Lawmakers are calling on government to increase the coverage of road networks across the country, in the infrastructure agenda highlighted by President Yoweri Museveni during his State-of-the-Nation Address on 04 June 2026.According to Hon. […]
CAPTION: Former Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago in Mulago Hospital recently. He is facing a charge of misprision. (File photo). By Our reporterNAIROBI – Human Rights Watch has condemned Uganda’s military for arbitrarily seizing government critics, holding them incommunicado, then handing them over for bogus prosecutions, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, 16th, 2026. These actions are an […]
CAPTION: President Museveni, holding an umbrella in Uganda flags colours, black yellow red, and other officials commissions the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) Meat and Beans Processing Factory at Katonga in Kisozi, Gomba District. (PPU photo). By Our reporterKISOZI – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) Meat and Beans Processing Factory at […]
CAPTION: Left to right: Victoria University directors Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia, his wife Jyotsna Ruparelia and Vice Chancellor Dr Lawrence Muganga during a recent graduation of the university. (Courtesy photo). By Stephen Wandera OumaKAMPALA – Victoria University has kick off the anticipated Rajiv Memorial Scholarship programme in memory of the late Rajiv Ruperelia.The late son of businessman […]
CAPTION: Deputy Speaker Tayebwa read the President’s letter on Tuesday July 14th 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – President Museveni has declined to assent to the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2026 returning them back to Parliament for reconsideration, warning that some proposed measures would create unfair competition among […]
CAPTION: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon Sanjay Tanna, center, with UBL officials and other guests at the launch at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel on Tuesday July 14, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Celia NsimireKAMPALA – Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has released the findings of an independent study by Oxford Economics Africa examining the company’s contribution […]
By Our reporter KAMPALA – Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust has announced a major milestone in its efforts to protect the endangered chimpanzees of the Kyambura Gorge. Just six months after launching Uganda’s first permanent, science-based monitoring programme for the isolated population, researchers have successfully identified 25 of the gorge’s chimpanzees, laying the foundation for future […]
CAPTION: Deputy Speaker Tayebwa called for probe by the parliament committee on Mukono train – bus accident. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has tasked the Committee on Physical Infrastructure to probe the recent collision that involved a train and a bus at Namumira railway crossing in Mukono Municipality.On 10h July 2026, […]