CAPTION: Tayebwa addresses the public at the university on 04 September 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterKABALE – Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has commended former Kabale University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Joy C Kwesiga for transforming the institution from a young university into an institution of national significance during her 21 years of service.Speaking at a ceremony […]
CAPTION: Kenya President William Ruto enjoys yogurt recently. (File Photo). By Our reporter By AgencyNAIROBI – Severe milk shortage has in Kenya and Rwanda prompted policy markers to blame adverse weather and declining returns from diary farming, even as Uganda and Tanzania enjoy plenty of supply.The Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK), a lobby, warned that without urgent […]
CAPTION: Inmates under close watch of prison wardens at Luzira Prison recently. (File Photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Government is drafting parole rules that will see eligible prisoners serve part of their sentences outside prison as one of the measures to reduce overcrowding.The Prime Minister, Rt Hon. Robinah Nabbanja told Parliament that the proposed parole rules […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Museveni pays his last respect to King Oyo at Entebbe International Airport September 4th, 2026. (PPU Photo). By Our reporter FORT PORTAL – The remains of the fallen Tooro king, Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, have arrived in his kingdom, marking the beginning of an emotional homecoming for a monarch whose reign […]
Hon. Mwine Mpaka KAMPALA – Parliament has adopted a report on the Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) with cases of financial mismanagement, missing wagons, disputed procurement deals and the loss and encroachment of railway land. Presenting the report on Thursday, 03 September 2026, the Chairperson of the Committee on Physical Infrastructure, Hon. Mwine Mpaka said public […]
KAMPALA – The Deputy Commander of the Field Force Unit, Commissioner of Police Ecotu Agapitus, has passed on at Mulago Hospital. The cause of death is still unknown.At the time of his death, he was the Deputy Commander of the Field Force Unit (FFU), the elite police formation in charge of public order, riot control […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, right, recieves a book from H.E. Wu Guangrong, Ambassador Designate of the People’s Republic of China, left, at State House Entebbe Tuesday August 1st 2026. (PPU Photo) By Our reporterENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has received the Letters of Credence from five Ambassadors Designate representing the United Arab Emirates, the […]
CAPTION: Tooro Kingdom King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV(File photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Parliament has condoled with Tooro Kingdom following the death of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV with the Speaker, Jacob Marksons Oboth describing the king’s demise as ‘deeply painful’.Oboth eulogised the Omukama in his communication to the House on on […]
CAPTION: The late casket of the late Bildad Ojiambo Nabonwe being lowered to the grave at his ancestrial hone in Bunyidye, Buhehe Sub County, Busia district. (Photo by Stephen Wandera Ouma). By Our reporter BUSIA – Road survey for the new proposed border points connecting Kenya to Uganda are scheduled to start soon. According […]
CAPTION: Dr Kasonde Mwinga, left, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Uganda hand over a truck -mounted mobile laboratory to Dr Dianah Atwine, right, Uganda Ministry of Health, Permanent Secretary on Wednesday, August 26th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Uganda has been re-declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization after completing the required 42-day […]