4 Start-ups Win USD 10,000 in Challenge to Innovate for Reproductive Health
Four groups of startup teams have been selected in the Up Accelerate challenge to innovate for sexual and reproductive health. The four teams each of whom won USD 10,000 will be supported to develop...
View ArticleWe Need Political Integration for Guaranteed Security against Foreign...
President Museveni has called upon members of the East African Community (EAC) to consider speeding up the process of political integration so as to guarantee safety and security of the region against...
View ArticleUS, UK Doctors to Hold Annual Medical Camps in Luuka
Luuka District Woman Member of Parliament, Esther Mbayo has entered into agreement with doctors from UK and US to annually come to Uganda and organize a medical camp in Luuka district. The development...
View ArticleMiddle East Consultants Extend Wings to Saudi Arabia
Middle East Consultants Limited (MEC), a top consultancy and recruitment company in Uganda has extended its area of operation to Saudi Arabia. The development was revealed on Tuesday afternoon by MEC...
View ArticleFormerly Conjoined Twins Return Home After Being Separated in US
Two-year-old Acen and Apio Akello are finally returning home with their mother Esther Akello, after a gripping operation in the United States that separated them for the first time since they were...
View Article4 Prisoners Killed in Kabarole Accident
A total of four Prisoners have been killed on spot and an unconfirmed number of others critically injured in a grisly accident that occurred this afternoon in Kabarole district. The Prisoners were...
View ArticleMuhoozi Speaks Out of Reshuffle: “I Expected It”
Outgoing commander of the elite Special Forces Command, (SFC) Maj. Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has spoken out for the first time about this month’s extraordinary reshuffle in the army’s top brass,...
View ArticleMPs Praise Lumumba, Opondo for Condemning Oil Cash Bonanza
Members of Parliament have praised the National Resistance Movement party senior officials for condemning the Shs 6bn Presidential Handshake money that the salaried government officials shared in...
View ArticleWorry as Councilors Boycott Jinja Municipal Council Meeting
Jinja Municipal council meeting has flopped this afternoon after councilors refused to turn up accusing their technical team and top leadership of failing to implement any council resolutions since...
View ArticleM23 Have Been Escaping From Bihanga – Government Admits
Government has finally admitted the former Congolese based M23 rebels held at Bihanga Military Training School in Ibanda District are escaping from the camp. Government in a statement today informed...
View ArticleKigezi Bishop Marks Anniversary With Mass Wedding
Bishop of the Kigezi Diocese Rt. Rev. George Bagamuhunda on Wednesday celebrated his 3rd anniversary as Bishop by holding a mass wedding. Bagamuhunda held the function on Wednesday at St. Peters...
View ArticleCCEDU Calls For Popularization of LC Polls
The Citizens’ Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) has appealed to government to prioritize and popularize the oncoming local council elections. Crispy Kaheru the Coordinator CCEDU...
View ArticleGovt, Church Launch Events for 40th Anniversary of Janan Luwum Martyrdom
Government is set to unveil a master plan for the construction of a memorial site for slain Archbishop Janan Luwum in his birth place of Mucwini in Kitgum district. This was revealed Thursday by the...
View ArticleMbarara: Post Bank Managers Suspended
Post Bank has suspended for three months its Mbarara Branch Business Growth Manager Joseph Mibazi and reportedly fired Robert Mumpe, the Assistant Manager Credit over customers’ credit. The bank last...
View ArticlePolice Arrests 3 for Killing Elephant in Murchison Falls N.P
Police in Nwoya district is holding 3 men in custody for suspected poaching of wildlife as it searches for the gun used to kill an elephant in Anaka village. The three men in their mid-30s identified...
View ArticleFour People Drown on L. Victoria
Four people have been confirmed dead after a motorboat carrying 8 people capsized on Lake Victoria this afternoon. According to the Ssezibwa Region Police spokesperson Lameck Kigozi, the motor boat was...
View ArticleMuseveni Gives Ugsh 82M Towards Archbishop Nkoyoyo’s Medical Bill
President Museveni has contributed Ugsh 82 million towards covering the hospital bills of former Anglican Archbishop Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo who is currently hospitalized in the United Kingdom....
View ArticleKisanja Hakuna Mchezo: CAO Sends Home 100 Workers over Late Coming
98 workers at the Kabale District headquarters on Makanga hill were on Thursday shocked when the Kabale CAO Abert Matsiko Mutungwire blocked them from accessing their offices for reporting late for...
View ArticleEmirates Rewards Lucky Ugandan Arsenal Fans
Emirates has rewarded eight lucky Ugandans with personalized Arsenal football jerseys. The winners participated in an eight-week radio competition in which they answered questions relating to Emirates’...
View ArticleMakerere ‘Teargas Student’ Improves Product to Beat Police’s
Twenty three year old Samuel Mugarura, a Makerere University student who came up with an initiative to manufacture teargas using local materials has improved his product to outcompete than used by the...
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