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Traffic Police intensify checks on overloaded vehicles along Masaka RoadThe Ministry of Works and Transport and Traffic Police have stepped up road safety enforcement along Masaka Road, targeting overloaded vehicles, mis...
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has directed parliamentary committees to stop sitting during plenary and ordered MPs and ministers to attend afternoon plenary sessions, saying parallel sittings are undermining accountabili...
Unknown assailants attacked Kyegegwa Government Prison, injured three officers and escaped with two guns carrying 60 rounds of ammunition.Unknown assailants have raided Kyegegwa Government Prison, injured three prison of...
High Court awards URA officer Nicholas Jjengo Shs100 million after ruling that James Abola defamed him in a senior management WhatsApp group with unverified claims linking him to a shooting and dispute over a womanShs100...
Local Government Permanent Secretary Ben Kumumanya addressing Tororo market vendors on August 13, 2026. Photo/ Joseph Omollo.The Ministry of Local Government has issued a tough stance against defaulting vendors at Tororo...
Balaam interacting with Pakwach district officials.Minister of Local Government Hon. Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi has cracked the whip in Pakwach District, ordering the arrest of Town Clerk Adriko Simon and District Enginee...
Police have arrested John Baptist Kigozi over the Namulanda crash that killed two Next Media journalists and seriously injured presenter Brian Ssemanda.Police have arrested the driver accused of causing the Namulanda roa...
KOBOKO: Koboko District has failed to meet the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) recruitment target after cases of mismatch of credentials, forgery and age limit marred the ongoing physical recruitment exercise.Acc...
Nyarushanje Women Council representatives have elected NRM flag bearers for several positions, with two positions remaining unopposed.The elections were held at Nyarushanje Subcounty Headquarters, where Jolly Mashaija fr...
Uganda’s public debt increased by nearly 20 per cent to Shs126.16 trillion by December 2025, but the government says the country can still meet its obligations.Uganda’s public debt rose from Shs105.17 trillion in Dec...
