Latest national reporting and analysis for Uganda.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda today hosted the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at its headquarters in Kampala, where Uganda and UNODC signed a Host Country Agreement for the e...
There is poverty at the heart of national unity platform party to the extent that secretary general Rubongoya can’t even facilitate work to be undertaken by heads of departments.The party now has 48 MPs each of whom pa...
Members of Parliament call for greater transparency and accountability in granting of tax waivers.The legislators also wondered whether the current criteria is not abused calling for evidence that companies benefiting fr...
Parliament has renewed pressure on the government to compensate people displaced by the Karuma Hydropower Project, as MPs also questioned the slow expansion of electricity to communities that remain off the national grid...
Residents and local leaders fear poor materials and delayed works could shorten the lifespan of the road and waste public funds if corrective action is not taken.Residents and local leaders in Ntungamo District have rais...
Pallisa authorities have begun enforcing a directive restricting alcohol consumption before 3pm, as district leaders launch a security and service delivery assessment across sub-counties.Pallisa Resident District Commiss...
The High Court in Kampala began hearing the treason case against jailed opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye in his absence. At the commencement of the trial, the prosecution asked the court to proceed without him. Cri...
Lukwago Withdraws From Besigye DefenceThe withdrawal comes days after the High Court ruled that Besigye and Lutale still had access to adequate legal representation despite the absence of key lawyers, including Lukwago a...
President Yoweri Museveni has called for a stronger partnership between government and the private sector to accelerate Uganda’s industrialisation, deepen regional integration and transform the country into a competiti...
The two opposition figures, who have attended almost every court session since Besigye was charged, are said to have received information that they would be targeted if they appeared at court.Dr Kizza Besigye’s close a...
