Outgoing Kiryandongo Deputy CAO Deo Kabugo (R) hands over office instruments to Principal Assistant CAO Denis Dacan during a ceremony at the district headquarters.Kiryandongo, Uganda: The outgoing Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Kiryandongo District, Deo Kabugo, has officially
Jimmy Akena Obote, President of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), has firmly rejected the controversial Administration of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2024, describing it as unnecessary and unhelpful to Uganda’s parliamentary system.In an interview on Next Radio’s Next Big Talk pro
Unlike its approach to Rwanda, Kenya, DR Congo, and Tanzania, the United States has not been intentional in pursuing commercial engagement with Uganda.Different from its neighbours, Uganda is not a direct party to any binding trade agreements with the U.S. and relies on regional arrangemen
As the two pilots fought to keep Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in the air, the captain issued one last desperate command as the doomed airliner plummeted to earthWreckage lies at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 en route to Nairobi, Kenya, near Bishoftu, Ethiopia, 10 Ma
When one first hears the word Masaka, the first things that pops into their mind is the hostile politics that has rarely allowed the ruling National Resistance Movement and President Museveni to breath. Equally so, the person deployed to rein as the President’s representative must ideally be ve
The reasons why Manchester City “could accept” a 60-point penalty in their long-running Financial Fair Play (FFP) case have been explained. Since early 2023, at least 115 charges have been hanging over the Etihad Stadium. No verdict has been delivered as yet, and the expectation is that any p
Kampala, Uganda: Civil society organisations have raised alarm over Uganda’s growing public debt and widening gaps in health sector funding, warning that the latest Auditor General’s report exposes serious weaknesses in the management of public resources.The report examined 182 ministr
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda is hurtling toward a systemic social and economic crisis as a rapidly aging population outpaces a retirement savings framework that currently excludes 16 million workers.While the national pension sector appears robust on paper—with assets surging 21 percent to
New York, March 7: A Pakistani man has been convicted of plotting with Iran to assassinate US President Donald Trump in a verdict handed down coincidentally while Washington and Tehran are locked in a war. A Federal jury on Friday found Asif Merchant guilty of trying to hire hitmen to kill
Lady Justice Naluzze Aisha BatalaThe Inspectorate of Government has directed the City Town Clerk of Mbale City to recover more than UGX 66 million from 20 city officials who were irregularly overpaid salaries.In a press statement issued on 5th March 2026, the Inspectorate said the m
