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Uganda Targets 20% Increase in Arrivals of Tourists from India

Uganda Targets 20% Increase in Arrivals of Tourists from India

Uganda has set an ambitious target to increase tourist arrivals from India by at least 20% over the next two years as part of a renewed strategy to tap into one of the world’s fastest-growing outbound travel markets.The move is a key driver in Uganda’s push to expand tourism and achiev

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Kaberuka: How Cedric Babu Fell Ill in Kigali

Kaberuka: How Cedric Babu Fell Ill in Kigali

Delivering a deeply personal and emotional eulogy, Dr. Donald Kaberuka, former Rwandan Finance Minister and maternal uncle to the late Cedric Babu, offered mourners a detailed account of how Babu’s sudden illness unfolded and ultimately claimed his life.Speaking on behalf of the maternal

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Crested Cranes: Coach Botes Names Squad for CECAFA Women’s Championship

Crested Cranes: Coach Botes Names Squad for CECAFA Women’s Championship

Uganda Women’s Senior National Team (Crested Cranes) head coach Sheryl Botes has named a squad of 20 players for the upcoming 2025 CECAFA Women’s Championship in Tanzania.The South African tactician has opted for a predominantly local selection, comprising players from Uganda’s domes

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Uganda Cranes Fail Cameroon Test

Uganda Cranes Fail Cameroon Test

 Cameroon 3-0 Uganda Uganda Cranes endured a tough night in Marrakech, falling 3-0 to a dominant Cameroon side in an international friendly played on Friday at the Stadium de Marrakech Annexe Pitch.The Cameroonians controlled proceedings from start to finish, with goals fr

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Gen Muhoozi Mourns Cedric Babu: ‘I’ve Lost a Loyal and Dependable Friend’

Gen Muhoozi Mourns Cedric Babu: ‘I’ve Lost a Loyal and Dependable Friend’

KAMENGO — Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, delivered a deeply personal and emotional tribute on Saturday as he led mourners during the burial of his lifelong friend Cedric Babu Ndilima, who succumbed to a rare iron overload disorder known as hem

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Uganda Urged to Cut Remittance Costs to Spur Diaspora Investment

Uganda Urged to Cut Remittance Costs to Spur Diaspora Investment

Uganda has been urged to reduce the high cost of sending money from abroad, with officials and development experts warning that current transfer fees are discouraging remittances and stifling diaspora-led investment.The call was made during the commemoration of the Interna

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UPDF Officer on the Spot Over Constructing House in a Wetland in Kitagwenda

UPDF Officer on the Spot Over Constructing House in a Wetland in Kitagwenda

A UPDF officer, Lt. Col. Harold Twinomujuni Akiniagi, is under the spotlight for allegedly encroaching on the Rwentuha Wetland, located along the Kitagwenda–Kamwenge road in Kitagwenda Town Council, Kitagwenda District.The accusations come from district environmental authorities who clai

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Museveni Gives Financial Boost to Masaka, Mpigi Roadside Market Vendors

Museveni Gives Financial Boost to Masaka, Mpigi Roadside Market Vendors

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has continued to offer financial support to roadside market vendors, with an aim of improving their household incomes.For the last three (3) years, the President through a team of officials from State House has been traversing roadside markets along major H

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Israel strikes southern Beirut on eve of religious holiday

Israel strikes southern Beirut on eve of religious holiday

Israel has carried out several air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, saying it was targeting Hezbollah's drone production.The attack on Thursday night, the eve of Eid Al Adha, one of the most important celebrations in Islam, followed evacuation warnings for several bui

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NUP Vows Full Participation in upcoming youth elections

NUP Vows Full Participation in upcoming youth elections

The National Unity Platform (NUP) has set its sights on sweeping the upcoming youth elections, but tensions with the Electoral Commission are already surfacing.The party has accused the Commission of denying them access to voter registers needed to prepare for the elections.“We’

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