POLICE have recorded a road traffic accident in which a police officer died while musician sustained serious injuries.The accident occurred yesterday, February 14, 2026, around 16:40 hours in the Machinga area, about 12 kilometres south of Monze town.According to preliminary investi
For those that cannot find space in neighboring municipalities, the KCCA boss urged them to move further out to 10 cities in, including Mbarara, Jinja, Mbale and Gulu, where government-constructed markets have available stalls.As the deadline for street vendors to vacate downtown Kampala d
Former Speaker of Parliament, 1st Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for East African affairs and Kamuli women member of parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has destroyed fellow Minister Babirye Milly Babalanda in an explosive interview broadcasted across all radio stations in Busoga.It all st
KAMPALA, Uganda — The Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) Executive Committee of Old Kampala Secondary School has petitioned the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni, seeking urgent intervention over alleged financial mismanagement and administrative irregularities
Last week, the minister for Kampala affairs, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda, issued an ultimatum to city vendors to vacate the streets and relocate to the 2000 free workspaces across the KCCA markets around the city.This was received with considerable interest. mixed reactions among people: one grou
KAMPALA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has accused the National Unity Platform (NUP) of orchestrating the 2021 machete attacks in Greater Masaka that left 28 elderly people brutally killed, as he warned of what he described as fresh opposition schemes to destabilize the country during the r
COMMENT | JOSEPHA JABO | On Thursday, February 5, 2026 the minister for Kampala, Minsa Kabanda, addressed journalists at Uganda Media Centre, briefing them about the new trade order, available workspaces in public markets for street vendors and the revival of the Sunday Market. The press conferen
It was sold as a shining solution to Uganda’s water crisis — 687 solar-powered irrigation and water supply systems meant to transform farming, boost incomes and bring clean water closer to communities. The Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) is the lead government agency, overseeing the p
The 78-year-old Eng Hillary Obaloker Onek, who is also the Minister for Disaster Preparedness, has been MP for Lamwo County in Greater Kitgum since the year 2001. And for a long time, he was the strongest and the only surviving Musevenist in the whole of Acholi, which the opposition comfortably d
A shocking Auditor General’s report has exposed deep rot, negligence and sheer incompetence at the Ministry of Water and Environment, after billions of shillings meant to save Karamoja from chronic water shortages were blown on valley tanks and dams that are now choked with silt, broken down or
