Emaritino Echiku, a 75-year-old resident of Soroti District, has been undergoing treatment for breast cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) in Kampala for the past three years. Echiku recalls noticing a small, painless lump on his right breast during adolescence, which he ignored f
The Ministry of Education and Sports has said it will soon start prosecuting parents who do not provide their children with meals at school. Mr John Chrysostom Muyingo, the state minister for Higher Education, warned that such parents are violating the government’s policy on free educa
Yhemolee has stirred up a lot of attention online by commenting on Baltasar Engonga.Engonga is being investigated for corruption after over 300 tapes featuring him with various women were leaked.Nigerian socialite Idowu Adeyemi, known
(Kamuli) – Bobi Wine, the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), faced multiple obstacles as he attempted to reach Kamuli town, where he planned to open an office and address his supporters. Despite a heavy police and military presence, which blocked main roads and diverted him to a longer r
Quincy Jones, the man known simply as "Q," was a huge influence on American music in his work with artists ranging from Count Basie to Frank Sinatra and reshaped pop music in his collaborations with Michael Jackson. Jones died on Sunday at the age of 91, his publicist said. There was
The Government Chief Whip, Mr Hamson Denis Obua, has vowed to front a solid team to ensure that the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024, is endorsed to pave the way for the rationalisation of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). Mr Obua insists that the position on the Bill
On October 4, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) published in this newspaper a “notice of intended application for licence” for the development of the proposed 20 Megawatts waste-to-energy power plant in Ddundu Village in Kyampisi Sub-county, Mukono District. The notice, a pr
Coffee, a long-cherished perennial crop, has for decades been the backbone of household incomes in some parts of Uganda. Today, coffee is at the centre of regulatory policies and renewed campaigns targeting both sustainable production and output. The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (
Coffee farmers in Bukomansimbi District are reaping big and savouring the fruits of labour from growing the brown beans. The farmers are now happy owners of gleaming houses and sleek cars while their children have guaranteed access to good schools that were once out of reach for most of
“Diversifying into the oil and gas sector has increased the company’s revenue and transformed our global partnerships,” said Mr Derek Natumanya, chief operating officer at ICS Engineering and Environment Company in a recent interview.“This shift has empowered us to invest in technolo
