The programme’s focus was to equip students with relevant skills to hit the ground running and build real-world projects right from the start. Most importantly, the programme did not only focus on technical skills but also critical issues such as ethics in AI. As she delivers her gradu
Police in Kabarole District are investigating a brutal murder of a child in the early hours of October 29, 2024, in Kakworo Village, Hakibale Sub-County, where a 28-year-old man is accused of attacking the home of his 49-year-old father-in-law identified as Samuel Muhiigi. The suspect,
Police have linked the killing of 10 people from one family in Mizizi A Village, Kyaterekera sub-county in Kagadi District to disagreements over a religious outfit. Maj Billal Katamba, the public information officer for the UPDF Mountain Division and Operation Shujaa, said preliminary in
It is midday and Gaudensia Tankobatagira is sitting quietly on a stool beneath the shade of an avocado tree at her home in Kabigyemire Village, Busiriba Sub-county in Kamwenge District. Surrounded by her grandsons, the 63-year-old woman patiently shells beans. Dressed in a simple gown, p
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
The Health Ministry has named the best-performing and worst-performing districts in health service delivery during the 2023/2024 financial year. In the health sub-programme performance report released yesterday in Kampala during the Annual Health Sub-Programme Joint Review Mission, Lira
At 15, Rinet Nalugo Musana noticed small, painless lumps beneath the skin around her neck. Uncertain of their cause, she carried on with life, confused yet undisturbed by the lumps. As she grew older, however, she began experiencing recurring bouts of malaria and developed a persiste
The three primary seven candidates from Bugadu C/U primary school in Busaana Town council in Kayunga District, who are set to sit for their Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), while pregnant have caused concern among authorities and residents in the area. The school head teacher, Mr Wycl
At least 10 bodies had by Tuesday evening been recovered from the scene of a fuel tanker explosion at Kigogwa Town on Kampala-Bombo road in Wakiso District. Another person is said to have died at Kiruddu Referral Hospital where several of those who sustained severe burns were rushed for
You seemed so focused in training businesswomen and entrepreneurs. Why is that so important to you?Uganda has been ranked by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor as one of the most entrepreneurial countries in the world with 30 percent of Ugandans starting businesses annually. But not many of
