General Katumba Wamala’s appointment as Minister of Public Service comes at a time when the ministry is reeling from scandals involving ghost workers, pension fraud, and wage overruns. Recent audits revealed over UGX 24 billion lost to ghost employees and nearly 24,000 suspected ghost pensioner
The call was made on Friday during the Odiko Alyet talk show on Unity FM, where Bishop Emeritus John Charles Odur Kami and Bishop Emeritus Alfred Acur Okodi weighed in on the controversy involving 68 residents of Anai, the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and the Lira City Land Board.
The UPDF has launched a nationwide recruitment drive targeting ordinary recruits and a broad range of professionals, from pilots and doctors to teachers and musicians (see full list)The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) has announced a nationwide recruitment exercise targeting both ord
The morning sun burns through the dusty roadside of Bulindo and Kitukutwe, falling on broken timber, bent iron sheets and torn tarpaulins scattered where small kiosks once stood.A place that was once filled with the smell of frying chapati, boiling tea, laughter from customers and women ca
Kampala, Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni has renewed a push to move petroleum transportation off Uganda’s roads and into pipelines, a strategy that could dramatically reduce the number of fuel tankers on the country’s highways.While delivering his State of the Nation Address at Kolol
The ferry corridor, which links communities across the Lake Kyoga basin, was commissioned by the Prime Minister in early March 2026 as part of government efforts to improve transport connectivity and ease the movement of people and goods in the region.However, shortly after commissioning,
three-storey building under construction has collapsed in Kampala, injuring several people, with several others suspected to be trapped inside. The building under construction in Kisota Zone, Kawempe North Division, collapsed from the top floor just before 1 p.m while builders were on site.
The Bishop of North Kigezi Diocese, Rt. Rev. Onesmus Asiimwe, has suspended all diocesan conferences and days of prayer as part of efforts to prevent the spread of Ebola.Speaking at Riverside Hotel in Rukungiri District, Bishop Asiimwe said he had called off a conference that was scheduled
The Government of the Republic of Zambia, through the Zambian Embassy in Pretoria, successfully facilitated the repatriation of forty (40) Zambian nationals from the Republic of South Africa to Zambia.The repatriation exercise commenced on 23 May 2026, with the returnees arriving safely in
Entebbe, Uganda | WATCHDOG UGANDA | Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Joint Staff Committee to review the country’s security architecture and military readiness.The
