The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has fired the Uganda Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (UEDCL) Board chairperson, Ms Lydia Ochieng Obbo and placed its managing director, Mr Paul Mwesigwa, on forced leave over alleged regression of the company.In a statement issued on Saturday
A veteran mathematics teacher who devoted over three decades to public service is now relying on subsistence farming to survive, as delays and alleged corruption stall access to his retirement benefits.For 36 years, Patrick Martin Wandyambi dedicated his life to teaching mathematics in gov
President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to construct more security roads in Karamoja and tarmac the road linking Moroto to Kaabong through Kotido District.The commitment comes as torrential rains render key routes in northern Karamoja impassable. The worst-hit areas include Abim, Kotido, Kaa
Panic spread in a Kyazanga village after residents accused a man of exhuming a corpse for ritual purposes, but no body was found, with leaders urging calm amid fears of mob justice fueled by unverified claims.Tension gripped Bizo Village in Kyazanga Sub-county, Lwengo District, after resid
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), through its Health Services, has rolled out lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drug for HIV prevention which is administered once every six months, in a move aimed at strengthening its HIV response efforts.Spea
Every four days in Uganda, a full bus-load of souls is wiped away. According to the 2025 Annual Traffic Police Report, our roads claim approximately 15 lives every single day. We must realize these are not just numbers to be filed away in a police report; they are invisible human costs that steal
The deceased, identified as Okeng Simon, a peasant farmer in the area, is reported to have sustained fatal injuries during a violent altercation at his home on the evening of April 29, 2026.Preliminary police findings indicate that the incident stemmed from a dispute over a mobile phone be
Society does not—and should not—extend the same leniency to individuals who commit murder under the influence of alcohol. A drunk person, after all, also operates under impaired judgment. Alcohol distorts reasoning, lowers inhibition, and clouds decision-making. Yet when a drunken individual
At the break of dawn, before Mbale City fully wakes, the Mbale-Kampala road, which leads to Mbale-Sino Industrial Park, is already alive.Thousands of young men and women move from either direction of the road, most of them on foot and a few others on boda bodas, from their respective villa
Tension is brewing at Makerere University as more parents and students flock to the hill to complain about missing out on government-sponsored admission despite strong academic results. However, the university’s Academic Registrar, Prof Mukadasi Buyinza, insists that the process was fair
