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25 Mar '26
Kyambogo University has officially opened online applications for the 2026/2027 Academic Year under the A-Level and Direct Entry Scheme for private sponsorship. If you are a recent A-Level leaver, diploma holder, or degree graduate looking to join one of Uganda’s largest public universities, he
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24 Mar '26
Rising mobile money transaction and withdrawal charges are increasingly eating into the profits of small businesses in Uganda, with traders and MSMEs warning that the high cost of digital transactions could slow the country’s push toward a digital economy.Mobile money has revolutionized
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23 Mar '26
Renowned Ugandan musician Daniel Kazibwe, popularly known as Ragga Dee, has called on upcoming artists to approach their craft with a business mindset, emphasising the importance of strategic distribution and legal protection of their work.Speaking during NBS Eagle on Sunday, Ragga Dee hig
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23 Mar '26
This bill is a game-changer for our creative industry. It will provide stronger protection for creators, streamline the sector and introduce tougher penalties for piracy and copyright infringementFormer Aruu County Member of Parliament, Odonga Otto has argued that patriotism is not about d
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22 Mar '26
The National Oil Palm Project (NOPP), once hailed as a transformative agro-industrial lifeline for Uganda’s rural farmers, is now sinking under the weight of delays, underperformance and questionable management, after the Auditor General’s December 2025 report exposed deep cracks in one of go
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22 Mar '26
Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital wants UGX1.3Bn is to replace the leaking roof, just eight years after its construction and commissioning.The hospital was constructed at a cost of US$34.14Million (UGX129.027Bn) including US$33Million loan from the Islamic Development Bank and
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22 Mar '26
Dr Jane Ruth Aceng is PO 015Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng and her Agriculture counterpart Frank Tumwebaze have been assigned number-based ranks in General Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) newly unveiled leadership structure.Tumwebaze designated Patriotic Of
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22 Mar '26
'Boda-bodas have provided employment. If tomorrow we decided to remove them, what would happen to the young men who depend on them? Each rider supports several people. So, they have benefits, but they also present challenges. They need to be better organised, and we had already started that proce
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21 Mar '26
Justice Micheal Elubu of the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court has issued a Court order freezing bank accounts opened in the names of General Trading Limited registered in Stanbic Bank, land titles and documents connected to controversial South Sudan gold dealer Henry Ochown alias Malong
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21 Mar '26
The Uganda Police Corporate Team secured a 2–1 victory over the Sheikhs to win the second edition of the Eid Cup at the Kira Road Police Arena, in a match aimed at strengthening community policing and fostering unity through sport.The closely contested fixture brought together members of