NIRA Registrar Clair Ollama says many applicants coming to their offices nowadays struggle to express basic cultural identity details, which affects service delivery.The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has raised concern over what it describes as declining knowled
It is a bold call to embrace the one laptop per child policy and digitize education to achieve Uganda’s $500 billion Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dream and accelerate East African economic integrationA HISTORIC MANDATE DEMANDS A HISTORIC RESPONSEPlease accept my warmest, most sinc
WAKISO: POMP and excitement filled Budo Hill in Wakiso district as alumni, students, teachers and government officials gathered to celebrate the remarkable 120-years of King’s College Budo.The celebrations, characterized by music, dance and drama performances, begun with prayers led by t
Henry Musasizi (left) and Hamson Obua addressing the media at ParliamentThe Minister of State for Finance (General Duties), Henry Musasizi, has defended the proposed increase in the government’s total resource envelope, saying it is aimed at supporting key priorities for the 2026/27 fina
An ex-Museveni minister is dead. Ambassador Kweronda Ruhemba, a former minister in different dockets and as an envoy, in the Yoweri Museveni government, breathed his last on Sunday, 29 March 2026.Former minister Kweronda Ruhemba was pronounced dead at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
Sheikhati Zainabu Nakabugo has been nominated as the first female Deputy Director of Sharia at the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, marking a historic step for women’s leadership in Uganda’s Muslim community.The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) has nominated Sheikhati Zainabu Nakabug
As Uganda edges closer to a new political phase, all eyes are on President Yoweri Museveni, who is considering a sweeping cabinet reshuffle that could redefine the country’s leadership landscape.What began as quiet speculation has now evolved into intense political debate. Insider report
Over 500 teachers quit the profession in just one year over pay, a Unatu leader has revealed. The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu) says it has been recording teachers who quit the profession.Unatu secretary general Filbert Baguma described the number of teachers quitting the prof
The latest statistics revealed by UBOS based on the 2024 National Census shows Karamoja subregion remaining outstanding and hard hit by the Multidimensional Poverty.While the National level stands at 27%, Karamoja ranks highest Nationally at 56.9%, followed by West Nile at 39.0% and Sebei
The Prime Minister of the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, Andrew Byakutaga, has warned students against drug abuse, alcohol consumption and risky behaviour that could expose them to HIV/AIDS.Byakutaga made the remarks while meeting students from Uganda Technical College Kyema who had paid a courte
