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05 May '26
Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects struck in the early hours of Monday, gaining access through a gate opposite City Square before entering the bank’s commercial offices, where they reportedly spent nearly three hours undetected.Bank of Uganda headquarters in Kampala (P
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04 May '26
Security forces have arrested dozens of suspects in a coordinated crackdown on alleged stolen mobile phone networks, targeting major commercial buildings in central Kampala including Mutaasa Kafeero Plaza, City House, and Kalungi Plaza.Security forces have arrested dozens of suspects durin
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04 May '26
President Museveni is weighing between creating a full-fledged Ministry for Diaspora affairs or elevate the current Diaspora desk within the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to a Presidential Diaspora Commission.This news site understands that, the President is being requested to either create
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04 May '26
Special Envoy on Political Affairs to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, has renewed his push for the establishment of a vocational institute in Rural Masaka District, presenting it as a strategic gateway to unlocking youth employment, industrial growth, and agro-processi
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03 May '26
45-year-old woman is being treated as a person of interest by police following the sudden death of Dr Job Obwaka, one of the country’s most respected obstetricians and gynaecologists, who died at the age of 83.Dr Obwaka was pronounced dead on arrival at Nairobi Hospital on Friday evening
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03 May '26
In a post on X, the monitoring firm identified the vessel as "HUGE" and noted that it was last spotted off the coast of Sri Lanka more than a week ago. The tanker is currently reported to be traversing the Lombok Strait of Indonesia, heading towards the Riau Archipelago.https://x.com/Tanke
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03 May '26
The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has announced plans to transform Kapeeka Industrial Park, in Nakaseke district, into a one-stop centre and a district industrial hub.Established 20 years ago as Liao Shen Industrial Park, the facility boasts 34 factories of the total 80 target and has
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03 May '26
Refugee-hosting communities have raised concerns, warning that the newly proposed Protection Sovereignty Bill could frustrate humanitarian responses to the needs of refugees.Leaders in the area say Uganda's larger sections rely on external support, especially in matters related to the welf
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03 May '26
There is an unwritten rule, supported by parliamentary precedent, that where substantial amendments are made to a Bill, that Bill must be withdrawn, redrafted, re-gazetted and reintroduced to Parliament at first reading.The rationale for this rule is that the Bill is no longer that which w
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03 May '26
The National Drug Authority, a body that regulates the manufacturing and management of drugs in the country has directed its department of compliance to end the vending of drugs in buses plying long routes within the country.This follows concerns from travelers in public means of transport