Search Results

Silenced markets: Street traders count losses after city evictions

Silenced markets: Street traders count losses after city evictions

dawn, the usual bustle of business across Uganda’s blossoming cities and towns is missing.Where voices once competed with the clatter of weighing scales and the bargaining cries of customers, there is now an edgy silence.Piles of empty wooden stalls still lie broken, some reduced

Ultimate Uganda

Govt probes fuel hoarding as pumps run dry despite ‘sufficient’ stocks

Govt probes fuel hoarding as pumps run dry despite ‘sufficient’ stocks

Government has launched investigations into Oil Marketing Companies suspected of hoarding fuel and charging exorbitant prices, even as officials insist national stocks remain sufficient.The move follows mounting public complaints of dry pumps, rationing, and selective selling at petrol sta

Ultimate Uganda

Ggaba daycare killings: Street boy tells court Okello asked him to mobilize children

Ggaba daycare killings: Street boy tells court Okello asked him to mobilize children

street child, testifying as a defence witness in the ongoing Ggaba daycare murder trial, told court that accused Christopher Okello Onyum asked him to help mobilise other children, in testimony that added a new layer to the case.The minor, whose identity was withheld under court-ordered pr

Ultimate Uganda

In Mbarara, Fuel Is Becoming More Valuable Than Kidney

In Mbarara, Fuel Is Becoming More Valuable Than Kidney

Motorists and boda boda riders in Mbarara are grappling with rising fuel prices and supply shortages, triggering long queues, fears of fare hikes, and wider economic strain as several stations run out of stock.Hundreds of motorists and cyclists on Saturday crowded Shell Ankole in Mbarara C

Ultimate Uganda

Nansana widow, 84, cries foul after home demolished for road expansion without compensation

Nansana widow, 84, cries foul after home demolished for road expansion without compensation

Ms Regina Nampiima, a resident of Wamala Mukataba village in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District whose rental buildings were razed down during the enforcement of the new trade order and road expansion project has cried foul in the demolition exercise.While Nansana authorities claim that

Ultimate Uganda

Sovereignty Bill will suffocate Karamoja - CSOs

Sovereignty Bill will suffocate Karamoja - CSOs

Residents of Kotido District wait at the bus park for transport to flee to the neighboring districts. Photos/Herbert KamogaA section of Civil Society Organizations operating in Karamoja sub-region have rejected the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, saying when passed, will suffocate developm

Ultimate Uganda

Nebbi produce dealers left in tatters out as fuel crisis bites

Nebbi produce dealers left in tatters out as fuel crisis bites

Produce dealers in Nebbi are counting losses as rising fuel prices have forced them to hike the cost of food.Since rising fuel prices have a significant impact on food prices, customers are being forced to move long distances in search for cheaper prices.Some of the traders who ar

Ultimate Uganda

Refugee crisis: Uganda turns to China amid US funding cuts

Refugee crisis: Uganda turns to China amid US funding cuts

The Government of Uganda has appealed to financially capable countries to each contribute at least $1 million (Shs3.7 billion) towards refugee support, following significant funding cuts by the United States to United Nations agencies. The Office of the Prime Minister said the country’s

Ultimate Uganda

Medics sue govt over withdrawn allowances

Medics sue govt over withdrawn allowances

Lawyer Jane Namaganda Kibira, UMA leaders and some of the disgruntled interns shortly after filing their petition at the High Court on Wednesday. Photo | Ibrahim Kavuma.Medical workers under their representative bodies on Wednesday petitioned court over what they described as widespread hu

Ultimate Uganda

Gov’t Hands Over Vehicles, Motorcycles to Boost Agricultural Extension Under Climate Smart Project

Gov’t Hands Over Vehicles, Motorcycles to Boost Agricultural Extension Under Climate Smart Project

The Government of Uganda has handed over vehicles and motorcycles to districts implementing the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project (UCSATP), in a move aimed at strengthening extension services and improving service delivery to farmers.The handover ceremony, held at Ko

Ultimate Uganda