Leaders in Kayunga District have raised concern over worsening environmental degradation, warning that continued destruction of wetlands and forests is fuelling flooding that has left several roads submerged, disrupting transport, trade and access to essential services.Leaders in Kayunga D
Bars, clubs and entertainment venues in Kampala face tighter restrictions after city authorities issued a 14 day ultimatum to comply with noise pollution standards or risk enforcement action.Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) says it is working with the National Environment Management A
The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) and French healthcare company Tyllium SAS on Wednesday signed an agreement to design, construct and equip a modern Diagnostic and Oncology Centre in Mbarara, in a project backed by the French government aimed at expanding access to cancer care in Uganda.Th
Uganda is preparing for a major shift in HIV treatment as researchers and health officials work towards introducing long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy (ART) that could replace daily HIV pills with injections taken once every two months.The new treatment, which combines cabotegra
A Makerere University pharmacy lecturer has done something Uganda’s pharmaceutical sector has been waiting for someone to do for a long time — taken traditional plant knowledge, put it through rigorous science, and come out the other side with a product the National Drug Authority has formall
Kiira Motors Corporation, Uganda’s flagship automotive manufacturer, has grown from a modest student innovation project at Makerere University into a key pillar of the country’s industrialisation agenda. The project dates back to 2007, when Ugandan engineering students participated in a globa
For the last 20 years preceding his death last week, says his daughter Miriam Jiji, fallen Senior Council Peter Medard Mulira was on medication for the Parkinson disease. This condition deteriorated and became even more complicated to manage when a stroke came into the picture. Simultaneously, he
Prof Wojciech Śleszyński, Director of the Museum Pamięci Sybiru, who led the Polish delegation for the expedition, explains photographs of Polish refugees to Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Kampala (left), and other officials at the Uganda Railway Museum in
More than 7,000 households in Nakasongola District remain within the newly demarcated Lake Kyoga buffer zone, two years after the government issued a six-month eviction notice, raising concerns over displacement without compensation or relocation plans.In June 2024, authorities directed al
As he marked 13 years in office, Buganda Kingdom Prime Minister (Katikkiro) Charles Peter Mayiga used the milestone to reflect on a tenure shaped by institutional reform, accountability, and difficult moments, including the Kabaka’s illness and resistance to the kingdom’s flagship Etofali cam
