At least 10 bodies had by Tuesday evening been recovered from the scene of a fuel tanker explosion at Kigogwa Town on Kampala-Bombo road in Wakiso District. Another person is said to have died at Kiruddu Referral Hospital where several of those who sustained severe burns were rushed for
Two years after government voted to invest more than Shs266 billion in Roko Construction Company, concerns are growing that if not closely monitored, this may turn into another huge loss to the taxpayer. Parliament now wants the government through the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Ec
The Ugandan government has presented a set of demands to the international community, including funding agencies, in response to the increasing burden of hosting refugees. Uganda currently hosts around 1.7 million refugees, straining the country’s resources as donor funding declines.
The General Court Martial in Makindye, Kampala has convicted 16 National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters on charges of unlawful possession of 13 pieces of explosive devices and treachery.The army court chaired by Brig Gen Freeman Mugabe convicted Olivia Lutaaya, Rashid Ssegujja, Robert Rugum
“Diversifying into the oil and gas sector has increased the company’s revenue and transformed our global partnerships,” said Mr Derek Natumanya, chief operating officer at ICS Engineering and Environment Company in a recent interview.“This shift has empowered us to invest in technolo
African lawyers have written a protest letter to the International Criminal Court (ICC), claiming they were racially edged out of the institution’s recruitment process to pick a lawyer to defend warlord, Joseph Kony. In their protest letter dated August 26, the lawyers under their asso
In June this year, Kampala registered the highest cases of suicides in a single month, most of them involving high-profile individuals. Mr Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesperson, said four of seven incidents were registered in a single day on Martyrs' Day
The National Population and Housing Census 2024 report shows that Uganda has recorded 272,271 suicidal thoughts and attempts in the last 10 years, with children of 10 to 14 years registering the highest number of cases at 39,656. These are followed by those aged 15 to 19 registering 36,6
In early March 2017, panic-stricken officials from Uganda’s ministries of Works and Finance, dashed to Dar es Salaam to “compare notes” with their Tanzanian counterparts on among others, variations in prices of their disassociated Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) projects. President Mu
Mobile phone subscribers in Uganda are now spending an average of Shs13,365 per month on mobile phone services, according to a report by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). The report, which reviews the quarterly performance of the telecommunication sector, indicates that the average
