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Best, worst districts in healthcare delivery named

Best, worst districts in healthcare delivery named

The Health Ministry has named the best-performing and worst-performing districts in health service delivery during the 2023/2024 financial year. In the health sub-programme performance report released yesterday in Kampala during the Annual Health Sub-Programme Joint Review Mission, Lira

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Senior four candidates start exams

Senior four candidates start exams

Anxiety looms large across the country as the first cohort of Senior Four candidates under the new Lower Secondary Curriculum starts exams today. The curriculum came into effect in 2021. According to the Uganda National Examination Board (Uneb), a total of 379,620 students were registere

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Inside cultural leaders’ 5-point agenda to redevelop the north

Inside cultural leaders’ 5-point agenda to redevelop the north

The cultural institutions across northern Uganda have come up with a five-point agenda aimed at transforming the region. Mr Geoffrey Okello Okuna, the Acholi cultural institution’s communications officer, said the latest meeting of the cultural chiefs convened in Gulu City by Acholi

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A perfect Nyege Nyege teaser party

A perfect Nyege Nyege teaser party

Next month from the 14 to 17, the renowned Nyege Nyege Festival, now in its 9th edition, will take place in Jinja at the Source of the Nile in Njeru. This switch of venue is intended to provide festival-goers with a more convenient experience, eliminating the need to walk long distances betw

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President Museveni Cautions Leaders Against Using Money in Politics

President Museveni Cautions Leaders Against Using Money in Politics

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned leaders against using money in politics, saying that it’s against the National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s 4th principle of democracy. “With Principle No.4 (democracy), we must remove the pollution of using money in politics. Let all leader

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Sale of blood at health facilities leaves patients' pockets bleeding

Sale of blood at health facilities leaves patients' pockets bleeding

The theft of blood by a cartel of health workers at Nabiganda Health Centre IV in Butaleja District has placed hundreds of people meant to benefit at risk.An investigation carried out by Uganda Blood Transfusion S

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Kampala’ s Sultan of prosperity opens door to another shopping mall

Kampala’ s Sultan of prosperity opens door to another shopping mall

Sentongo Haruna’s most recent property had taken the town by storm: a newly constructed $24 million penthouse in the heart of Ntinda, perched atop the Haruna Shopping Mall.This penthouse was unlike any other property ever constructed in Africa, a marvel

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I live with my husband’s four wives & 18 kids under one roof, we all have the same name too – it’s not confusing at all

I live with my husband’s four wives & 18 kids under one roof, we all have the same name too – it’s not confusing at all

JASMINE Yahweh has never been one for conventional relationships – monogamy simply doesn’t work for her, so her current situation suits her down to the ground. Indeed when she first met her husband, Yahweh Poetic, 10 years ago, she already knew t

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2023 PLE results released: Here are key takeaways

2023 PLE results released: Here are key takeaways

Results for 2023 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) were released on Thursday, January 25 at State House in Nakasero, Kampala.UNEB Executive Director Dan OdongoThe Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Executive Director Dan Odongo said a total of 749,254 candidates from 15,859

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