Police in Kasese District have arrested a Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) invigilator for allegedly facilitating examination malpractice during the ongoing exams administered by the Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB). SP Nelson Tumushime, the Rwenzori East Regional Police s
More than 80 percent of women seeking treatment for breast cancer in Uganda are diagnosed at a late stage of the disease. According to Global Cancer Statistics 2022, breast cancer accounts for about 23.3 percent of all cancers in women, making it the second most common cancer among women in
The hope of paving roads from the Ugandan border to cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo has got a lease of life after the transport ministers of both countries signed an amended agreement to develop them. The Uganda Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, and h
As the country gears up for the 2026 General Election, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced more than 13,000 job slots. The job call issued last Wednesday seeks to recruit 2,300 sub-county election officers and 10,717 to oversee the exercise countrywide. The general election i
For several years, former Luwero LC5 Chairman Ronald Ndawula, who is also the incumbent district Chairman for the ruling NRM party, has been embroiled in a fierce court battle with Pakistani car dealer Qayyum Mazhar Quresh, whose Hiraa Traders Uganda Ltd purport
A high-stakes meeting between President Yoweri Museveni, ministers and NRM MPs, and NRM-leaning independent MPs from Lango took place at State House, Entebbe on Friday 18th October, 2024.The seven-hour discussion
A 96th-minute winner from Sadio Mane earned Senegal a 1-0 win over Malawi and a place at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco next year, but Ghana are in serious danger of missing out after a surprise loss to Sudan on Tuesday. Senegal had 30 attempts at goal against their hosts bu
Police in Apac District are holding a 27-year-old medical on allegations of defiling a 15-year-old maid. The suspect, identified as a nurse at Florence Nightingale Hospital in Apac Municipality, was arrested on October 11, 2024 after the victim revealed to her caretaker that she had been
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a joint undertaking to stick to the mediation of Angola and avoid escalating the tensions over the M23 rebellion in DRCâs east. A dispatch after delegations led by their Foreign ministers met in Luanda said Kigali and Kinshasa
Denis Omedi was on target and Alfred Leku added an own goal for Uganda to come within a point of Morocco Afcon 2025. The 2-1 victory over South Sudan in Juba on Tuesday lifted Ugandans spirits but the party was put on hold following South Africa’s 1-1 stalemate with Congo in Brazzavi
