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In Kasanje, taxes are rising but service delivery, roads, all in ruins

In Kasanje, taxes are rising but service delivery, roads, all in ruins

A Sinotruk carrying sand gets stuck on a muddy road, one of the feeder roads in a deplorable state in Kasanje, Wakiso District. Despite collecting over UGX 460 million in taxes, the community says service delivery remains poor.Kasanje, Wakiso District: Kasanje, a mid-size place located in

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SOPHIA: NGO offers sh40million for lead to finding Dutch girl missing in Uganda

SOPHIA: NGO offers sh40million for lead to finding Dutch girl missing in Uganda

A European NGO has offered €10,000 (UGSh 40 million) for a decisive tip leading to tracing Dutch national Sophia Koetsier, who disappeared in Uganda in 2015.On October 28, 2015, 21-year-old Dutch national Sophia disappeared in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda. Despite several search

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19 Years Ago, Marvel Tried to Replicate the Success of This Horror Hit by Upping the Ante in a Huge Way

19 Years Ago, Marvel Tried to Replicate the Success of This Horror Hit by Upping the Ante in a Huge Way

Jordan Iacobucci has been an avid reader and movie fan since childhood. Jordan is known among his friends as the Marvel and Star Wars nerd, and even wrote a thirty-page college dissertation about Spider-Man! He has been a staff writer at both Screen Rant and CBR, where he enjoys sharing his love

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Even After NUP Card Denial, Matia Bwanika Offers to Campaign for Kyagulanyi, Warns Wakiso Voters-Nasif Najja Will Sell off Your District to the Highest Bidder

Even After NUP Card Denial, Matia Bwanika Offers to Campaign for Kyagulanyi, Warns Wakiso Voters-Nasif Najja Will Sell off Your District to the Highest Bidder

Outgoing Wakiso district Chairman Matia Lwanga Bwanika has pledged his continued readiness to campaign for and vote Bobi Wine for President of Uganda. He says he isn’t angry over failure to get the NUP ticket for Busiro South MP seat, for which he is standing as a NUP-leaning independent.

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Latest Report: HIV Now a Women’s Disease in Uganda, 7 Out of 10 New Victims Are Girls

Latest Report: HIV Now a Women’s Disease in Uganda, 7 Out of 10 New Victims Are Girls

Despite years of progress in the fight against HIV, the epidemic in Uganda continues to wear skirts and dresses. National data shows that out of an estimated 1.5 million Ugandans living with HIV today, nearly two-thirds are women and girls.Among young people aged 15 to 24, about seven in e

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Belgian Cyclocross Rider Murder: Champion’s Plea

Belgian Cyclocross Rider Murder: Champion’s Plea

In the aftermath of the Rapencross in Lokeren, Belgian cycling champion Marion Norbert Riberolle delivered a powerful and emotional message that resonated far beyond the finish line. While celebrating a strong second-place finish behind Dutch star Lucinda Brand, Riberolle’s thoughts where with

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Why Brandon Lake's Mom Was 'Heartbroken' When He Quit Sports for Music

Why Brandon Lake's Mom Was 'Heartbroken' When He Quit Sports for Music

Nov. 23First of all, what you see is exactly what he was from the very beginning. Brandon was full of life," Cindy Lake says. "It was a great thing. I remember my mom one day telling me — she said, 'Cindy, don't you realize that Brandon never stops?' And I said, 'Well, isn't that what he's supp

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Road Accident Fund accused of hiding billions amid crushing debt.

Road Accident Fund accused of hiding billions amid crushing debt.

Legal advisor Gert Nel from the Association for the Protection of Road Accident Victims claims the Fund manipulates its books to conceal massive debt and avoid paying accident victims.Parliament’s Standing Committee of Public Accounts (SCOPA) is trying to uncover the rot at the Road Acci

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Emirates, Qatar competition heats up in Uganda.

Emirates, Qatar competition heats up in Uganda.

How the rivalry between the two Gulf carriers has contributed to the growth of the local aviation industryEmirates and Qatar Airways, the two Gulf carriers dominating the global aviation industry are flexing muscles over the fast growing Ugandan market. Every week thousands of Ugandans dep

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Oppo gearing up to rival Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 with a 6,000mAh foldable

Oppo gearing up to rival Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 with a 6,000mAh foldable

Oppo is reportedly preparing to launch the Oppo Find N6.Oppo appears ready to take on Samsung once again in the premium foldable space. The Chinese smartphone maker is reportedly preparing to launch the Oppo Find N6, a next-generation book-style foldable designed to challenge the Samsung G

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