Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng is increasingly being mentioned in ruling party circles as a possible candidate for Deputy Speaker of Parliament in a major political arrangement aimed at balancing regional interests following the death of former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah.Highly placed NRM sou
Kitgum Main Market is still operating below capacity, more than two years after its commissioning, raising concerns over declining local revenue collection.The 2.6 billion Shillings market, constructed under the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme-II (MATIP II), was commis
Manchester United are set to hire Michael Carrick on a permanent basis after reaching an agreement with the interim head coach. The former England midfielder has impressed as caretaker, leading the club back into the Champions League. It seems he will be rewarded for that feat as the hierarchy pr
the summer of 2024, he was brought in to boost Ten Hag’s Man Utd technical staff, but the Dutchman was sacked a few months later, leaving him in an awkward spot.Andreas Georgson could make Man Utd return one year after his exitWhile he wasn’t given his marching orders along with
Tension has escalated in Buwama Town Council after angry residents reinstalled goalposts on a century-old community playground allegedly destroyed by a landowner seeking to reclaim the land for private development.Residents of Namasabo Village in Jalamba Parish, Buwama Town Council, have s
Uganda is preparing to issue its first sovereign sukuk as part of efforts to finance the construction of a standard gauge railway (SGR) linking Kampala to the Kenyan border town of Malaba, marking the country’s entry into Islamic capital markets, Ecofin Agency reports.The Ministry of Fin
Police in Mbale City are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a student of Busitema University who allegedly died by suicide in his rented room in Mbale Northern City Division.The deceased has been identified as Icodo Solomon, a student at the university. He was reportedly
MBARARA, UGANDA — Police in Mbarara District, working together with sister security agencies, have rescued a nurse from Kashongi Health Centre III in Kiruhura District and her 14-year-old son, four days after they were allegedly abducted by unidentified assailants who demanded a UGX 10 million
Kampala—Uganda is mourning the passing of Senior Superintendent of Police (Retired) Jane Nancy Nakabiri, the nation’s first woman cadet police officer, who died peacefully at her home in Makindye, family sources confirmed.Nakabiri made history in 1963 when she outperformed 19 other hig
Iran is advancing proposals to establish regulatory control over all seven undersea fibre-optic internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global data corridor linking Asia, the Gulf region, and Europe. The initiative forms part of broader efforts to assert greater authority
