Food prices in Nebbi town have risen following the eviction of street vendors by municipal authorities.The vendors had been operating in kiosks and makeshift structures within the town. The move has left many vendors struggling to make ends meet, while consumers, particularly low-income ea
Police have arrested 11 suspects in connection with the aggravated robbery and fatal shooting of Soroti City businesswoman Kokunda Patricia.The 36-year-old mobile money operator was shot dead on April 3 at about 4:40 AM near Goalman Supermarket along Station Road. Her attackers fled the sc
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says his side’s proven ability to post near-perfect winning runs in the final stages of the season could give them the edge over Arsenal in the Premier League title race.Mikel Arteta’s side missed the chance to extend their lead at the top to 12 po
Kenyan court has sentenced Samuel Kamau Karanja to seven years in prison over the 2016 building collapse in Huruma’s Ngei II Estate, Nairobi, which claimed 52 lives.Karanja, who owned the apartment block, was convicted of manslaughter, illegal construction on riparian land, building with
KAMPALA — Uganda was thrust into a total blackout Sunday morning after a sudden failure in the national electricity grid, according to the state-run transmission utility.The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited, or UETCL, issued an emergency public notice confirming that the n
Hundreds of primary school teachers pursuing diploma programmes under Kyambogo University are threatening to demonstrate following a two-year delay in the release of their examination results.The affected students, enrolled in Diploma in Primary Education (DPE) and Diploma in Early Childho
After nearly four decades in power, President Yoweri Museveni has cultivated a reputation for calculated unpredictability, using strategic ambiguity, shifting alliances, and tightly controlled power structures to outmanoeuvre rivals and maintain firm control over Uganda’s political landscape.
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has commended Masindi Army Secondary School for its outstanding performance in the 2025 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations, in which the institution emerged second best in the district.
fuel truck travelling to Gulu lost control at Karuma bridge on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, plunging into the River Nile. The Albertine North Region's marine experts have launched a search & recovery operation for the fuel tanker and victims.Solomon Mugisha, Acting Police PRO for A
For decades, Kampala’s skyline was a patchwork of build now, ask later logic a sprawling landscape of unpermitted structures and horizontal growth. However, the Building Control (Amendment) Act of 2026 has signaled the end of that era. What we are witnessing today is not just a legislative upda
