Uganda has announced plans to vaccinate about 44.5 million animals against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in a nationwide exercise scheduled to start early next year, a government official said Tuesday.In a statement issued in Kampala, the country’s capital, Minister of State for Agricultu
The Busega-Mpigi Expressway project works are expected to resume, following approval of a loan of Euros188.18 million (Shs781.04 billion) from the African Development Bank and Euros28.31 million (Shs117.46 billion) from the African Development Fund.The loan, approved by Parliament during
Parliament is today set to authorize a staggering Shs8.2 trillion in new borrowing, a move that signals the nation’s spiralling public debt already at Shs116.2 trillion (51.3% of GDP) and its economic implications.According to the house order of today’s business (Order Paper), out of t
Amb-Ogwang-and-new-lover-RannyOgwang and Danny on their civil wedding dayKAMPALA — Trouble is brewing in paradise! Word reaching Red Pepper Online is that the once-sweet love story between Former Uganda’s Deputy Ambassador to Washington DC and Sudan, Dickson Ogwang, and his Parl
An artistic impression of an oil refinery. Uganda hopes to complete construction of a 60,000 barrels/day refinery by 2030. COURTESY IMAGE/PETROLEUM AUTHORITY OF UGANDA.Delayed construction heightens importance of missing piece in
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has thrown his weight behind efforts to support individuals living with vitiligo, a chronic skin condition characterised by the loss of skin pigment.Tayebwa expressed concern over the tax imposed on sunscreen for people with vitiligo, stati
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has kicked off the vetting of aspiring Members of Parliament, with the process starting on Monday at the party’s headquarters in Makerere-Kavule.Aspirants from Wakiso, West Nile, and Kigezi were the first to appear before the party’s E
Lying prostrate on the ground, a key ritual in the Catholic ordination ceremony. Photo courtesy of Kampala Archdiocese.Kampala, Uganda | The Kampala Archdiocese has welcomed 24 priests in a single ceremony at St. Mary’s Cathedral,
KIBUKU – A total of 4,560 young people and women have been enrolled in 19 Presidential Industrial Hubs across Uganda for a six-month vocational training program that officially commenced on August 1, 2025.The initiative, fully funded by President Yoweri Museveni, aims to tackle youth une
Once dismissed as wild weeds and a "poor man's food", indigenous leafy vegetables in Kenya are now becoming much more common - grown on farms, sold in markets and gracing the menus of restaurants.At the busy Skinners Restaurant in Gachie just outside the capital, Nai
