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07 Jun '25
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has launched a mass sensitization campaign in Tororo District ahead of a nationwide baseline educational services census, which begins in the eastern region on June 8, 2025.The census aims to create a comprehensive inventory of formal educational inst
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07 Jun '25
Makerere University Hospital has officially launched the Olink Proteomics Platform, the first of its kind in East and Central Africa.The platform was launched on Thursday and attended by leading figures from academia, government, and the global health research community.The platform
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07 Jun '25
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Kamuli District are raising urgent concerns over continued exclusion from essential public services due to inaccessible office infrastructure.They are calling on the government to construct inclusive, disability-friendly public buildings that allow all c
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07 Jun '25
The Prime Minister of Bunyoro Kitara kingdom Andrew Byakutaga has challenged companies and organizations to embrace corporate social responsibility saying this helps them keep touch with the community but also transformation of society where they operate.Byakutaga made the call as he recei
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07 Jun '25
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has continued to offer financial support to roadside market vendors, with an aim of improving their household incomes.For the last three (3) years, the President through a team of officials from State House has been traversing roadside markets along major H
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06 Jun '25
Uganda's Apostolic Nuncio, Rt Rev Luigi Bianco has paid a farewell courtesy call to the Minister of state for Foreign Affairs in charge of International Affairs, Henry Oryem Henry Okello at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as he concludes his diplomatic tour of duty in Uganda.Bianco c
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05 Jun '25
As Uganda heads towards the 2026 general elections, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Electoral Commission has revised its electoral roadmap to provide room for party leaders, Members of Parliament, and other National Executive Committee (NEC) leaders to support youth, elders, and persons wit
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05 Jun '25
The Executive Director of Butabika Referral Hospital, Dr. Juliet Nakku, has expressed deep concern over the rising number of Ugandans suffering from mental health issues.According to Dr. Nakku, of the 20 patients admitted daily, 30% of them are as a result of alcohol addiction and drug sub
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05 Jun '25
Airtel Uganda has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental conservation by engaging students in a nationwide virtual dialogue focused on sustainable practices, ending plastic pollution, and tree planting, in celebration of World Environment Day 2025.In a zoom session Charity Rwabuto
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05 Jun '25
The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has welcomed her counterpart from Ghana, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin, to Parliament House in Kampala.The two Speakers engaged in a fruitful discussion on prioritizing African solutions to the challenges facing their people and ways to work together to buil