Uganda has eagerly awaited large-scale production from its state-owned auto plant, which some peg to be a high financial risk before it breaks even. Kiira Motors Corporation’s executives intend to produce 5,000 vehicles annually, mostly buses, to advance sustainable mass transit option
It is great to see you recuperate from the injuries you sustained in the melee that occurred in Bulindo a fortnight ago. How do you feel now? Health-wise, I am feeling better and all the small wounds on the skin are covering up. However, there is still excruciating pain in the inner part
Many children with hearing impairment in villages across Bukedi Sub-region face significant challenges in accessing education. In response to this need, 70-year-old Sam Kateu, a retired civil servant who once worked as a procurement officer at the Ministry of Works, established Kavule Pa
U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses and at least $500 million to African countries to support their response to the outbreak. Biden made the announcement at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and called on other countri
The Kiteezi landfill tragedy is a few days shy of a two-months anniversary. The grief is still too raw for survivors and bereaved families. The gut-wrenching calamity befell residents of Kiteezi in Wakiso District on August 10, claiming the lives of more than 35 people and destroying pro
President Museveni has fired Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) executive director Dorothy Kisaka, her deputy Eng David Luyimbazi and the director of Public Health Dr Daniel Okello over Kiteezi landfill collapse that left 35 people dead and several others missing. “In a decisive
High Court in Kampala has ordered the trial of five people accused over the fraudulent transfer of land titles belonging to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for land at Lubowa in Wakiso District. This follows a successful appeal by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions. On M
At the conclusion of the Climate Summit Conference of Parties (COP) 28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), in December 2023, member states committed to rapidly decarbonising their energy systems to keep global warming within the 1.5°C threshold. This requires accelerating the clean energy
The Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) has added a second ferry at the Masindi Port to ease transport to northern Uganda ahead of the planned closure of the Karuma Bridge, scheduled to begin on September 23. The Unra media relations manager, Mr Allan Ssempebwa, said the new ferry wil
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has has issued a directive halting the acquisition of alternative land for waste management. “I hereby invoke the powers of the Office of the Lord Mayor to direct that the processes for the acquisition of an alternative land for the establishment of
