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Stakeholders raise pertinent questions about bodaboda ban from Kampala city center

Stakeholders raise pertinent questions about bodaboda ban from Kampala city center

Safeboda for instance, questioned how riders from areas such as Najjera or Kira would complete trips to destinations within the central business district if bodabodas are prohibited from accessing key areas.Stakeholders in Kampala’s transport sector have raised questions about the implem

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Ministry of Health, Softcare Launch New Diaper Plan Aiming to Keep Newborn Babies Warm and Prevent Deaths

Ministry of Health, Softcare Launch New Diaper Plan Aiming to Keep Newborn Babies Warm and Prevent Deaths

Uganda's Ministry of Health announced a corporate social responsibility partnership with Softcare Uganda on March 2, 2026, involving donations of diapers, wipes, and sanitary pads to support maternal and newborn care in health facilities and menstrual hygiene for schoolgirls.KAMPALA — In

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BIG STORM: Power Struggles At ERA Risk Uganda’s Electricity Stabilization Efforts

BIG STORM: Power Struggles At ERA Risk Uganda’s Electricity Stabilization Efforts

A power sector storm is brewing in Uganda as internal conflicts at the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) intersect with national energy supply challenges, threatening to further destabilize an already fragile economic lifeline.According to insiders, senior staff at ERA allege that Chi

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TV10 Executive Fined Shs4 Million, Equipment Forfeited Over Illegal Broadcasting

TV10 Executive Fined Shs4 Million, Equipment Forfeited Over Illegal Broadcasting

KAMPALA, Uganda — The Chief of Strategy at TV10 Gano Mazima, Dean Lubowa Ssaava, has been fined Shs4 million and ordered to forfeit all broadcasting equipment after pleading guilty to operating without a licence issued by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC).The case highlights the

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BLOG: How to Best Clean and Organize Kampala City Without Vendors, Boda Boda, and Heavy Traffic

BLOG: How to Best Clean and Organize Kampala City Without Vendors, Boda Boda, and Heavy Traffic

Last week, the minister for Kampala affairs, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda, issued an ultimatum to city vendors to vacate the streets and relocate to the 2000 free workspaces across the KCCA markets around the city.This was received with considerable interest. mixed reactions among people: one grou

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M7 EXPLODES @ KISOZI! Secrets why top Water Ministry, NEMA officials could soon be jobless

M7 EXPLODES @ KISOZI! Secrets why top Water Ministry, NEMA officials could soon be jobless

When President Yoweri Museveni summoned officials from the Ministry of Water and Environment and the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) to his Kisozi farm in Gomba recently, the mood was anything but routine. According to sources familiar with the meeting, the President was deeply

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Unsafe Abortions Increasingly Recorded among Adult Women, New Data Shows

Unsafe Abortions Increasingly Recorded among Adult Women, New Data Shows

Health experts caution, however, that these figures may only reflect a fraction of the true burden. Many abortions are illegally procured in unregulated settings where deaths and complications go undocumented.A pregnant lady (courtesy photo)Unsafe abortion is no longer predominantly

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Absa Bank Uganda names Catherine Kijjagulwe head of markets

Absa Bank Uganda names Catherine Kijjagulwe head of markets

Catherine Kijjagulwe has been named head of markets at Absa Bank Uganda. Learn more about her professional background in financial markets and her new leadership role at the bank.KAMPALA, Uganda — Absa Bank Uganda has named Catherine Kijjagulwe as its new head of markets, the bank announ

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Rigging aside, why are we still voting from basins?

Rigging aside, why are we still voting from basins?

Uganda’s elections are often discussed through the familiar vocabulary of irregularities: Intimidation, militarisation, ballot stuffing, voter bribery, and contested results. These are serious concerns. But beneath the headline controversies lies a quieter, almost embarrassing question that rar

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Only 20% of Uganda’s 5.25 Million Registered Taxpayers Are Active – Audit

Only 20% of Uganda’s 5.25 Million Registered Taxpayers Are Active – Audit

Kampala — Uganda’s Auditor General has raised concerns over the effectiveness of the country’s tax register, revealing that only about 20% of registered taxpayers are active, despite a sharp expansion in registrations in the financial year ended June 30, 2025.According to the Auditor

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