The National Building Review Board, (NBRB) has intensified a crackdown on illegal construction in Greater Kampala Metropolitan, focusing mainly on the prohibited Steel Timber Composite Building Method (STC).The method was banned in 2022 by the minister of Works and Transport, Gen Katumba W
First initiated in Gulu City at Kaunda grounds during that only regional parliamentary seating in August 2024 and then briefly supported by those in the echelons of power but later abandoned along the way, Mityana South MP Richard Lumu has had his private member’s bill which sought to vote the
RUKUNGIRI, Uganda — Police in Rukungiri District are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 22-year-old man identified as Crispus Nuwamanya, a resident of Kayaga Cell in Kakindo Parish, Bugangari Sub-county.According to the Kigezi Regional Police Spokesperson Elly Maa
At least 448 youths aged between 15 and 24, many of them university and tertiary institution students, were newly infected with HIV in 2025 in Mbarara City, raising fresh concern among health officials about the vulnerability of young people in academic institutions.According to Dorcus Twi
In a powerful and emotional display of desperation, mothers in some of Johannesburg's most crime-ridden suburbs have issued a heart-wrenching plea to the South African government: "Don't take the soldiers away." As the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) launched a massive, high-impact o
Jimmy Akena Obote, President of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), has firmly rejected the controversial Administration of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2024, describing it as unnecessary and unhelpful to Uganda’s parliamentary system.In an interview on Next Radio’s Next Big Talk pro
As the two pilots fought to keep Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in the air, the captain issued one last desperate command as the doomed airliner plummeted to earthWreckage lies at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 en route to Nairobi, Kenya, near Bishoftu, Ethiopia, 10 Ma
Members of Parliament have sharply questioned officials from Ministry of Works and Transport over long-delayed road projects and expensive framework contracts, some of which have remained incomplete for more than a decade despite billions of shillings spent.The officials appeared before th
The Judicial Service Commission has launched a formal search for Uganda’s next deputy chief justice, following the recent promotion of Dr. Flavian Zeija to lead the judiciary.The vacancy was created when President Yoweri Museveni appointed Zeija as chief justice on Jan. 24. He replaced A
The reasons why Manchester City “could accept” a 60-point penalty in their long-running Financial Fair Play (FFP) case have been explained. Since early 2023, at least 115 charges have been hanging over the Etihad Stadium. No verdict has been delivered as yet, and the expectation is that any p
