Firefighters participate in emergency drill at Mbale Industrial Park.MBALE – A major industrial park in eastern Uganda, the Sino Uganda Mbale Industrial Park, has put its emergency response procedures to the test with a large-scale fire drill. The exerc
The Ugandan government has raised fresh concerns over the financial sustainability of Public Sector Organizations (PSOs), signaling a possible move to de-gazette several of them and lay off tens of thousands of employees.According to government insiders, this dr
State inquiry launched into fraudulent mining deal that duped Dutch investor, exposed systemic abuse in Uganda’s extractive sectorKotido, Uganda – A significant financial scandal involving an alleged UGX 2 billion go
BBC | At least 68 African migrants have been killed in a US air strike on a detention centre in Houthi-controlled north-western Yemen, the armed group's TV channel says.Al Masirah reported that another 47 migrants were injured, most of them critically, when the centre in S
BBC | A senior figure from South Africa's ruling ANC party has defended his country's sovereignty amid growing tensions with the US over race relations and a new land law."We are a free country, we're a sovereign country. We're not a province of the United States and that
The display of the national voters' register experienced a slow start in Moroto Municipality on the first day, as voter turnout remained alarmingly low.At several polling stations, including the Police Boma Ground, there was not a single person present to check their names by 4 PM, le
Concerned parents in Kampala have called for for the continuation of the Girls Empowering Girls program implemented by TMC as it approaches its scheduled closure in November 2025.While reflecting on the initiative for lifting over 2,300 adolescent girls out of vulnerability and keeping the
Parents, old students, and local leaders in Nakitoma Sub-county, Nakasongola District, have expressed disappointment over government's decision to drop long-serving teachers at Nakitoma Senior Secondary School following its recent takeover as a Seed School.Founded in 1994 by the local comm
The Inspectorate of Government has ordered the immediate interdiction of Baker Mugaino, Commissioner for Land Registration in the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, as a wave of land fraud allegations engulfs senior officials in the ministry.IGG Beti Kamya Turwomwe directed
President Museveni has reappointed several senior political figures and former government officials as presidential advisors, signalling continuity and trust in familiar hands as he consolidates his political and policy agenda.The appointments, made under Article 172 of th
