Government’s plan to double taxes on used clothes signals renewed industrial ambition but risks squeezing low-income consumers and destabilising a fragile garments sector. With local production still insufficient, the policy revives old debates: can protection drive growth without first fixing
Flight data from FlightAware showed that the jet departed Uganda, made a stopover in Cape Verde, and later arrived in Savannah, Georgia, in the USUganda’s presidential jet has landed in the United States, sparking speculation after authorities gave no immediate official explanation for t
An ex-Museveni minister is dead. Ambassador Kweronda Ruhemba, a former minister in different dockets and as an envoy, in the Yoweri Museveni government, breathed his last on Sunday, 29 March 2026.Former minister Kweronda Ruhemba was pronounced dead at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
Sheikhati Zainabu Nakabugo has been nominated as the first female Deputy Director of Sharia at the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, marking a historic step for women’s leadership in Uganda’s Muslim community.The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) has nominated Sheikhati Zainabu Nakabug
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has officially closed its case in the long-running murder trial of Joan Kagezi, marking an important moment in the search for justice. After presenting evidence from 26 witnesses, the prosecution told the court it had completed its side of
L-R: CDF Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba and Major General Don Nabasa.Two senior officers of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces have been arrested in a fresh crackdown ordered by the Chief of Defence Forces, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.Security sources say Major General Don William Nabasa, a for
Pastor John Ekudu, Ekudu served the university for nearly three decades, including during periods of political turmoil when he was among the “Economic War Lecturers” who sustained academic life amid staff shortages.Kampala, Uganda | URN | John Ekudu, the formerly long-serving dean of s
Outgoing Kira Municipality Member of Parliament and People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) Spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has raised alarm over what he describes as a tense and deceptive post-election environment, warning that underlying public anger continues to simmer despite an outward appea
PFF Secretary General Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda vigorously pushed back against journalist Peter Kibaazo’s view during a special edition of Radio Simba’s Lutindo/Bridge program.Kibaazo quoted what Andrew Mwenda, Robert Kabushenga and Charles Onyango Obbo said during a recent episode of th
The grader demolishing some of the containers along Moroto town main street.Moroto, Uganda | URN | Despite local leaders’ attempts to halt the eviction, municipal council authorities in Moroto pushed ahead with demolishing kiosks and containers belonging to street vendors.Early th
