The long-awaited Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project is officially moving from the planning phase into full implementation, the Ministry of Works and Transport announced today.Speaking to journalists, Perez Wambulu, National Coordinator for the project, confirmed that the government signe
(Accuses M7 of turning politics into a comedy show, exploiting aged Ali to prove ‘age is just a number,’ as Bwanika moves to block comic presidential aspirants)Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has advised Ugandans to consider suing the ruling National
The long-awaited day is here. Monday, 4th August 2025, marks the beginning of Uganda’s journey in
A growing wave of discontent has emerged among the kinsmen of former Supreme Court Judge Justice George Kanyeihamba following the announcement that he will be laid to rest in Kampala rather than his ancestral home in
Once dismissed as wild weeds and a "poor man's food", indigenous leafy vegetables in Kenya are now becoming much more common - grown on farms, sold in markets and gracing the menus of restaurants.At the busy Skinners Restaurant in Gachie just outside the capital, Nai
Scientists at the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) have developed a groundbreaking innovation dubbed “Aflasafe” to combat the rising threat of Aflatoxins—naturally occurring toxins caused by fungi that pose serious health risks and are increasingly
General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, has issued a fiery statement condemning a reported U.S. policy under the Trump administration that allegedly restricts African and Black mothers from traveling to the United States to prevent the b
Kinshasa: President Félix Tshisekedi used the occasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 65th Independence Day to strongly defend his administration’s resource policy and regional diplomacy, pushing back against intensifying criticism from Nobel Peace P
It begins with a promise. A satellite dish on a tin roof. A blinking terminal in the middle of rural Kisii. Suddenly, a boy can watch a YouTube video without buffering.A teacher downloads a lesson plan in seconds. A clinic sends health records to the capital without delay. It feels like th
Officially known as water cremation or alkaline hydrolysis, the process involves rapidly decomposing a corpse in water and alkaline chemicals under high temperatures in a big steel vessel (pictured)
