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Works Ministry Launches Probe into Illegal Number Plates

Works Ministry Launches Probe into Illegal Number Plates

The Ministry of Works and Transport has initiated investigations into allegations of illegal fees and delays in the issuance of digital number plates, following a surge in public complaints over the new registration system.Permanent Secretary Bageya Waiswa, in a statement issued Friday, ap

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PAU’s decade of growth powers Uganda’s $15 billion oil projects

PAU’s decade of growth powers Uganda’s $15 billion oil projects

ENTEBBE – The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) is marking ten years of regulating the country’s oil and gas sector, a milestone that Executive Director Earnest Rubondo describes as a decade of steady growth, institutional strengthening and careful stewardship of Uganda’s petroleum resour

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TotalEnergies Sued in Uganda Over Failure to Pay Contractor Who Cleaned Up ‘Heavily Contaminated’ Fuel Depot in Kampala

TotalEnergies Sued in Uganda Over Failure to Pay Contractor Who Cleaned Up ‘Heavily Contaminated’ Fuel Depot in Kampala

Because Kampala’s aquifer system lies directly beneath the industrial area, the suit suggests the contaminants may have seeped further, potentially threatening the water table that serves millions of Kampala’s residentsFrench firm, TotalEnergies Marketing Uganda Ltd., is being sued in

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New roadmap to drive growth and transformation in agriculture

New roadmap to drive growth and transformation in agriculture

A Science, Technology and Innovation Roadmap for Agriculture, being developed by the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, is expected to be completed by end-September 2026.New roadmap to drive grow

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EU disgusted with ‘endemic corruption’ in Ukraine

EU disgusted with ‘endemic corruption’ in Ukraine

Kiev’s European backers are seeking guarantees that their financial aid would not be embezzledThe EU is seeking concrete commitments from Ukraine in the wake of the bombshell corruption scandal implicating Vladimir Zelensky’s close associate, Politico Europe reported on Friday, citing

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Gloria Nawanyaga seeks to become Uganda’s first openly HIV positive MP

Gloria Nawanyaga seeks to become Uganda’s first openly HIV positive MP

Born with HIV via mother-to-child transmission, Nawanyaga's personal journey has become the cornerstone of her political mission. The race for Youth Member of Parliament (MP) Central Region has taken a historic turn with the candidacy of Gloria Nawanyaga, a lawyer and youth advocate who is

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Somalia Finance Minister Attends Arab Countries' Meeting On Finance and Budgets in Beirut.

Somalia Finance Minister Attends Arab Countries' Meeting On Finance and Budgets in Beirut.

Beirut, Lebanon — Somalia's Minister of Finance, Biixi Imaan Cige, on Wednesday attended the Arab Countries' Meeting on Public Finance and Budgets, held at the United Nations headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon's capital.The high-level gathering focused on financing social sectors, particula

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In Kasanje, taxes are rising but service delivery, roads, all in ruins

In Kasanje, taxes are rising but service delivery, roads, all in ruins

A Sinotruk carrying sand gets stuck on a muddy road, one of the feeder roads in a deplorable state in Kasanje, Wakiso District. Despite collecting over UGX 460 million in taxes, the community says service delivery remains poor.Kasanje, Wakiso District: Kasanje, a mid-size place located in

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Kiir sacks top petroleum official after a week in post.

Kiir sacks top petroleum official after a week in post.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed the undersecretary at the Ministry of Petroleum just a week after appointing him, in the latest shake-up in the country’s sensitive oil sector.The undersecretary is the highest-ranking official managing the ministry since Petroleum Minis

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Shadows Over the Blue Line: Why Are Uganda’s Top Cops Dying in Droves?

Shadows Over the Blue Line: Why Are Uganda’s Top Cops Dying in Droves?

Kampala – In the span of just over two months, five senior Uganda Police Force (UPF) officers have met untimely ends, sparking whispers of a curse on the force and urgent calls for transparency. From mysterious collapses to brutal attacks, the deaths of these dedicated servants of the law raise

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