With funding (Shs850bn) from World Bank, the GoU is continuing to use the PSFU-implemented GROW project to avail low-cost loans (at just 10% interest per annum) to hundreds of female entrepreneurs to enable them sustain, grow, expand and diversify their businesses while breaking into areas that h
Kampala Central Member of Parliament aspirant Abraham Luzzi has commended the Katikkiro of Buganda, Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga, for steering the completion of the long and complex restoration of the Kasubi Tombs, one of Uganda’s most significant cultural heritage sites.The Kasubi Tombs,
The Director of Criminal Investigations in the Uganda Police Force (UPF), Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Tom Magambo, has publicly distanced himself from an ongoing property dispute involving educationist Prof. Badru Kateregga and his wife, Mrs. Jolly Shubaiha Kateregga.For w
Uganda Revenue Authority has issued an immediate restriction on the importation and clearance of Starlink satellite internet equipment, tightening controls around the fast-growing technology amid security considerations. In an internal memo dated 19th December 2025, the Commissioner of the
The Triplets Ghetto Kids are anticipated to be part of the star-studded concert that features French Montana and Nigerian superstar Davido as headline performers at the opening ceremony of the 2025 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.Uganda’s popular dance group Triplets Ghett
Barely a day after his dismissal from the Uganda Prisons Service, former prisons officer Lawrence Ampe has announced that he will join the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, on the campaign trail.Bobi W
Belgium’s objections, Russian legal threats and unresolved liability questions forced the EU to drop the reparations-loan proposal and approve fresh borrowing for Ukraine.Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission Presiden
Officials launch the new Metro Cement products at Serena Hotel on December 18, marking the expansion of the company’s production capacity and product rangeUganda’s economic partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is entering a new phase, with rapidly growing foreign direct inve
Uganda's mobile money sector is taking major steps to prevent loan defaults and restore trust in digital lending. For years, some borrowers who defaulted on digital loans exploited loopholes by switching networks or SIM cards, making it difficult for lenders to recover funds. Under the previous s
On the night of 16th December 2025, the quiet of Kisenyi III Parish in Kampala was shattered by a shocking and violent double murder. At around 11:00 pm, a 30-year-old Burundian man, identified as Emma alias “Young,” went on a killing spree, attacking two fellow Burundian nationals in the sam
