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Qashqai Facelift delivers enhanced comfort, modern tech, and practical family appeal

Qashqai Facelift delivers enhanced comfort, modern tech, and practical family appeal

Nissan’s big-selling, mid-sized sport utility vehicle (SUV) gets a few choice changes in the latest edition, though nothing that would scare a current Qashqai buyer, of which there have been some four million since the first one appeared in 2007. This third generation arrived back in 2

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River Mubuku: New suspension bridge replaces risky makeshift crossings

River Mubuku: New suspension bridge replaces risky makeshift crossings

Residents of Bikone and Nyakabuha in Ibanda--Kyanya Town Council, Kasese District, can now breathe a sigh of relief following the completion of a suspended pedestrian cable bridge on River Mubuku. The new bridge comes after years of locals relying on makeshift and dilapidated bridges con

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Amus: Inside decade journey to shake Kitende dominance

Amus: Inside decade journey to shake Kitende dominance

Amus College School has relentlessly pursued greatness for the national and East African football titles for a decade. After years of trials, heartbreaks, and near-misses this year, they finally clinched the coveted Federation of East Africa Secondary School Sports Association (Feasssa) titl

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Lukwago dares IGG to release full Kiteezi report

Lukwago dares IGG to release full Kiteezi report

Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has asked the Inspector General of Government (IGG) to make public the findings of the Kiteezi garbage heap disaster, which led to the sacking of top executives of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). President Museveni on September 24 fired KCCA Execu

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Former Miss Tourism Teso Set to Represent Uganda in Nigeria

Former Miss Tourism Teso Set to Represent Uganda in Nigeria

Alison Mary Akello, the former Miss Tourism Teso, departed Uganda on Saturday, heading to Lagos, Nigeria, where she will represent the country at the Miss Tourism Africa – International (MTA) competition. Akello, who handed over her crown in August to the newly crowned Miss Tourism Teso, Betty Aca

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US to donate 1 million mpox vaccine doses to halt outbreak in Africa

US to donate 1 million mpox vaccine doses to halt outbreak in Africa

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses and at least $500 million to African countries to support their response to the outbreak. Biden made the announcement at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and called on other countri

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Sudanese ex-leader Bashir moved to northern town for treatment

Sudanese ex-leader Bashir moved to northern town for treatment

Sudanese former leader Omar al-Bashir has been transferred from Sudan's war-ravaged capital to the northern town of Merowe for medical treatment, his lawyer said on Tuesday. The 80-year-old, jailed along with allies after being overthrown in a popular uprising in 2019, had been taken to

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The new Ugandan tribes. How cool?

The new Ugandan tribes. How cool?

Over a year ago we reported on what we called the “new Ugandan tribes”, good people who have formed social, cultural, economic, and philosophical communities around a set of experiences, values, and organising that didn’t exist in strong ways until about 10 years ago. Or they could be

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KCCA to get new directors in three months - Museveni

KCCA to get new directors in three months - Museveni

President Museveni has fired Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) executive director Dorothy Kisaka,  her deputy Eng David Luyimbazi and the director of Public Health Dr Daniel Okello over Kiteezi landfill collapse that left 35 people dead and several others missing. “In a decisive

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Motorists face long detours following Karuma Bridge closure

Motorists face long detours following Karuma Bridge closure

Movement on the Kampala-Gulu highway was on Monday paralysed following the total closure of Karuma Bridge that links northern Uganda, South Sudan and DR Congo. The government closed the defective 61-year-old bridge to pave the way for its reconstruction, which is expected to take three m

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