the busy dusty border towns of Lia and Odramacaku, both in Arua City, traders are sighted crossing from the Democratic Republic of Congo into Uganda using illegal border entry points. Some are crossing using the designated routes with UPDF soldiers patrolling the areas as a measure to control the
JINJA CITY |URN: Jinja city has experienced traffic standoff for close to five hours this Sunday, due to procession by Arsenal fans parading a replica English premier league trophy.Arsenal emerged this year’s English premier league champion after months of a tight chase with closest riva
The rebellions that confronted President Museveni after 1986 were not confined to Acholi, Teso or the eastern border areas. Along Uganda’s western and north-western frontiers, the NRM government faced insurgencies shaped by exile politics, cross-border sanctuaries, regional wars, and gri
Normal bus services from Gulu City to Uganda’s capital, Kampala, were significantly disrupted on Tuesday as President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni took the oath for a seventh term in office. The Gulu-Kampala Highway is a major transport corridor linking towns and cities in the Acholi sub-region and n
Long distance truck drivers on the Kenyan side have imposed a blockade on Ugandan border entry points after Ugandan security forces arrested their leader.Mr Sudi Kauli Mwatela, the chairperson of Long-Distance Drivers Union, and a Kenyan national, was arrested on Sunday at the Uganda-South
Yusuf Nsibambi, the outgoing Mawokota South lawmaker, spoke to Patrick Kamara in a wide-ranging interview on The Grind Podcast. The veteran politician painted a bleak picture of Opposition politics in Uganda while purring over Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s president since 1986. Excerpts:-___
Evicted garage owners, mechanics, and welders in Ntungamo Municipality have appealed to authorities to extend essential services to their new area of operation following their relocation under the recently implemented Trade Order.The concerns were raised during a meeting held today at Red
Local Govt Minister, Raphael Magyezi instructed Chief Administrative Officers, Town Clerks, and city authorities to restore order in urban areas by relocating traders operating on streets, pavements, corridors, and drainage channels into designated markets and formal trading spaces.Street
Taxi and bus operators in Kabale Municipality have called on authorities to first improve the condition of designated taxi parks before fully enforcing the Trade Order Act, warning that the current state of the facilities is unsuitable for effective operations.The Trade Order Act, passed i
dawn, the usual bustle of business across Uganda’s blossoming cities and towns is missing.Where voices once competed with the clatter of weighing scales and the bargaining cries of customers, there is now an edgy silence.Piles of empty wooden stalls still lie broken, some reduced
