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EACOP Is Offering Paid Internships To Ugandan University Students — Here Is Everything You Need To Apply Before April 13

EACOP Is Offering Paid Internships To Ugandan University Students — Here Is Everything You Need To Apply Before April 13

If you are a second, third, or fourth year university student looking for a high-profile internship that will add serious weight to your CV, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project has just opened applications — and the deadline is April 13, 2025.The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (

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Police Report Decline in Road Crashes as Fatalities Increase in 2025

Police Report Decline in Road Crashes as Fatalities Increase in 2025

Police have reported a significant decline in road traffic crashes across the country even though fatalities slightly increased during the year.While releasing the 2025 Annual Crime Report, the Director of Traffic and Road Safety, AIGP Lawrence Nuwabiine, revealed that a total of 322,441 t

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NIRA decries poor local language proficiency by applicants

NIRA decries poor local language proficiency by applicants

NIRA Registrar Clair Ollama says many applicants coming to their offices nowadays struggle to express basic cultural identity details, which affects service delivery.The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has raised concern over what it describes as declining knowled

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Over 20,000 Ugandans in South Africa stall visa-free talks

Over 20,000 Ugandans in South Africa stall visa-free talks

More than 20,000 Ugandans living illegally in South Africa have delayed talks on a visa-free travel deal, officials say.Efforts to secure visa-free travel between Uganda and South Africa for holders of ordinary passports have slowed down due to a growing number of Ugandans living there ill

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Ssemujju Dismisses ‘Behind-the-Scenes’ Opposition-Government Talks as ‘Welfare Issues Aimed at One Party’

Ssemujju Dismisses ‘Behind-the-Scenes’ Opposition-Government Talks as ‘Welfare Issues Aimed at One Party’

Outgoing Kira Municipality Member of Parliament and Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, who also serves as the spokesperson for the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF), has raised concerns over what he described as opaque and informal political engagements in Uganda, calling for structured and public dialogu

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Mugabe Palace Revived, Ankole’s Royal Heritage  Restored!

Mugabe Palace Revived, Ankole’s Royal Heritage Restored!

The Mugaba of Ankole’s Palace, located in Mbarara City, Uganda, is set to officially open its doors to tourists , after undergoing refurbishment since 2018. The Ugandan government allocated Shs7.5 billion (£1.63 million) for the renovation, aiming to transform the palace into a significant tou

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Kyagulanyi Demands Answers Over Disappearance of Aide’s Wife After Alleged Military Abduction

Kyagulanyi Demands Answers Over Disappearance of Aide’s Wife After Alleged Military Abduction

Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has raised alarm over the disappearance of Fauzia Nattabi, also known as Maama Kyeyune, in a statement shared on his official social media platforms.According to Kyagulanyi, Fauzia—who is the wife of his personal assistant, Don Sheriff

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Tax on Used Clothes to Increase to 30%

Tax on Used Clothes to Increase to 30%

Government’s plan to double taxes on used clothes signals renewed industrial ambition but risks squeezing low-income consumers and destabilising a fragile garments sector. With local production still insufficient, the policy revives old debates: can protection drive growth without first fixing

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Uganda's presidential jet makes unexpected landing in US; Government speaks out

Uganda's presidential jet makes unexpected landing in US; Government speaks out

Flight data from FlightAware showed that the jet departed Uganda, made a stopover in Cape Verde, and later arrived in Savannah, Georgia, in the USUganda’s presidential jet has landed in the United States, sparking speculation after authorities gave no immediate official explanation for t

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Journalist ‘Abducted’ After Radio Talk Show in Kampala

Journalist ‘Abducted’ After Radio Talk Show in Kampala

Ugandan journalist has been ‘abducted’ after a radio talk show in Kampala, the Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) says. Journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose worked with DigiTalk Media, a digital news outlet.Mukose was “abducted by unidentified plain-clothed men” in the afternoon of S

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