KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s construction sector is facing a financial crisis due to the government’s failure to pay UGX 1.351 trillion in arrears to road contractors, according to Francis Mwijukye, Shadow Minister for Works and Transport.
Uganda has officially launched the WomenUganda2025+ campaign, an initiative aimed at advancing women's rights, influencing policy, and challenging gender stereotypes.The launch, held at the residence of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Uganda, Frederieke Quispel, brought
Pauline Maniraguha Bangirana, a retired Superintendent of Police and the first woman to join the Uganda Police Force, has passed away at the age of 85.Her death was confirmed by ASP Charles Twiine, head of the Cri
New Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Sharifah Buzeki faces a daunting challenge as she assumes office amid significant financial constraints.Former Kampala Central Division Mayor Salim Saad
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is mourning the tragic loss of Lieutenant Amon Ariho, who took his own life after writing a heartbreaking letter to the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF). Lt Ariho, who had served in the UPDF since 2013, ended his life by
The tragic death of Uganda's Minister of State for Labour, Employment, and Industrial Relations, Col. Charles Okello Engola, sent shockwaves across the nation.On May 2, 2023, Engola was fatally shot by his bodygua
For the past five months or so, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has been at loggerheads with Uganda’s biggest telecommunications company, MTN.This follows an audit carried out by SafariTech - a Kenyan company tha
The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), under the leadership of Robert Mukiza, in collaboration with Louis Arinaitwe, the Country Director for Trade at the British High Commission (BHC), has become embroiled in a significant scandal.
Rajini Tailor, a renowned businessman and former Buganda Kingdom minister, has been embroiled in a debt dispute with the Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation, resulting in his recent detention at Luzira Prison. The dispute centres on unpaid rent arrears amounting to approximately Shs148 million
By  Steven Wandera More than 150 orphans at Restoration Gateway, a Christian non-governmental organisation in Kiryandongo District, are stranded after staff laid down their tools due to non-payment of salaries for more than five months. The most affected children are those whos
