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Uganda’s Export Earnings Hit Record Shs54 Trillion -Ggoobi

Uganda’s Export Earnings Hit Record Shs54 Trillion -Ggoobi

Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury Ramathan Ggoobi has said Uganda’s export earnings have climbed to a record $14.4 billion (Shs 54 Trillion) by the end of September, driven largely by strong growth in gold, coffee and manufactured goods, reflecting the impact of long-term govern

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NARO Courts Agro-Industrialists to Accelerate Value Addition and Boost Farmer Incomes

NARO Courts Agro-Industrialists to Accelerate Value Addition and Boost Farmer Incomes

The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has intensified engagement with agro-industrial investors to fast-track agro-industrialisation, deepen value addition, and raise farmer incomes, positioning research and innovation as central drivers of productivity, inclusive growth, and str

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Warning of long airport queues under new EU border control system

Warning of long airport queues under new EU border control system

BBC - There are warnings of queues at passport control at airports in Europe over upcoming holiday periods, as the rollout of a new biometric border system continues.Passengers have already reported hours-long waits at some destinations, at busy times, due to the new systems.A group

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Inside Uganda’s elections, where goons set the rules

Inside Uganda’s elections, where goons set the rules

On December 7, 2025, Reuters carried a stark headline that rippled across Uganda’s political landscape: “Bobi Wine says Uganda security forces beat him.”The wire story reported that Uganda’s leading opposition figure, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, said he was bea

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Understanding Hon. Nameere’s Election Saga: The Iron Lady Who Withstood the Opposition Storm to Emerge Masaka City Woman MP

Understanding Hon. Nameere’s Election Saga: The Iron Lady Who Withstood the Opposition Storm to Emerge Masaka City Woman MP

Hon Justine Nameere’s journey to Parliament has been anything but ordinary. Following a bruising political contest and an intense legal battle, she has emerged victorious as Masaka City’s first elected Woman Member of Parliament under the National Resistance Movement (NRM).Upon her dec

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PLE Results: UNEB set to end ‘Aggregate’ grading system amid skyrocketing exam cheating

PLE Results: UNEB set to end ‘Aggregate’ grading system amid skyrocketing exam cheating

Speaking at the official release of the 2025 PLE results, UNEB Board Chair Celestine Obua said the board was determined to reintroduce proposals first tabled in 2021 to reform how PLE results are graded and reported.The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has renewed plans to abolish

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PLE Results: UNEB set to end ‘Aggregate’ grading system amid skyrocketing exam cheating

PLE Results: UNEB set to end ‘Aggregate’ grading system amid skyrocketing exam cheating

Speaking at the official release of the 2025 PLE results, UNEB Board Chair Celestine Obua said the board was determined to reintroduce proposals first tabled in 2021 to reform how PLE results are graded and reported.The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has renewed plans to abolish

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PLE Results: Kisoro, Kampala lead districts with most withheld exams

PLE Results: Kisoro, Kampala lead districts with most withheld exams

UNEB Executive Director Dan Odongo disclosed that in some centres, scouts and invigilators were either bribed or threatened with physical harm by school directors and headteachers to allow teachers to directly assist candidates inside examination rooms.The Uganda National Examinations Boar

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Story behind Bobi Wine’s Kanyanya video location

Story behind Bobi Wine’s Kanyanya video location

It is now established that the building is the abandoned IK Musaazi International Medical Research Centre, a project whose construction stalled over 20 years agoFresh information has emerged about the location where opposition leader Bobi Wine recorded one of his most talked-about videos s

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New Govt Payroll System to “Shake Public Service” by April 2026

New Govt Payroll System to “Shake Public Service” by April 2026

Human Resource managers across government ministries have been ordered to take strict action against officers who arrive late or skip work, as concerns grow over absenteeism and poor service delivery in public offices.Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku expressed frustration ove

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