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Uganda detains 231 foreigners in crackdown on possible human trafficking

Uganda detains 231 foreigners in crackdown on possible human trafficking

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan authorities said Tuesday that they have detained dozens of foreigners in a crackdown on illegal migration that the internal affairs ministry suggested was linked to human traffickers and cyberscam operations.At least 231 people have been detained since Monday

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Science Teachers On Government Payroll To Earn Shs8 Million A Month As Uganda Moves To Make Teaching One Of Its Best-Paid Professions

Science Teachers On Government Payroll To Earn Shs8 Million A Month As Uganda Moves To Make Teaching One Of Its Best-Paid Professions

For years, Uganda’s brightest university students have steered away from education degrees, gravitating instead toward medicine, law, and engineering — courses perceived to offer better financial returns. The government is now moving decisively to change that calculation.In a landmark

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Nakawa Court Grants Bail to NUP Official After 68 Days in Detention

Nakawa Court Grants Bail to NUP Official After 68 Days in Detention

Kampala, Uganda – Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to John Mary Ssebuwufu, the National Unity Platform (NUP) deputy chairperson and councillor, after 68 days in detention. The court set cash bail at 500,000 Ugandan shillings.Ssebuwufu, 50, was arrested on 14th January t

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OIL PALM PROJECT IN TROUBLE! Billions Idle, Land Unused, Factory Stalled — Has Masaba Outstayed Her Welcome?

OIL PALM PROJECT IN TROUBLE! Billions Idle, Land Unused, Factory Stalled — Has Masaba Outstayed Her Welcome?

The National Oil Palm Project (NOPP), once hailed as a transformative agro-industrial lifeline for Uganda’s rural farmers, is now sinking under the weight of delays, underperformance and questionable management, after the Auditor General’s December 2025 report exposed deep cracks in one of go

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Breaking Sad News! Tooro Crown Prince Kiijanangoma Battling Stage 3 Throat Cancer, Appeals To Public For Shs500M For Treatment In India!

Breaking Sad News! Tooro Crown Prince Kiijanangoma Battling Stage 3 Throat Cancer, Appeals To Public For Shs500M For Treatment In India!

Fort Portal: It’s sad news but we have no choice but to say it as it is. Tooro Kingdom Crown Prince David Kiijanangoma Araali is critically ill, battling stage three throat cancer, a disease that has reportedly been silently eating him away since last year.Highly placed sources close to

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New Audit Report: Money collected at Uganda Airlines’ Juba office was Never banked

New Audit Report: Money collected at Uganda Airlines’ Juba office was Never banked

Sacked CEO Uganda Airlines, Jenifer BamuturakiThe Auditor General has raised fresh concerns over cash management at Uganda Airlines after revealing that hundreds of millions of shillings collected at the airline’s Juba office were never banked, adding to a growing trail of financial weak

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What's going on with Myles Lewis-Skelly?

What's going on with Myles Lewis-Skelly?

This time a year ago, Myles Lewis-Skelly had not even made his Arsenal debut. It is a measure of his rapid rise that his exclusion fr

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Rwenzori Marathon ends with music, colour and all-night street party

Rwenzori Marathon ends with music, colour and all-night street party

Kasese was bustling with life this past weekend as the Mt Rwenzori Marathon took over the town in style. After a record-breaking edition that drew more than 6,000 runners to conquer the rugged foothills of the Rwenzoris, the evening told a whole new story.

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Makerere’s IDI Launches Africa’s Largest Campus Solar Grid to Power Health Research

Makerere’s IDI Launches Africa’s Largest Campus Solar Grid to Power Health Research

The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) at Makerere University has unveiled a groundbreaking 384 kWp solar power system, the largest campus-based solar grid in Africa, marking a major leap toward sustainable energy for health and research infrastructure.T

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First Daughter Diana denies dating UPDF officer

First Daughter Diana denies dating UPDF officer

The President’s last-born took to social media on Thursday to dismiss media reports that she was currently seeing a senior officer of the army. 

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