KAMPALA — Uganda was thrust into a total blackout Sunday morning after a sudden failure in the national electricity grid, according to the state-run transmission utility.The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited, or UETCL, issued an emergency public notice confirming that the n
Since its founding in 2020, the National Unity Platform (NUP) top leadership has always been fearful and generally apprehensive towards political leaders who refuse to bow and worship Bobi Wine.Even when he has never been openly belligerent towards NUP or even Kyagulanyi, the outgoing Kira
Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited has registered a strong operational and financial rebound in its first year of managing the country’s electricity distribution network, posting Shs1.71 trillion in revenue as it stabilised a system inherited from private operators.The perfo
They are on the road before dawn and still riding long after dark, threading through Kampala’s gridlocked streets for fares that rarely exceed a few thousand shillings. For Uganda’s boda boda riders, the pressure to earn is relentless and increasingly, it is deadly.Motorcycles are at t
Ingrid Turinawe (c) at court on MondayRUKUNGIRI: Opposition politician Ingrid Kamateneti Turinawe has petitioned the High Court to nullify the parliamentary victory of Henry Tumukunde in Rukungiri Municipality, alleging widespread irregularities in the January 15 election.Turinawe,
Mumbai, March 30: A significant fire broke out at the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa's industrial zone in Israel today, Monday, March 30, following a coordinated missile and drone attack launched from Iran and Lebanon. Local emergency services responded to reports of multiple impacts near the facili
Former Makerere University Vice Chancellor Professor Venancius Baryamureeba has ignited a fiery debate on social media after openly criticizing a bold proposal by his fellow professor Lawrence Muganga to implement a nationwide “One Laptop Per Child” program in Uganda. Baryamureeba who owns Ug
PFF deputy president for the Buganda region, Dr Lulume Bayiga, said Ugandans should not accept the continued closure of major roads in Kampala during the movements of President Yoweri Museveni as normal.The opposition People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) has criticised the continued closure
'Boda-bodas have provided employment. If tomorrow we decided to remove them, what would happen to the young men who depend on them? Each rider supports several people. So, they have benefits, but they also present challenges. They need to be better organised, and we had already started that proce
UN preparing for nuclear catastrophe 'worst case scenario' including use of nukes in Middle EastThe United Nations is preparing for a nuclear catastrophe if the Middle East war escalates further.World Health Organization officials are monitoring the consequences of joint US-Israeli
