Govt Steps Up Road Safety Crackdown on Buses, Trucks
Commissioner Winstone Katushabe leading today’s inspection along Bombo roadKAMPALA — The government on Tuesday intensified a major road safety crackdown along the Kam...
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Police in Kigezi Issue Safety Guidelines as Schools Break for End of Term II Holidays
Police in the Kigezi Sub-region have issued safety guidelines to schools, parents, guardians and transport operators as schools break for the End of Term II holidays.Kige...
Traffic Police intensify checks on overloaded vehicles along Masaka Road
Traffic Police intensify checks on overloaded vehicles along Masaka RoadThe Ministry of Works and Transport and Traffic Police have stepped up road safety enforcement alo...
MPs Question Energy Ministry, UEDCL Over Worsening Power Outages
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has tasked the Energy and Mineral Development Ministry and the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) to explain the...
UETCL, UEDCL promise fewer outages after $83m upgrade
Across Kampala, planned power cuts have become an unwelcome part of daily life, disrupting businesses, households and hospitals.Electricity officials say the frustration...
School bus drivers arrested after police find 207 pupils crammed into 2 buses
Police have arrested two school bus drivers after finding 207 pupils crammed into two overloaded buses during a traffic operation in Kampala.Two school bus drivers have b...
Leaders Demand Permanent Fix as Kasunganyanja Black Spot Continues to Claim Lives
Atleast 13 people have died in major crashes at the notorious Kasunganyanja black spot on the Fort Portal–Kasese Highway over the past five years, prompting renewe...
UEDCL Boosts Power Supply in Wakiso with New Transformer Projects to End Low Voltage Challenges
Residents of Matugga, Bombo and Kapeeka are set to benefit from improved and more reliable electricity supply after UEDCL commissioned a series of transformer upgrades ai...
The untold battle: Power struggles and fight over deals at UEDCL
man often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it,†the French poet Jean de La Fontaine famously said. The idea is that, despite one’s best efforts...
UEDCL bosses sacked over poor performance
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has fired the Uganda Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (UEDCL) Board chairperson, Ms Lydia Ochieng Obbo and placed its manag...