MPs urge caution as government moves to ban old taxis
A number of legislators have expressed mixed reactions to a government proposal to phase out old taxis from Kampala and other urban roads, as authorities push to improve...
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Collin Hotel, Mukono Bookshop Tycoon Kasozi In Tears As Court Allows Auctioning Of His Multibillion Empire Over Shs778m Loan..
Justice Joyce Kavuma of the Civil Division of the High Court has dismissed with costs the application filed by Mukono based businessman Augustine Kasozi the proprietor of...
Uganda’s Public Debt Hits Record UGX 130 Trillion as Domestic Borrowing Surge Raises Alarm
KAMPALA – Uganda’s public debt has surged to a record US$34.86 billion (UGX 130.84 trillion) as of December 2025, piling fresh pressure on the government’s fiscal m...
MPs warn it could take 48 years to clear Uganda’s Shs8.4t domestic arrears
Appearing before Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, Ramathan Ggoobi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, and Secretary to the Treasury.Parliament has been tol...
Civil Society raises alarm over Uganda’s debt surge, health funding gaps
Kampala, Uganda: Civil society organisations have raised alarm over Uganda’s growing public debt and widening gaps in health sector funding, warning that the latest Aud...
Aging population poses crisis for Uganda as 16 million workers lack pension cover
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda is hurtling toward a systemic social and economic crisis as a rapidly aging population outpaces a retirement savings framework that currently e...
Medical Students Association Rejects Government Policy on Internship
Medical Interns addressing the press in Kampala in the pastThe Federation of Uganda Medical Students’ Associations (FUMSA) has firmly rejected a new government policy t...
Uganda receives first batch of injectable HIV prevention drug
Uganda has received its first 19,200 doses of Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable HIV prevention drug supported by the Global Fund and PEPFAR, targeting high-burden di...
Uganda population to rise to 48.2million this year – Health Ministry
Health Minister, Dr. Ruth Acen at the launch of the State of Uganda Population ReportThe Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed that Uganda’s population i...
Court Orders Hajji Moses Kigongo To Pay UGX80million To Contractor
The High Court in Kampala has found Hajji Moses Kigongo liable to pay Shillings 80.7million for breaching a contract he signed with a supplier of doors and windows to his...