Namayingo gold rush turns deadly as unsafe pits kill four monthly
At least four people die monthly in gold mining accidents in Namayingo District, Eastern Uganda as an unregulated rush for the precious minerals draws unemployed youth in...
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Museveni Intervenes in Sseguku Land Row
President Museveni has ordered a fact-finding probe into a disputed land case in Sseguku, Wakiso District, warning against corruption and continued construction on proper...
Directors Face Jail as Uganda Government Investigates 20 Gold Companies: Police & Energy Ministry Inquiring into Alleged Fraud
The chief police publicist Kituma Rusoke has corroborated the Energy Ministry’s Geology & Mining Commissioner Agnes Alaba’s information indicating that a total of not...
AI Image of Breastfeeding Vendor Sparks Heated Debate on Kampala Evictions
An emotionally charged image shared online by outspoken businessman Frank Gashumba has sparked a nationwide conversation in Kampala, not because it was real, but because...
Street Boys Fill Gap Amid 60% Plastic Crisis
Peter Lotimo on red and another street boy picking waste plastic bottles along one of the streets in Soroti CitySOROTI – Every morning before the streets of Soroti retu...
Buzeki to political leaders: Residents must get value for their taxes
Sharifah Buzeki speaks to journalists during the Weyonje campaign in Kawempe DivisionThe executive director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Sharifah Buzeki, has...
Kassanda Teen Dies During Emergency Transfer as Police Probe Suspected Unsafe Medical Procedure
An 18-year-old apprentice hairdresser from Kassanda District has died while being rushed for advanced medical care after being found in critical condition at a private cl...
79% of Cases Unfinished: Inside the Financial Intelligence Authority’s Fragile Fight Against Money Laundering
FIA Executive Director Samuel Were Wandera and Justice Bonny Isaac Teko stand at the center of Uganda’s evolving anti-money laundering landscape, where assertive enforc...
Uganda converts Shs7.78t central bank advance into long-term debt as borrowing pressures rise
Government has quietly converted a Shs7.78 trillion temporary advance from the Bank of Uganda into long term public debt, a move that will see taxpayers commit to years o...
Kasamba bus impounded, 8 arrested over wetlands in Hoima city
A trade order operation on wetlands encroachment in Hoima City has left the Kasamba bus coach company on the spot for supporting illegal motor vehicle washing bays in wet...