Uganda to vaccinate 44.5 million animals against foot-and-mouth disease
Uganda has announced plans to vaccinate about 44.5 million animals against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in a nationwide exercise scheduled to start early next year, a gov...
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Busega-Mpigi Expressway project loan approved.
The Busega-Mpigi Expressway project works are expected to resume, following approval of a loan of Euros188.18 million (Shs781.04 billion) from the African Development Ban...
Parliament to Approve Shs8.2 Trillion Borrowing Amid Soaring Public Debt
Parliament is today set to authorize a staggering Shs8.2 trillion in new borrowing, a move that signals the nation’s spiralling public debt already at Shs116.2 tri...
ON THE ROCKS! Amb.Ogwang, Parliament Babe Ranny Ismail Marriage Hit Stormy Waters
Amb-Ogwang-and-new-lover-RannyOgwang and Danny on their civil wedding dayKAMPALA — Trouble is brewing in paradise! Word reaching Red Pepper Online is that the once...
Why Uganda’s oil refinery remains behind schedule
An artistic impression of an oil refinery. Uganda hopes to complete construction of a 60,000 barrels/day refinery by 2030. COURTESY IMAGE/PETROLEUM AUTHORITY OF UGANDA.De...
Taxing Sunglasses for Vitiligo Patients Unfair, Says Tayebwa
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has thrown his weight behind efforts to support individuals living with vitiligo, a chronic skin condition characterised...
NUP Begins Vetting Parliamentary Aspirants
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has kicked off the vetting of aspiring Members of Parliament, with the process starting on Monday at the party’s headquarters in...
Kampala Archdiocese records highest ever Ordination of 24 Priests in single ceremony
Lying prostrate on the ground, a key ritual in the Catholic ordination ceremony. Photo courtesy of Kampala Archdiocese.Kampala, Uganda | The Kampala Archdiocese has welc...
Over 4,500 Youth and Women Begin Vocational Training in Presidential Industrial Hubs
KIBUKU – A total of 4,560 young people and women have been enrolled in 19 Presidential Industrial Hubs across Uganda for a six-month vocational training program th...
Forgotten 'weeds' prove a culinary hit in Kenya
Once dismissed as wild weeds and a "poor man's food", indigenous leafy vegetables in Kenya are now becoming much more common - grown on farms, sold in markets and graci...