Shs46bn Idle Funds for Science Ministry leave MPs furious
The Budget Committee has summoned officials from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to explain why Shs 46 billion meant for innovation remains unuti...
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Finance Ministry Strengthens Oversight of Public Investments With New Technical Committee
The government has taken a major step toward tightening oversight and improving the efficiency of public investments through the inauguration of a multi-agency technical...
Govt Sets August Deadline for Kyambogo, Makerere Afcon Training Venues
Government has directed that key training facilities at Kyambogo and Makerere Universities be completed by August 2026 as Uganda steps up preparations to meet Caf standar...
Concern as Zombo records nearly 4,000 teenage pregnancies in one year
Zombo District has recorded 3,896 teenage pregnancies in one year, pushing its adolescent pregnancy rate above Uganda’s national average and alarming leaders.Zombo...
Uganda’s moment to build, not beg, the world
There are moments in a nation’s life when an external decision, seemingly adverse, even unfair, forces an uncomfortable but necessary reckoning.The recent tighteni...
Museveni resumes 2026 campaign today with rallies in Butambala, Mpigi
Butambala, Uganda: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni resumes his nationwide presidential campaign today, Monday, December 29, 2025, with scheduled rallies across the Great...
Winnie Byanyima Warns ‘AIDS is Not Over’, Cautions Against Inaction
Winnie Byanyima Warns ‘AIDS is Not Over’, Cautions Against InactionUNAIDS Executive Director Winnie ByanyimaBrasilia, Brazil — UNAIDS Executive Direct...
Uganda: Just 41 MPs Approve Shs9tn Loan Blitz
In a Tuesday session that has sparked outrage among fiscal watchdogs, a mere fraction of the 11th Parliament authorized the government to proceed with massive loan reques...
Uganda says to trim debt issuance by 21% in 2026/27 FY
The Bank of Uganda, Uganda’s central bank, in Kampala, Uganda, on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Uganda estimates that it will need $28.1 billion to adapt to the effects...
East Africa: Fish Farming Is Booming in Lake Victoria, but Pollution and Disease Are Wiping Out Millions. How to Reduce Losses
Aquaculture - the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms - is the world's fastest-growing food production system.The sharpest growth in aquaculture is happening in A...