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29 Jun '26
OpenAI has restricted its newest model to vetted partners after Washington pressure over mounting national security concerns.OpenAI said on Friday it was delaying a full public launch of GPT‑5.6 at the US government’s request,
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27 Jun '26
The government has intensified efforts to stop the destruction of forests for coffee cultivation, warning that the practice threatens environmental conservation and Uganda’s lucrative coffee export market.The renewed campaign follows increasing cases of
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27 Jun '26
UCAA Director General Fred Bamwesigye addresses the media at the end of a full-scale aviation security exercise in Entebbe on June 26, 2026. Photo by Eve Muganga.The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) plans to separate its regulatory and airport opera
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26 Jun '26
Bank of Uganda data shows the local currency briefly strengthened further to about Shs3,646 per dollar earlier this week before surrendering some gains as demand for foreign currency resurfaced.KAMPALA: Uganda’s shilling has staged
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26 Jun '26
A Uganda Peoples Defence Force Brigadier General in Bududa District is under investigation on allegations of frogging and caning two police officers, whom he accused of delaying to handle a criminal case of his relatives.According to a crime case: CRB 111
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23 Jun '26
KAMPALA, Uganda — The Government of Uganda through the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has unveiled a 14.24 billion shilling water project for Hoima City, aimed at boosting supply ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.NWSC Managing Director Dr. Mugisha announced the proj
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23 Jun '26
Police on night patrol shot dead one of the suspected armed thugs who raided Ssemwogerere zone in Bukoto Parish, Nakawa Division, last night, as residents called for increased security. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Rachel Kawala, a group of three armed thugs attacked an
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23 Jun '26
According to Police spokesperson ACP Kituuma Rusoke, the suspect, identified as Turyaguma Amos, was intercepted while carrying four sacks containing forty 5-litre jerricans filled with a green liquid believed to be counterfeit acaricide.Police spokesperson ACP Kituuma Rusoke, addressing th
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23 Jun '26
An armed robber was on Tuesday morning shot dead as police foiled a robbery at Ssemwogerere Zone, Nakawa Division in Kampala City.The midnight incident involved officers who were conducting a patrol in the area when three armed men attacked a businessman and his wife who were walking along
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22 Jun '26
The Uganda Wildlife Authority has arrested three suspects in Kiruhura District over the alleged poisoning of seven hyenas in Lake Mburo National Park, with investigations ongoing into a case that has raised alarm among conservationists over rising wildlife crime and its impact on protected ecosys