Four-Acre Model farmers decry water scarcity, seek government help on irrigation
Farmers under President Museveni’s four-acre model in Mityana say water scarcity is their biggest barrier to commercial agriculture, appealing for deep-well drilli...
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UPC's Jimmy Akena Says He Rejected Museveni's Ministerial Job Offer in 2016
Uganda People’s Congress President Jimmy Akena has revealed that he rejected an offer to serve as a Minister in President Yoweri Museveni’s government.Speak...
From State House Power to Political Shadows: Uganda’s Most Dramatic Falls from Grace Under the NRM Era
Several senior NRM figures built significant influence through government appointments, party positions, and proximity to President Museveni.Their political fortunes decl...
Museveni Declines Assent to Income Tax, Excise Duty Bills
Parliament will have to reconsider two key tax Bills after President Museveni declined to assent to them. It has emerged that Museveni declined to assent to the Income Ta...
Kampala Cement: How a $100m Ugandan cement dream fell apart
detailed breakdown of the Kampala Cement collapse, tracking how 82 million dollars in debt, high transport costs from raw material locations and an internal boardroom rup...
How the Removal of Term and Age Limits Led to Uganda’s Institutional Crisis
2005, Parliament removed presidential term limits, allowing the incumbent President to seek office indefinitely. Twelve years later, it removed the presidential age limit...
Nakaseke District Tightens Pressure on Teachers Following Salary Increment
Headteachers and teachers in Nakaseke District face increased supervision and tougher accountability measures as district authorities move to improve learners' academic p...
A Victoria University lecturer lost his job, spent three days at CPS, then lost court case
The Industrial Court has dismissed a case lodged by Mathias Bbaale, a former lecturer at Victoria University, who was claiming salary arrears and other damages worth Shs...
‘It was my last…’: Cristiano Ronaldo's painful words mark the end of a dream that remained unfinished
Cristiano Ronaldo confirmed he has played his last World Cup after Portugal's exit, but refused to make a rash call on his international future.Cristiano Ronaldo’s...
Museveni Warns Uganda Unprepared for Major Earthquake, Orders Nationwide Building Audit
Uganda lies within the seismically active East African Rift System, where the African tectonic plate is slowly splitting apart, making western and central Uganda vulnerab...