Uganda gets a game-changer: Aga Khan’s million-dollar campus and hospital
President Yoweri Museveni and wife at the hospital commissioningIn Nakawa, Kampala, a sweeping new complex of glass and brick gleams with promise.On September 11, 2025, H...
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Over 70% of Rwanda’s Imports Pass Through Dar es Salaam Port
Tanzania’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Hon. Amb. Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, and Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Coope...
“Uganda’s Next War”
Drone swarm technology has taken over modern warfare.Advancements in unmanned aerial systems have raised debate on whether Uganda is ready for the next theatre of battle�...
Uganda Launches First-Ever Youth Energy Summit to Champion Sustainable Energy Future
Uganda has launched its first-ever Youth Energy Summit (YES 2025), with State Minister for Energy Phiona Nyamutoro calling on young people to take the lead in driving the...
Sad: Principal Geologist James Francis Natukunda Succumbs To Cancer, Leaving A Legacy In Uganda’s Energy Sector
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development is mourning the loss of one of its most distinguished officers, Mr. James Francis Natukunda, who passed away on January 24...
How Karuma closure disrupts supply chain
At about 5.45am, Lawrence Waka drives his delivery van—a Probox—from Kamdini Town centre to Atura Landing Site. It is at this former ferry docking site, located 12km...
Uganda seeks funds to add 1,600 MW of hydro capacity, official says
Uganda is seeking funds to build three hydropower plants that would add over 1,600 megawatts (MW) of capacity to help meet rising power demand, an energy official said on...
Uganda unveils 600MW Karuma Hydropower Plant
A single flooding incident at Isimba Hydropower Plant in August 2022, plunged Uganda into darkness. The incident, which resulted in the emergency shutdown of the 183MW Is...
Energy officials tasked by Museveni to lower electricity rates
The President argued that low electricity tariffs and low cost of transportation of goods and services are key components for propelling the Ugandan economy to the upper...
Vandals, inside theft and ageing grid damn UETCL
The amount of money that the Uganda Electricity Transmission Co Ltd (UETCL) spends to transmit electricity has significantly risen due to an ageing grid, a 2023 value-for...