Amber Court Road Named a Priority Again—But Locals Want Action, Not Promises
The Jinja-Mbulamuti-Kamuli-Bukungu road has once again been listed among Uganda’s priority roads for the Financial Year 2025/26, rekindling faint hopes in a region long...
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Grader Breakdown Stalls Vital Road Repair in Lira's Agali Sub-county
Rehabilitation of a crucial nine-kilometre road in Agali Sub-County, Lira District, has stalled following the breakdown of the district’s only functional grader, despit...
Govt Targets Grassroots Prosperity with Expanded Wealth Creation Budget
The Ministry of Finance has announced that over Shs 8.03 trillion has already been channelled into Uganda’s key wealth creation programmes—namely the Parish Developme...
UBOS Launches Education Census in Tororo
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has launched a mass sensitization campaign in Tororo District ahead of a nationwide baseline educational services census, which beg...
DRC Conflict: Uganda’s Role in the Search for Regional Stability
Security experts, analysts, and civil society leaders have convened in Kampala to dissect the persistent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its growin...
Musk turns on Republicans - and gives Trump's big bill a harder path
For 130 days, tech billionaire Elon Musk was a "special government employee" working inside the Trump administration to slash what he said were wasteful government progra...
Buzeki Inspects Progress on Key Roadworks in Kampala
The Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Sharifah Buzeki, has inspected ongoing roadworks across Kampala as part of the Kampala City Roads Rehabil...
Turkish Contractor Preliminary Work in Tororo SGR Project
The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project took a significant step forward as Turkish contractor M/S Yapi Merkezi Insaat Ve Sanayi A.S was formally introduced to the leader...
Uganda’s Construction Sector Sees Modest Inflation Uptick in April , Driven by Specialised Activities and Civil Works
Uganda’s construction sector recorded a mild rise in inflation, with the annual rate edging up to 0.6% in the 12 months ending April 2025, up from 0.5% in March, accord...
Govt, UNHCR Warn of Refugee Funding Crisis as Support Operations Face Cuts
The government and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have issued a joint appeal to the international community amid worsening global funding shortages that threat...