Fuel Crisis Hits Tororo as Stations Run Dry
A growing fuel crisis has gripped Tororo, with many petrol stations running dry, long queues forming at the few operational pumps, and prices rising sharply from Shs5,000...
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Uganda’s petrol will last 19 days, government says
Uganda has 70.5 million litres of petrol, enough to last 19 days, according to a government update released on April 21, 2026.In a press statement, the Ministry of Energy...
Bugiri fisheries officer killed in highway crash as taxi driver flees
Bugiri District Fisheries Officer Immaculate Wereh died in a road crash that occurred on Monday at Papoli Trading Centre, about 10 miles along the Tororo–Jinja Highway...
OFWONO OPONDO: M7 Will Have No One To Blame If He Doesn’t Deliver Big Things & Transform Uganda in the next five years
In his latest weekend column, older persons’ MP-elect Ofwono Opondo characteristically took no prisoners. And those who suffered his veiled wrath included Speakership c...
FULL LIST: Govt names best, worst performing local governments
Minister for General Duties Justine Kasule Lumumba presents the 2025 local government performance assessment results during the National Performance Review Conference at...
POLICE: No cattle theft in Karamoja; only cattle rustling
Cattle rustling in Karamoja fell by 12.9% in 2025, with joint security forces recovering 2,197 of the 2,375 cattle stolen, according to new police statistics.However, the...
Three Tororo Hospital Officials Arrested Over Patient Extortion
Three officials from Tororo General Hospital have been arrested by the Inspectorate of Government (IGG) following a monitoring exercise that uncovered alleged patient ext...
Uganda plunged into nationwide darkness after major grid collapse
KAMPALA — Uganda was thrust into a total blackout Sunday morning after a sudden failure in the national electricity grid, according to the state-run transmission utilit...
DTB opens new Tororo branch to strengthen banking access in eastern Uganda
TORORO— Diamond Trust Bank (DTB), a leading financial institution in Uganda, has officially opened its new Tororo Branch, reinforcing its commitment to delivering acces...
Uganda Records 2 Million Births in 2025 as Health System Struggles to Keep Pace
Uganda recorded approximately 2 million births in 2025, according to Dr Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, who warned that rapid population...