VIDEO: New Best Hotel Busega faces closure
Government has warned of shutting down New Best Hotel in Busega as part of a wider crackdown on establishments accused of facilitating pornography.Government has moved to...
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Uganda to Launch First National IP Peering Exchange to Boost Local Internet Performance
AhimbisibweKampala, Uganda – The National Information Technology Authority–Uganda (NITA-U), in partnership with the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, has announc...
Kampala Gets a Boost in Road Safety as New Enforcement Tools Arrive to Fight Drink Driving
The Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety in Kampala has received a major boost in its efforts to improve road safety after being donated new traffic enforcement equipme...
Amendment expands powers to demolish illegal buildings — Bwire
Sweeping reforms in Uganda’s construction sector are set to tighten enforcement of building standards following the President’s assent to the Building Control (Amendm...
Gov’t Refuses to Reduce Tax on Mobile Money
Ugandans using mobile money platforms will continue to contend with the 0.5 percent tax to withdraw cash, a tax that has been blamed for the high cost and low uptake of d...
CSOs press MAAIF to gazette banned and restricted pesticides
Civil society organisations have urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to issue a gazette notice detailing recalled and restricted pest...
127 Makerere Veterinary Students Have Gone Over A Month Without Lectures — And The University Has Not Responded To Six Petitions
Over 127 students at Makerere University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVABs) have gone for more than a month without lectures �...
Tension Rises in Kisoro and Rubanda Over Planned Iron Ore Mining Land Acquisition
Tension is mounting in Kisoro and Rubanda districts following concerns over the planned acquisition of land for iron ore mining, with Bukimbiri Member of Parliament Hon...
Zzimwe’s son, daughter face arrest over Shs 612m loan
In December 2012, businessman Arvind Patel sued Zzimwe Enterprises and its directors, Paul Kasagga and Josephine Kasagga, demanding Shs 612 million.Paul and Josephine are...
10 Killed in Manafwa, Buyende Motorcycle Crashes as Police Intensify Road Safety Crackdown
At least 10 people have died in two separate motorcycle crashes in eastern Uganda, with traffic police linking the fatalities to overloading, speeding, and reckless ridin...