Inside unregulated rise of homestays, Airbnbs
On a quiet street in Kira, Wakiso District, a furnished apartment sits behind a high wall, complete with security guards, Wi-Fi and a caretaker on call.Inside, it looks n...
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Ugandan woman opens late grandfather’s inheritance to find stash of old demonetised banknotes
Ugandan woman has sparked stunned social media this weekend, revealing that money left to her by her late grandfather turned out to be a stash of old banknotes that are n...
Centenary Bank makes hushed leadership changes
Centenary Bank has pulled off a quiet boardroom coup, lining up long-serving executive Godfrey Byekwaso to take over as Managing Director while Fabian Kasi, the face of t...
After 36 Years in Classroom, Retired Tororo Teacher Turns to Farming as Gratuity Delays Bite
A veteran mathematics teacher who devoted over three decades to public service is now relying on subsistence farming to survive, as delays and alleged corruption stall ac...
Betrayal in the city?
Whenever Robert Kyagulanyi’s eldest brother and National Unity Platform (NUP) party stalwart Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu is knotted in controversy, those who hold him in...
Lwengo Villagers Storm Home Over Alleged Grave Exhumation
Panic spread in a Kyazanga village after residents accused a man of exhuming a corpse for ritual purposes, but no body was found, with leaders urging calm amid fears of m...
UPDF Rolls Out Long-Acting HIV Prevention Injection Lenacapavir
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), through its Health Services, has rolled out lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drug f...
Museveni says NSSF money should build roads, not sit in govt bonds
President Museveni on Friday criticised the investment strategy of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), urging it to channel savings into infrastructure projects, as...
Cut-off points hiked as Makerere University faces admission crisis
Tension is brewing at Makerere University as more parents and students flock to the hill to complain about missing out on government-sponsored admission despite strong ac...
Lubaga Hospital defends Shs 8.5 million bill after patient’s death
The hospital justified a Shs 8.5 million medical bill charged to the late Ssengonzi Dennis, after a viral video in which the deceased’s colleagues accused the faci...