Govt targets 1.5 million hectares under irrigation by 2040
Despite rising investments, most Ugandan farmers remain exposed to drought due to limited irrigation access. Photo / File The government has set a target of putting 1.5 m...
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Russia likely to mobilise at least 300,000 more troops, Zelenskyy claims, highlighting Ukraine's winter air defence needs
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 23 : President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday warned that Russia is preparing a fresh wave of ...Russia likely to mobilise at least 300,000 more tro...
LEGS LOAN CRISIS! Sh2.7Bn MSC Lending Scandal, Sh62.53Bn Write-Offs and 52% Default Rate Expose Microfinance Support Centre Collapse Under Rural Growth Programme
A deepening financial crisis has engulfed the Microfinance Support Centre (MSC), the main lending arm of Government’s Local Economic Growth Support Project (LEGS), afte...
Masaka hospital overwhelmed as 160 preterm births recorded monthly
Masaka Regional Referral Hospital registers at least 160 cases of premature births every month, a figure that is overwhelming its neonatal unit despite support from gover...
Liverpool can compete despite need for more signings, says Iraola
Isak to face Newcastle a year after big-money moveAlexander Isak will make first return to Newcastle since his record move to Liverpool last year. File photoLiverpool man...
Mulago experts explain Besigye's persisting speech impairment
Mulago specialists say Dr Kizza Besigye remains unable to speak or write after collapsing in court, although he can understand questions and communicate by pointing at le...
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill two people, including a 4-year-old boy, medics say
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill two people, including a 4-year-old boy, medics sayBlack smoke rises behind the tents housing internally displaced Palestinian families fol...
INSIDE WORKS MINISTRY ROT! Sh500Bn Contractor Arrears, Sh533Bn PAPs Debt, Abandoned Roads & Sh40.6Bn Questionable Bills Expose Management Failures
The Ministry of Works and Transport is facing a damning audit spotlight after the Auditor General uncovered a mountain of unpaid obligations, delayed and abandoned road p...
Yung Mulo defends Vinka against NUP fan boycott after Lugogo concert
Yung Mulo has weighed in on the online calls by some National Unity Platform (NUP)-leaning fans to boycott Vinka’s recently concluded concert at Lugogo Cricket Oval, sa...
Finance minister pledges gov’t support as Roofings unveils $125 million steel plant in Namanve
Finance Minister Henry Musasizi has pledged continued government support for Uganda’s manufacturing sector as the country pushes to expand local production, value addit...