UEDCL announces planned power shutdown in Entebbe
UEDCL has announced a planned power shutdown in Entebbe City on February 25, 2026, from 8:00am to 5:00pm to allow critical maintenance and system improvement works.Uganda...
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URA finally bows to pressure, removes downtown tax office kiosk
The decision followed hours of intense debate online where some social media users accused the tax body and KCCA of double standards, having removed similar structures ow...
Uganda Airlines Long-Haul Crisis Deepens As Tycoon Sudhir Falls Victim To London Flight Cancellations
Uganda’s national carrier, Uganda Airlines, is grappling with escalating operational turbulence after grounding both of its long-haul aircraft, triggering a wave o...
Government invests UGX1 trillion to expand loan capacity at UDB
KYANKWANZI, Uganda — The government has allocated an additional 1 trillion shillings to the Uganda Development Bank this financial year, a move intended to lower t...
Youth MP Elections 2026: Arrests Over Forged Delegate Cards, Noise over Facilitation Money, Massive Voter Bribery
Youth delegates are voting for youth MPs across the country. The youth MP elections 2026 are being held at different regional locations. The Pearl Times is following up o...
Mr. President, if you Genuinely Won, Then… 10 Things Exiled Ex-Supreme Court Judge is Asking Museveni to Do
In a hard-hitting message to President Yoweri Museveni, Justice Dr. Esther Kitimbo Kisaakye, Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, has told the 81-year-old presi...
Inside Uganda’s billion-dollar struggle to quit charcoal
Uganda faces a multibillion-dollar deadlock as charcoal remains the primary fuel for 82 percent of Kampala households.KAMPALA, Uganda — Behind the heavy scent of w...
Buganda Premier warns against violent policing during campaigns
Buganda Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Charles Peter Mayiga, has called on security agencies to exercise restraint and uphold professionalism during the ongoing campaig...
Panic in Poland as residents abandon country for Spain
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a growing number of Eastern Europeans - particularly Poles - have been buying homes on the Spanish mainland and the Bal...
What is it that Uganda and United Arab Emirates investors want as they meet in Kampala?
The UAE Ambassador to Uganda, HE Abdulla Salem Alshemeli, H.E Sheikh Sultan Jemai Al. Hindas, Director General of the Furjairah Chamber Commerce and Industry and the Prim...