Uganda gets a game-changer: Aga Khan’s million-dollar campus and hospital
President Yoweri Museveni and wife at the hospital commissioningIn Nakawa, Kampala, a sweeping new complex of glass and brick gleams with promise.On September 11, 2025, H...
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When School Trips Become Death Traps: Uganda Must Wake Up
The death of two pupils from Daystar Junior School in a crash on Mityana Road on 2 August was not an “accident†in the pure sense. It was the predictable resu...
Ugandan doctors slam Makerere researchers’ diabetes claims as ‘fake and dangerous’
Medical experts accuse New Vision of peddling “alarmist and unscientific†misinformation about local staple foods like matooke and kaloKAMPALA, Uganda �...
Makerere Boss Wants Hostels Turned into Holiday Airbnbs to Boost University Income
Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, has proposed a creative idea to boost the institution's revenue—renting out university hostels during...
Uganda Urged to Adopt Universal Social Security System as ISER Launches Report
Kampala- The Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), in partnership with RAISE, has today launched a groundbreaking working paper titled "A People's Pension," c...
After years of warnings, brown rice still contains this toxic metal. Why it’s there—and how harmful it is
For years, experts have sounded alarm bells over arsenic levels in brown rice.New research has found that brown rice has a higher concentration of
CSOs Urge Govt to Invest in Research for Safer Food Systems
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) across Uganda have issued a strong call to government to urgently invest in national research institutes and universities to develop be...
Makerere Hospital Launches First Olink Proteomics Platform in East Africa
Makerere University Hospital has officially launched the Olink Proteomics Platform, the first of its kind in East and Central Africa.The platform was launched on Thursday...
Civic Freedoms Under Pressure as NCHRD-U Launches 2024 Civic Space Index Report
The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda (NCHRD-U) has officially launched its Civic Space Index Report 2024, warning of growing restrictions on fundamenta...
Mounting fear, distrust push Ugandans away from civic engagement
Mounting fear and declining trust in political processes are driving Ugandans away from civic engagement, according to the newly released Civic Space Index Report 2024 by...