Mbale factories create jobs for school dropouts
Before Mbale city fully wakes, the Mbale-Tirinyi road, which leads to Mbale-Sino Industrial Park, is alive with activity. Hundreds of young men and women move from either...
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New KCCA executive unveiled as Mayor Balimwezo demands action on Kampala’s floods, roads
L-R: Faridah Nakabugo, Godfrey Luyombya, Shamim Nambassa and Judith NalukwagoIn a bid to steer Uganda’s capital through a maze of chronic urban challenges, Kampala Lord...
Balimwezo appoints Faridah Nakabugo deputy lord mayor
Faridah Nakabugo (middle) with Balimwezo (second from right) at KCCAKampala Lord Mayor, Ronald Balimwezo Nsubuga, has unveiled his executive, appointing Faridah Nakabugo...
NUP’s Luwero District Chairman Advises Opposition Councilors to Embrace Museveni & stop being hostile to NRM
The newly reelected Luwero district LC5 chairman Erasto Kibiringo has advised fellow NUPians who were elected to local government positions to stop being hostile to the p...
Rukungiri Municipality Bids Farewell to Long-Serving Mayor Charles Makuru
Rukungiri Municipality today held an emotional farewell ceremony in honor of its long-serving mayor, His Worship Charles Makuru, recognizing his decades of dedicated lead...
I WANT A NEW ONE: Lord Mayor Balimwezo Rejects Lukwago’s Chair
Ronald Balimwezo Nsubuga was officially sworn in as the new Lord Mayor of Kampala on May 20, 2026, ushering in a new political era at City Hall after the end of Erias Luk...
JUST IN: NUP beats NRM Hands Down To Take Speakership At KCCA Council
Following the swearing in Lord Mayor Engineer Ronald Balimwezo and all Lord Councilors from the five divisions of Kampala who will sit on the KCCA council, they have conv...
Kitgum Main Market Struggles to Attract Vendors Two Years After Commissioning
Kitgum Main Market is still operating below capacity, more than two years after its commissioning, raising concerns over declining local revenue collection.The 2.6 billio...
Residents Storm Playground to Stop Alleged Land Grab in Buwama
Tension has escalated in Buwama Town Council after angry residents reinstalled goalposts on a century-old community playground allegedly destroyed by a landowner seeking...
Collapsed Mbale building exposes gaps in construction oversight
The collapse of a four-storey building in Mbale city that killed one person and injured several others has exposed deep cracks in construction oversight, with engineers...