United Nations warns of shrinking civic space, military overreach in Uganda
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has accused Uganda of intensifying its crackdown on dissent and shrinking civic space since the January 2026 election...
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Government Rejects UNBS Proposal to Retain and Spend Non-Tax Revenue at Source.
Government has ruled out allowing the Uganda National Bureau of Standards to retain and spend its non-tax revenue at source, maintaining that all collections must be remi...
No More Sleep! Minister Balaam Orders Urgent Revamp Of Fort Portal’s Kabundaire Market
Fort Portal: The Minister of Local Government, Hon. Barugahara Balaam Ateeny, has directed Fort Portal City authorities to urgently improve the condition of Kabundaire Ma...
Kabale Gets Shs 600 Million Maternity Ward in Bill Tibeingana’s Tribute to Late Mother.
Kabale District Engineer Januario Bagamuhunda said the new facility has been designed to Health Centre III standards. The 33-metre by 19-metre building will house a mater...
UNBS Explains Underweight Cement Bags
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has attributed the growing problem of underweight cement bags to weaknesses in the supply chain after products leave the factor...
Minister Babalanda Unveils Science Kits In Buyende, Says They Will Shape Uganda’s Next Generation Of Innovators
Hon. Babirye Milly Babalanda, the Minister for the Presidency and Woman MP for Budiope West, has commissioned a new batch of science kits for government schools in Buyend...
KAMULI: Children’s Parliament calls for more WASH facilities in Schools to improve hygiene
The children’s parliament focused on the need to improve access to safe water, school sanitation facilities, changing rooms for girls and menstrual hygiene managem...
Tax Tribunal Upholds URA’s Shs 1.1 Billion Withholding Tax Assessment Against Standard Chartered
URA Headquarters in Nakawa. Inset is URA CG John MusinguziThe Tax Appeals Tribunal has dismissed Standard Chartered Bank’s challenge to a UGX 1,107,188,918 withhol...
Candidates Reject Bukomansimbi LC1 Results, Threaten Court Action
Several candidates who lost the recently concluded LC1 elections in Bukomansimbi District have vowed to challenge the results in court, alleging widespread electoral irre...
Four Teachers Arrested Over Drunkenness, Inflated Enrolment at Nabilatuk School
Four teachers, including the head teacher of Arengesiep Secondary School in Nabilatuk District, have been arrested over allegations of reporting to work while intoxicated...