One injured as URA clashes with Busia residents
At least one person was injured on Sunday when Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) enforcement officers fired live bullets during a confrontation with residents of Busia town...
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New HIV prevention drug price slashed to Shs130,000 from Shs102 million
Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has welcomed a landmark global deal that will dramatically slash the cost of the HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, making it affor...
Taxing Sunglasses for Vitiligo Patients Unfair, Says Tayebwa
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has thrown his weight behind efforts to support individuals living with vitiligo, a chronic skin condition characterised...
Seven die in Lake Kyoga boat accident
A boat accident on Lake Kyoga in Amolatar District has claimed the lives of seven people after their vessel capsized near Kiryanga Village in Acii Sub-county.According to...
UEDCL Gains Over 640,000 New Connections in Six Months
(L-R) Benson Turamye, Executive Director of Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), Patrick Birungi, Executive Director Uganda Development Corp...
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...
No longer at ease: The continuing relevance of the Ssemakadde revolution in Uganda Law Society
I start with two apologies. First, last week, in the absence of the Dean and Deputy Dean of the School of Law, I had to dedicate substantial time holding fort in both ins...
NIRA Pushes for Higher Birth Registration, says National ID Renewals at 10.5 Million
As the world marks International Identity Day, Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has raised concerns about the slow progress in birth r...
Case Hospital Fires Dr Kizito Over Presidential Bid
Case Medical Services has terminated the employment of Dr Deo Lukyamuzi Kizito, a surgeon at the facility, after he declared his intention to run for President in the 202...
Mityana Woman MP Joyce Bagala Extends Lifeline to Abandoned Sickle Cell Children
Smiles returned to the home of Najjuko Peace and her siblings after Mityana District Woman MP Joyce Bagala Ntwatwa visited and donated assorted food and medicine.The chil...