UETCL, UEDCL promise fewer outages after $83m upgrade
Across Kampala, planned power cuts have become an unwelcome part of daily life, disrupting businesses, households and hospitals.Electricity officials say the frustration...
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How Rodri won the Golden Ball with no goal, no assist, no defining stat
Spain's Player of the Tournament dictated the final by making himself impossible to play against, and impossible to measure.In the final, Rodri tied up Messi in knots, so...
Injuries as Kakise bus overturns in Soroti
The bus, registration number UAS 159P, crashed near Television Centre in Soroti city after the driver reportedly swerved to avoid hitting a pedestrian who was crossing th...
37 Killed on Ugandan Roads in 10 Days as Fatal Crashes Raise Safety Concerns
Ugandan roads have claimed at least 37 lives in just 10 days, following a series of fatal crashes that have renewed concerns over road safety, vehicle fitness and the man...
Bus Driver Killed, 15 Students Injured After School Bus Crashes Into Trailer
Police identified the deceased as Kasakya Abdallah, 68, the driver of the Isuzu bus registration UA 551ED, owned by Amuria High School. The bus was transporting 73 studen...
UEDCL Installs Bird Guards on Waligo Power Line to Reduce Outages
The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited has started installing bird guards along the Waligo 33kV feeder to reduce recurring power outages caused by birds.The...
One Arrested as Police Impound Suspected Taxi Linked to Robberies in Kira
Police in Kira Division are holding one suspect and have impounded a taxi, registration number UAW 401G, suspected to have been used in a series of robberies within the K...
Taxi Tales: The Price of Survival in a Boiled Maize Cob
recently got into a taxi, exhausted from the noise of the world. Like many people trying to steal a moment of peace in Kampala’s endless rush, I leaned back, plugged in...
Breaking: 1 Dead, 17 Students Injured in Gulu SS Bus Crash
bus belonging to Gulu Secondary School carrying students for a tour to Jinja crashed Tuesday morning in Kigumba after the driver reportedly attempted a dangerous overtake...
North Kyoga RTO warns drivers against overspeeding, careless overtaking
Irene Chillinggut, the Regional Traffic Officer (RTO) for North Kyoga Region (Lango) made the call, sounding warnings to transport operators to desist from bad practices...