Uganda news

The government has found itself in possession of over 50,000 passports that were issued but never used by their recipients. According to officials, the majority of these unused travel documents belonged to women who had applied for work overseas as domestic helpers. The Internal Affairs ministry’s spokesman Mr Simon Mundeyi said some of these passports have remained unclaimed for longer than ...

The Uganda Airlines is set to increase its fleet of airplanes after the President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met with a team of officials from passenger plane makers, Boeing. The President took to his X page and narrated that he met with the president of the Boeing team in Africa, Mr. Kujit Ghata-Aura. A team from Boeing, led by Mr. Kujit ...

In a distressing turn of events, teachers in Arua have fallen victim to a cunning impersonator who posed as State Minister for Higher Education, Dr John Chrysostom Muyingo and managed to scam them out of a staggering sum of Shs35 million. Victor Aja Adame, 43, resident of Galuga Bukaya Village, Katabi Town Council, allegedly scammed staff of Logiri Girls SS of Shs35 ...

President Museveni has directed the Uganda Revenue Authority on the implementation of the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS). This followed his meeting with traders under the Kampala Capital City Traders Association (KACITA) last night at State House, Nakaseero. These traders included those from Kampala, Wakiso, and Entebbe. It should be noted that different traders in the country have ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of data collection, the question arises: Is the digital census merely a population count, or does it hold a deeper significance? Journalists, armed with the power of words, can play a pivotal role in shifting the narrative towards exploring the parameters that the census seeks to capture, uncovering new areas of documentation, and emphasizing its utmost ...