The Court of Appeal is ready and will later decide whether to allow the first Home Office flight to depart to Rwanda with asylum seekers. Campaigners and migrants failed to win an injunction last week against the government policy in the High Court. However, apparently, the number facing removal to Rwanda’s capital Kigali on Tuesday fell to single figures. If ...

On Saturday, Rukungiri police held a woman in their custody for having connections to the violent murder of her husband. Nahe Tukamuhabwa aka Kaboyi, a resident of Nyarwanya Cell in Burora Parish, was home on Saturday night when unknown assailants attacked his home. Apparently, Nahe had separated from his wife, Resitetuta Asiimwe, 11 days prior to his murder. Asiimwe is ...

Al-Hajji Nsereko Mutumba, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Kayunga has urged Muslims to obey the government if they want to access top positions in the public service sector.The RDC made these remarks during a congratulatory party of Hajjat Ahmed Saba, who has been appointed director for human resources at the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA). He said the government ...

Due to the rising population in the East African Community, member countries need to create 120m jobs for the youth. Paul Lakuma, a research fellow at the Economic Policy Research Center Makerere University has said. He said this at a public-private dialogue on the impact of the EAC integration on investments and job creation. The Private Sector Foundation of Uganda ...

The Ministry of Health has announced that it will soon commence with the vaccination of children against Covid-19. However, the ministry also revealed that this will only happen if the parents of the child give their consent. The ministry released a statement on the matter through Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the Director-General of Health Services. Several media reports indicated that they ...