The late Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga is set to be laid to rest on Monday next week according to an announcement by the Orthodox Church. Sylvester Kisitu, the Gulu and Eastern Uganda Orthodox Bishop made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday.According to Bishop Kisitu, Lwanga’s body will arrive in the country from Greece on Saturday morning. He confirmed that ...

Uganda after independence saw the rise of cooperatives which would later become a household name among farmers. With them, farmers did not have to worry about the prices of their farm products. Almost every region had a cooperative society to which a farmer belonged. Then came Uganda’s post-independence crisis of the 70s and 80s which saw the economy crash. This ...

Members of the Afghanistan national girls football team have fled across the border into Pakistani dressed in burqas. This has happened a month after the hardline Taliban swept back into power according to officials from the country. Last month, the group of junior players and their coaches and families had tried to escape the country but in vain. A devastating ...

The Uganda Senior Women’s National Football Team (Crested Cranes) earned a hard-fought win over the U20 Women’s National team. This happened during a practice match the two sides played on Tuesday.With both teams pitching camp at FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru to continue with preparations ahead of their respective engagements. They majorly aimed the buildup match at assessing the progress of ...

Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) Uganda’s leading beer manufacturer has launched a Global Smart Drinking Week (GSWD). Here, NBL will partner with famous delivery provider Jumia for consumers who order beer online to also receive food and water, to drive smart drinking. The GSDW 2021 will run from September 13-17 which aligns with the first week of the United Nations General ...