According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, about 80% of Uganda’s labour force works in the informal sector. However, most of these people feed hand-to-mouth (‘’mere ya leero’’) that at the end of the day, there is very little left to save for the future. This category is affected so much in old age and currently, a few of them ...

Krystina Timanovskaya, a 24-year-old Belarus sprinter boarded a flight to Vienna on Wednesday morning. She had earlier refused to follow orders to fly home early from the Tokyo Olympics about a week ago, but she finally left. Earlier on, she had been expected to travel directly to Warsaw as Poland had granted her a humanitarian visa. However, she changed her ...

The Nakawa West MP and spokesperson of the National Unity Platform (NUP) Joel Ssenyonyi has protested a fresh election. Shuklah Mukesh Nahubhai filed the amended petition. Ssenyonyi’s lawyers from Pace Advocates argued that they received the May 10, 2021 petition on Monday evening. They said that this petition introduced fresh allegations and insist that it has even come in court ...

The Crane Management Services Ltd has filed a bill of more than UGX215 million against KACITA as compensation for legal costs. These costs were incurred during the defense of the case against KACITA Uganda Ltd. The bill followed dismissal for want of prosecution of the suit in which Kampala City Traders Association sought to stop landlords from collecting rent. This ...

The government of Rwanda on Saturday announced the reopening of schools for all classes beginning August 2nd. The government said this will go as planned as they ensure proper COVID-19 control protocols as well as appropriate behavior. ‘’Students in the pre-primary and the lower primary will begin the third term on Monday, August 2, in line with the existing school ...