At least 330 teenage pregnancies have been registered in health facilities in Bushenyi for the past three months. The pregnant girls are between the age of 15 and 17 and most are residents of Kyamuhanga Sub-county. Others are from areas of Kakanju, Ruhumuro, and Engaju. Dr Edward Mwesigye, the District Health Officer said these pregnancies were recorded in the first ...

Uganda has recorded a decline in both value and volume of coffee exports in April compared to the same period in 2022. This is according to the performance of the economy report for the month of May released by the Ministry of Finance.Despite higher prices during the month, earnings from coffee exports fell by 16.1% compared to March 2023 due ...

103 Muslim pilgrims have made their journey to Mecca including a nine-year-old Ibrahim Male Kakoma. In attendance at the farewell ceremony was Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje. As Sheikh Mubaje saw the pilgrims off, he urged them to refrain from taking pictures purposely for showing off. He also noted that worldly affairs like unnecessary talks on sports or ...

Influencers and celebrities on TikTok are continuously taking the place of journalists as the main source of news for young people. This is according to a report published on Wednesday by the Britain-based Reuters Institute. According to the report, at least 55% of TikTok and Snapchat users and 52% of Instagram users get their news from ‘personalities’. This is compared ...

The Most Rev Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, Archbishop of the Church of Uganda on Sunday installeda new Chaplain at Makerere’s St. Francis Chapel. He installed Rev Dr Lydia Nsaale Kitayimbwa as the new Chaplain of St Francis Chapel, Makerere University, in a colorful ceremony. He commended the newly installed Chaplain for her efforts in transforming the digital evangelism in the ...