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Kabale Municipality and parts of the wider district are facing a severe water crisis as the National Water and Sewage Corporation (NWSC) struggles to restore supply for over a week now. Residents and businesses now have to move long distances to access water. Residents have resorted to contracting the services of boda boda riders and tri-cycles to ferry water. Aggrey Matsiko, ...

Road accidents have claimed the lives of at least 70 people, with 329 sustaining injuries in various road crashes registered across the country in a space of one week. This is according to the Directorate of Road Traffic at Uganda Police. According to the traffic police report released on Monday, March 11, among the dead were 22 motorcyclists, 23 pedestrians, ...

The US House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a proposed ban on the popular social media app, TikTok. The decision comes amidst concerns over national security and data privacy. TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has faced scrutiny from US lawmakers who believe that the app poses a potential threat to national security due to its data ...

Iganga NRM leaders have recently called upon President Yoweri Museveni to fulfill the promises he made during the 2021 elections. The leaders  through the NRM Chairperson for Iganga district Haji Walubi Abu Bakar expressed concerns regarding unfulfilled pledges and emphasized the importance of delivering on these commitments to ensure the continued development and progress of the region. During the election campaign, ...

The Uganda Police has released a statement addressing the controversial advertisement of Jesa Jus, a flavoured drink from Jesa Dairy Farm. According to police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, this advert gives a wrong perception about the law and order-keeping force. Enanga said that “The police leadership has strongly condemned the use of its traffic image as content. This is in a ...