Uganda news

Six individuals have been awarded by the Cross-Cultural Foundation (CCFU) for their role in the conservation and protection of Uganda’s social and cultural heritage. Started a decade ago, the National Heritage Awards aim at promoting and safeguarding the cultural heritage in the country. Contrary to previous years, this episode had six awardees in total, with the extra one being the ...

The job market has been rapidly evolving recently and now mainly requires people with vocational training. This means that equipping youths with appropriate skills to enable them earn a decent living beyond formal employment is the trend. Many youths still face limitations that diminish their employment prospects and at times this is because of having no hands-on skills. A World ...

Details have emerged of the Islamist al-Shabab fighters attack on an African Union (AU) military base in Somalia on Friday. A spokesperson for the force said, adding that there were heavy casualties on both sides. “There was an attack this morning at our base… by elements of al-Shabab,” the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) deputy spokesman Deo Akiiki said. The army base ...

The Principal Judge Dr. Flavian Zeija has asked the head of the Civil Division of the High Court Justice Musa Ssekaana to ensure that all 32 files of different cases filed by lawyer Male Mabirizi are reallocated and heard. In a letter dated May 10th, 2023, Zeija noted that he received from the Deputy Registrar High Court Civil Division case ...

President Museveni while on a tour in Kalangala visited model farmers Thabisa Akirapa and Deogratious Ssesanga who started out small but are to date among the wealthy people in the region and urged residents to emulate them so as to stave off from poverty. “ Thabisa was living in a grass thatched house but now she is living in a ...