Uganda news

A number of  police officers totalling to over 170 with law degrees have dragged the government to court for cutting their salaries. Apparently, this was reduced to the same level as those of social scientists midway through their employment. The salary cuts were effected in November 2022. This was when the Ministry of Public Service indicated that they had been ...

Hon Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine, the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP) has re-echoed his son Solomon Kampala’s opinions about the Anti Homosexuality bill. The politician’s firstborn son Solomon aired some questionable remarks about the bill. He said that nobody really cares about what the LGBTQ do. Government should therefore concentrate its efforts on providing better basic ...

Schools in Wakiso District are being targeted by thugs who steal money, property and leave destruction in their wake. The thugs made their getaway with shs195 million from 8 of the institutions they robbed and also stole other valuables. The valuables included computers and television screens. In one of the institutions which happened to be a Muslim school, they stripped ...

Makerere University has fired at least 6 of its staff over their involvement in sexual harassment scandals. The 6 cases include one non-teaching staff member and five other teaching staff members. They were involved in scandals recorded between 2018 and 2022. The director of Gender Mainstreaming Directorate at Makerere, Dr Euzobia Mugisha said a total of 30 cases have been ...

President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the State House anti-corruption unit to investigate some Acholi subregion leaders for PDM Funds. They are being investigated for allegedly extorting and mismanaging the Parish Development Model funds. The president gave the directive through a statement that the presidential press unit issued on Thursday. On Wednesday, prior to the directive, the president met with local ...