Uganda news

NBS TV presenter Samson Kasumba as usual has decided to risk the wrath of his Twitter followers. Kasumba who is always tweeting controversial tweets this time round defended the Uganda Airlines CEO, Ms Jennifer Bamuturaki. Kasumba wondered why people want the head of a national carrier to earn like a school Headmaster. He added that what Bamuturaki earns is what ...

Uganda police has announced that it is going to stage operations targeting vehicles with unpaid Express Penalty Scheme EPS tickets. According to SCP Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson, he said the force records have it that all traffic defaulters/violators are pending EPS tickets arrears of Ugx 8bn. He said it is against this background that he is reminding all traffic ...

At least 17 lecturers at the level of Doctor (PhD) have abandoned their jobs at Makerere University citing harsh treatment by Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe’s administration. They say the quality and ranking of the university at the continental level has backslid in Nawangwe’s tenure. Apparently, Nawangwe’s term as Vice Chancellor of Makerere University had to end on August 31. However, the ...

One of Uganda’s biggest telecommunications companies, Airtel Uganda, has donated food to Karamoja under its Airtel Cares program. It donated 10 tonnes of food to 2000 homes in North- Eastern Uganda, Karamoja. This is in an effort to lend a helping hand in ending hunger that has stroked the region. David Birungi, the Airtel Uganda Public Relations, and Corporate Communications ...

Government spokesperson, Ofwono Opondo, has finally come out to make a public statement about his recent physical altercation with the lord mayor of Kampala, Erias Lukwago. A few weeks ago, tempers flared up during a live session of the NBS Frontline show. Opondo and Lukwago found themselves in almost a fistfight with the former on the offensive and Lukwago on ...