Uganda news

The Ministry of Works and Transport on Saturday commenced the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway road toll collection. The different users of this highway will be paying different amounts to gain access to the road. They can either pay cash or use their prepaid cards to use the 51km long road. Gen Edward Katumba, the Transport and Works Minister said the fees will ...

The United Kingdom (UK) Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has issued financial and economic sanctions against the Lord’s Resistance Amy. The sanctions are on the LRA’s leader Joseph Kony and two of his elder sons who serve as his deputies. In a statement released in December 2021, the OFSI accused Kony and his sons of committing acts of violence, ...

NUP leader Hon Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine and the first son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba are always not seeing eye to eye. The two keep stinging each other whenever an opportunity presents itself. Bobi Wine though has been on the hitting end and this time criticized Gen Muhoozi over journalist Andrew Mwenda‘s wearing of military attire. The political circles ...

The Government of Uganda has agreed to clear all truck drivers and their accompanying staff that show proof of PCR testing. It went further and said the test should not be older than 72 hours and should be from a recognizable laboratory within the East African region. A January 6, 2022 letter indicates that the measures were decided on in ...

Former presidential press secretary Mr Tamale Mirundi has come out to point fingers at Gen Museveni’s son-in-law Mr. Odrek Rwabwogo. Mirundi says it is Rwabwogo who is doing all that is possible to succeed Mr. Museveni as president. According to Mirundi, Rwabwogo is the proponent of the proposed parliamentary system to produce a president instead of the traditional popular vote ...