Uganda news

A construction startup has made a breakthrough in supplying clean water to schools in rural areas. It uses locally available material to build big stone tanks to harvest and save rainwater. The 100,000 to 500,000-liter ‘Walugendo Model Tank’ could become the game-changer in rural schools without access to piped water. Through a three-year pilot project, UMUDRU, the company behind the ...

Makerere University Business School has suspended the entry of students carrying bags into the university until further notice. Apparently, they will only allow transparent bags with books inside the university. The announcement came due to the rising terror threat after twin bombs went off; one exploding at IPS building along Parliamentary Avenue, and another at CPS in Kampala. The bombings ...

Betty Nambooze, Woman MP of Mukono Municipality has accused journalists of unprofessionalism in their delivery. Nambooze said this regarding the way some journalists were reporting about the explosions that happened today. According to her, most of the journalists clearly didn’t know how to report without implicating anyone. She said it is so unprofessional for journalists to report about security deployment ...

President Museveni has said the terrorists have invited them(security) and they are going to go for them. The President said this in a statement he released today regarding the explosion Jubilee Insurance and Central Police Station. This explosion claimed Six lives and left 27 people fighting for their lives in hospital after sustaining injuries. “Three (3) IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) ...

Democratic Party (DP) has kicked off a two-day nomination process. This is aimed at identifying the party’s flag bearer for East Africa Legislative Assembly(EALA) elections scheduled for 2022. Yesterday, the nominated two candidates. Babirye Kabanda, the former Woman MP for Masaka district and Namusana Faith Akiteng a former parliamentary contestant for Woman MP, Ngora district. The two ladies emphasized furthering ...