Uganda news

Social media users have taken to different platforms to react to a post that was likening PM Robinah Nabbanja to an ancient Dutch PM who was eaten by an angry mob. The post said that in 1672, a mob of angry Dutch killed and ate their prime minister. Crazy how it sounds, it’s true and this PM was called Johan ...

Prisons authorities will this afternoon meet to brief the National Taskforce on Covid-19 about the reported surge in prisons. Mr. Frank Baine, the Prisons spokesperson said the mother of all these problems is the high congestion at the facilities. The development comes after rumors that former Public Service principal accountant Christopher Obey died in prison from Covid-19. He died on ...

The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni has joined KCCA’s Smart City Project. The project aims at calling on the residents to make the city the most beautiful one in the whole of Africa. She released a dossier on Friday reaching out to the younger people expressing her interest in the transformation of Kampala City. ‘’If ...

After total assurance by Prime Minister over government capacity to account for covid-19 donations by Prime Minister Rose, Kampala City tycoon Hamis Kiggundu has finally handed  over shs530 million to the government to procure covid-19 Vaccines. Kiggundu in parting message asked corporate companies to emulate him on extending support to  government to drive off covid 19 pandemic in the country. ...

As night draws closer, traders in the Ugandan capital at the country’s biggest market prepare for another long night’s sleep. They sleep between the fruit and vegetable stalls, cold as ice because they are forbidden to return home after a day’s work. When the strict 42-day lockdown came into action, vendors at Nakasero market in downtown Kampala were allowed to ...