Uganda news

Now that there are rumors of another lockdown, it is about that time we asked ourselves whether Uganda is ready for another lockdown. The first one we had of course caught us off guard. No one ever saw it coming. So we were financially drained within the season. Some people didn’t even have savings kept anywhere, they were surviving by ...

Media houses have come together again to hold another joint news bulletin sensitizing about COVID. The media houses involved include NTV, NBS, Urban, Bukedde and UBC. They will be airing the same news content on all their stations at 7:00 pm in Luganda and 9:00 pm in English. This campaign has been named Act or Perish. They say they are ...

NUP president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has come out to applaud the 17 members of his party that court released on Monday after months in jail. Kyagulanyi said that these comrades were still strong-hearted despite the persecution and incarceration. To note, however, days to the presidential election, security forces arrested over 60 members of Kyagulanyi’s campaign trail. Court thereafter remanded them ...

Started decades ago, Makerere university will celebrate 100 years of existence this October, Deputy Vice  Chancellor in charge of academic affairs Umar Kakumba has announced. In preparation to October fest the University is holding several exhibitions to show case their innovations and impact several projects have benefited the entire community. The university has been implementing research and Innovations funded by ...

In a bid to revive culture and tourism sector that was badly hit by covid pandemic, the government through ministry of gender has earmarked shs10 billion as stimulus fund to the sector. Permanent Secretary Aggrey Kibenge told culture stakeholders during world culture day celebration in Kampala. He however called players in the industry to use the money well to rebuild ...