Uganda news

Although covid negatively affected  local businesses, agriculture sector posted impressive food production and Uganda is food secure, Agriculture Minister Ssempijja has said. According to the Minister, Uganda registered total cereal production for 2020  at about 3.6 million tonnes, nearly 4 percent up from 2019 and similar to the average of the previous five years. He projects the sector further perform ...

The Kasese accident on the Hima-Rugendabara road in Western Uganda where a number of vehicles collided and killed many are known black spots. Be that as it may, nothing has been done to send a warning for motorists, not even signposts.Besides that, the highway section is also under construction. Construction workers poured piles of gravel into the road. This renders ...

The NUP camp has answered the public in regards to what they call fake letters to media houses. After the National Unity Platform sent a letter of discontent to NBS, a lot has been going on. Apparently, some people have also made it a habit to fabricate letters showing the same to other media houses. Recently, there has been a ...

Dominic Ongwen, the former Lord’s Resistance Army(LRA) commander, will today face his verdict when the International Criminal Court delivers its judgment. Ongwen, 45, is facing over 70 charges from offenses he committed while serving as a commander in the LRA under warlord Joseph Kony. However, in his defense, the former rebel commander lined up over 60 defense witnesses. These include ...

Unverified reports have indicted that Ugandan academic and former Makerere University professor cum political activist, Dr. Stella Nyanzi, has fled to Nairobi, Kenya. Her lawyer, Prof George Luchiri Wajackoyah, apparently confirmed the news. He further cited political persecution by President Yoweri Museveni’s government for the move. Nyanzi is a fierce critic of Museveni and his government. She also ran unsuccessfully ...