Uganda news

Some former staff members of Post Bank Uganda Limited have been accused of abuse of office which led to a financial loss of Shs292m. Their trial, which had been halted, will now resume today (Friday). Staff members in question include former managing director Stephen Mukhweli and executive director of credit and business growth Alex Kayaayo. Also, the head of business ...

A missing Seed School Funds in Katakwi district has concluded a countrywide fact-finding mission by a section of Members of Parliament on the Committee of Education and Sports. This mission was to ascertain the standards of education in all government secondary schools on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The team, arriving in two parliamentary buses, visited Karamoja sub-region and concluded their ...

President Yoweri Museveni has spoken out on how he was forced to personally coordinate and hunt for terrorists who were involved in the recent murder of two foreign tourists in Kasese. This is after the police and military botched the initial part of the investigation. While passing out 2000 police recruits in Masindi, Museveni recounted how he picked up the ...

The chief financial institution in the country, Bank of Uganda has denied reports that have been making rounds on how it will start printing currency locally. An article published by New Vision suggested that the Bank has plans of starting to print money in Uganda next year. Taking to their X page, the bank said that this is not true. ...

President Museveni has also questioned the whereabouts of grasshoppers, popularly known as “nsenene” in Uganda. The “nsenene” is a local delicacy normally harvested in the month of November. The month has even earned it’s name as the month of grasshoppers. Ugandans are always excited for it as they get to enjoy these insects. It’s usually a lucrative business around this ...