Uganda news

A delayed share purchase cost Cipla Quality Chemicals close to Shs20b in just six months. This is according to a disclosure published together with the company’s financial results. Cipla and Africa Capitalworks had planned to complete the share purchase in a Shs94.5b ($25m) deal by May 31. However, mandatory approvals from Capital Markets Authority and Comesa delayed for months, with the ...

The Mbarara University of Science and Technology community is in mourning at the moment. This follows the unfortunate demise of one of the students. The deceased has been identified as Rukiga Abura, a third-year student in the department of Anesthesia. This is in the Faculty of Medicine. The Dean of Students at the University made the somber announcement which confirmed ...

Staff at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital in Soroti City have asked the government to expand the neonatal intensive care unit. This request follows the overwhelming number of pre-mature babies receiving treatment at the facility. Dr Florence Alaroker, a senior consultant paediatrician at the Soroti City hospital, said the unit, which has a capacity of about 10 beds, receives between two ...

Lira city is in a state of shock after a prominent businessman shot his son dead. Haji Joe Ogwang, a resident of Ireda Estate in Lira City East Division is accused of killing his son, Aaron Okello. The incident happened during a heated altercation at Tipper stage in Kamuswahili Cell on Tuesday. Reports indicate that a confrontation arose when Okello ...

In an incident that unfolded at a local police outpost, a male suspected motorcycle robber met his demise in a confrontation with law enforcement officials. The incident occurred on Tuesday when law enforcement authorities received a report of an alleged motorcycle robbery in progress along Nakivubo water channel. Responding swiftly to the call, police officers stationed at a nearby outpost ...