Uganda Baati Limited (UBL) through Safal Foundation a Corporate Social Initiative arm of the Safal group in partnership with Rotary Club of Kololo-Kampala have handed over an ultra-modern infrastructure to Nyamifura Primary School committee. Situated in Kagorogoro village, Kabwooma parish, Nyakajembe Sub County in Rukungiri District, Nyamifura Primary School caters to 415 students from surrounding […]
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Police in Arua is investigating the circumstances under which a Tuberculosis patient called Aluma Akbar ended up dead on the street. According to police, the deceased, a resident of Charanga parish, Yumbe town council in Yumbe district, was admitted to Arua regional referral hospital from Yumbe as a patient of tuberculosis on June 22nd in […]
Twenty-six Ugandans sued French oil giant TotalEnergies in Paris on Tuesday for reparations over alleged human rights violations at its megaprojects across the country. Joined by five Ugandan and French aid groups, the Ugandan people from the affected communities say the French energy firm TotalEnergies caused “serious harm”, especially to their rights to land and […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the immediate disbursement of $120 million (Shs440 billion) to Uganda under its Extended Credit Facility (ECF). This brings the aggregate disbursement to Uganda under the ECF arrangement to about US$750 million. According to the statement by IMF, the funds are aimed to support Uganda’s near-term response to the […]
Revelers were on Thursday left excited as Uganda’s aviation expo organized by the Uganda Professional Pilots Association and the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority(UCAA) kicked off at Entebbe International Airport. Members of the public were on the opening day treated to acrobatics by pilots from the Uganda Police aviation wing as their choppers made rounds within […]
President Museveni has issued directives for mandatory quarantine for all State House staff with immediate effect as one of the Covid prevention measures. According to sources privy to the matter, all State House staff will have to undergo a 14 day mandatory quarantine before they being work. “For any staff to start duty, they are […]
Parliament has directed the Minister of Defence to present a statement on killings and abductions of students of Lhubirira Secondary School in Kasese District. Suspected Allied Democratic Forces(ADF) rebels attacked the school on Friday, 16 June 2023 and killed 42 people and abducted others. The school is located in Mpondwe at the border of Uganda […]
The Rotary Club of Kisugu Victoria View has launched several projects aimed at supporting the economic development and improvement of the well-being of the residents in Yaka zone in Namuwongo slum in Kampala. The projects worth $80,000 approximately shs297million include a briquette making factory, a brick making factory, a green house and urban farming project, […]
At least four candidates have been nominated to contest in the forthcoming by-election for the Member of Parliament for Oyam County North in Oyam District. The four were cleared to contest during a two-day nomination exercise that started on Monday this week and concluded on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. The candidates that were nominated included […]
Operatives from the Police Directorate of Crime Intelligence have arrested a 25 year old shop attendant who posted a video on social media bragging about being an ADF member. In the aftermath of the Friday night attack on Lhubirira Secondary School in Mpondwe that left at least 40 students dead, a man took to Tik […]
A school patron called Joash Ssali wanted for aggravated defilement and sodomy is on the run. Ssali is wanted by Rwenzori West and Fort Poral East Police for allegedly defiling a primary three pupil. Facts gathered indicate that the primary three concerned pupil, at Kasisi Day and boarding primary school, narrated his ordeal to his […]
The Democratic Party (DP) leadership has said the country deserves to know why security agencies failed to detect and prevent the attack on Lhubiriha Secondary School. The attack left over 40 people killed in cold blood. According to the reports, 37 of the dead were students and five were civilians including the school guard and […]
The Uganda Human Rights Commission has condemned what it termed as a barbaric attack by suspected ADF rebels on Lhubirira Secondary School in Mpondwe on Friday night leaving at least 40 students dead. In a statement on Tuesday, the UHRC chairperson, Mariam Wangadya said the act by the ADF rebels is “totally unjustifiable, barbaric and […]
The Uganda Tourism Board(UTB) a government body mandated to promote and popularize Uganda as a tourist destination has allayed tourists’ fears following the Friday night attack on Lhubirira Secondary School in Mpondwe by ADF rebels. In a statement on Tuesday, UTB described the attack as an isolated incident. “Such incidents are very isolated. The Ministry […]
The Chief Magistrates Court in Makindye, Kampala has issued orders to the administrator of a Whats App group to reinstate a member who had previously been ejected from the group. “It is hereby ordered that the applicant be ordered back to the Buyanja My Roots Whats App groups. A permanent injunction is also issued restraining […]
Nakaseke, Uganda — On June 17, Uganda Breweries Limited staff in partnership with Tree Adoption Uganda and the Nakaseke community planted 5,000 trees in Nakaseke district to contribute to environmental sustainability and support the government’s afforestation agenda. The restoration of forests and tree cover by natural regeneration, plantation, or agroforestry has not kept pace with […]
A total of 20 people including the headmaster and director have been arrested following the attack by suspected ADF rebels on Lhubirira Secondary School in Mpondwe on Friday night leaving at least 40 students dead. The attack saw a group of suspected ADF fighters raid the school at night before firing indiscriminately into the girls’ […]
The war in Ukraine must end, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin. Mr Ramaphosa’s remarks came as he met Mr Putin in St Petersburg on Saturday as part of a peace mission with six other African countries. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the delegation on Friday that he would not […]