Year: 2026

Only 36% of health facilities licensed as watchdog uncovers procurement and contract management failures The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council...

MAK’S TB PROJECT IN THE SPOTLIGHT! Prof. Joloba’s Biomedical Research Centre Put On The Spot As Probe Reveals Idle Billions, Procurement Gaps & Financial Reporting Delays Under Sh12bn STool4TB Project

A tuberculosis research project worth millions of euros that was meant to strengthen the diagnosis of TB among children and...

Woman Bites Rapist’s Tongue But Also Loses Ear In Horror Sex Attack

Territorial police in Kasese district are hunting for suspects linked to a brutal attack on a 29-year-old woman, Masika Moreen,...

OIL COUNTDOWN REALITY CHECK! Inside Hidden Economic Battles That Could Make Or Break Uganda’s Oil Dream

When Uganda's government and its joint venture partners reached the Final Investment Decision (FID) in February 2022, it marked the...

BUSEGA EXPRESSWAY TRUTH! How Sh6Trn Compensation War, A Blacklisted Contractor, Ex-UNRA Bosses’ Secret Role & Consultants’ (DOHWA, IDCG & TD3) Web Triggered Questions

KAMPALA – The suspension of two junior engineers over the troubled Busega–Mpigi Expressway may only be the tip of a...

Probe Unearth Rot Under Kala-Azar (PKDL) Vaccine Project at Makerere Funded by European Vaccine Initiative

A major international research project at Makerere University aimed at developing a vaccine to prevent the deadly visceral leishmaniasis and...

NO ESCAPE FROM AUDIT! Court Rejects Magoola’s Bid To Stop ICPAU Probe In Equity Bank Loan Fight

The Commercial Division of the High Court has dismissed an application by businessman Mathias Magoola and his companies, Dei Biopharma...

JULY UTILITY PRICE HEADACHE! Water, Power & Fuel Bills Spike As Food Prices Fall

By Evans Najuna KAMPALA – Ugandans faced another cost-of-living squeeze in July after fresh figures from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)...

SIX YEARS LATER! NUP’S ‘Machete’ & Other Eight Supporters Walk Free After Amnesty

Nine supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP), who have been in military custody since the aftermath of the 2021...

END OF AN ERROR! IGG Orders Chris Obore’s Interdiction

KAMPALA: Parliament's corridors of power have been rocked after the Inspector General of Government (IGG), Lady Justice Naluzze Aisha Batala,...

FROM REMITTANCES TO RICHES! BoU Deputy Governor to Lead High-Impact Equity Bank Webinar on Turning Diaspora Cash Into Lasting Wealth

As Uganda's diaspora continues to send record remittances back home, Equity Bank Uganda is strengthening its efforts to help turn...

FINAL WARNING! URA Gives Importers 30 Days to Save Mombasa, Naivasha Cargo

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has issued a public notice giving importers and owners of goods stored at the Customs...

CEMENT WEIGHT WAR! UNBS Breaks Silence On Underweight Bags

Complaints about underweight cement bags are linked to tampering and contamination along the supply chain rather than underfilling by licensed...

CAUGHT IN BED, DEATH FOLLOWED! Jilted Man Hacks Ex-Lover, New Lover to Death After Bedroom Discovery

A suspected love triangle has left two people dead in Kibaale District after a man allegedly hacked his former lover...

EAC Affairs Minister and DPM Rebecca Kadaga is unhappy with the kind of negotiators Uganda has

KADAGA FUMES! “Some Negotiators Don’t Read Deals”…As Regional Currency Plan Crawls

Uganda has entered into debt, trade and investment agreements that have disadvantaged the country because of poor decisions by technocrats...

RETIRING BITATURE ON THE SPOT AS UMEME FREEZES DIVIDENDS! Shareholders Face Tough AGM After Sh223.6bn Loss…But Company Rules Out Winding Up, Plots Energy Comeback