City Building Closed Down After Bomb Found
Police in Kampala have closed down a building in the city after two suspected explosives were found there. A statement...
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Uganda-China Commit To Strengthening Ties
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga and the Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference...
Uganda’s Budget Deficit Worsens, 50% to Be Borrowed
Government is aiming at collecting 16.35 trillion Shillings to support the estimates in the 2018/2019 financial year budget presented this...
Zambia Suspends Borrowing Plans Indefinitely
Zambia has decided to delay all planned borrowing indefinitely, its finance minister said on Thursday, slowing down the accumulation of...
MTN Donates To Ngabo Science Academy
MTN Uganda has today visited Ngabo Academy of Science and Vocational Studies in Mbarara and boosted its ICT curriculum with...
‘Kabila Won’t Seek Third Term’
Congo’s current President Joseph Kabila will not seek a third mandate in the Central African country’s upcoming December elections because...
Cuban Doctors Arrive In Kenya
The first batch of Cuban doctors have arrived in Kenya's capital Nairobi, as controversy continues to swirl over the deal....
Shilling In Meltdown: Drops Towards 4k Mark
The Uganda Shilling continues with its upwards spiral, breaching the 3,800 mark. The Shilling against the dollar is trading in the...
MTN Eyes ‘natural fit’ Ethiopia Telecoms Market
South Africa’s MTN Group said on Wednesday it was excited by the potential opening up of the Ethiopian market “as...
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI’S STATEMENT ON RUKUNGIRI BY-ELECTION
Following the loss of Rukungiri Woman Parliamentary seat to FDC's Betty Muzanira, President Museveni has released the following statement in...
Parliament Passes 32.4 Trillion Budget
Parliament has approved shs32.4 trillion as the annual national Budget for the 2018/2019 financial year. The House presided over by...
Principal Judge: Don’t Give Bribes To My ‘Hungry’ Magistrates
Principal Judge Yorokamu Bamwine has begged the the public not to offer bribes to magistrates and other judicial officials. Bamwine...
Kyambogo Sacks North Korean Professors
Kyambogo University has terminated contracts of eight professors from North Korea following last year's UN sanctions against North Korea. The...
Parliament Approve Salary Increments For All Teachers
Parliament has approved an allocation of 71.1 billion Shillings to enhance salaries of all secondary school teachers, Head teachers and...
Judiciary: No Judgement Yet In Age Limit Petitions
The Judiciary have come out to dismiss social media reports that there has been a verdict by the Constitutional Court...
MPs Scrap Tax On Bibles, Qurans
Parliament has approved a government proposal to exempt Value Added Tax (VAT) on the supply of Bibles, Qurans, hymn books,...
Museveni Puts Blame Of Gaaga Bus Accident on Speeding
President, Yoweri Museveni has ordered for thorough investigations into the cause of the Gaaga bus accident that claimed the lives...
Kadaga Recruits MPs For Anti Abortion Campaign
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called for a campaign against abortion urging legislators to agitate for the right...
Tourist Killed By Wasps In Bwindi
An American tourist has died in Bwindi National Park after she was attacked and stung by wasps while out tracking...
Museveni, Mutebile In Stunning Exchange Over Cryptocurrencies
President Yoweri Museveni has had a public disagreement with Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile and accused him of...