Police Reopens Anti-Narcotic Offices
The Police and Advisory Committee (PAC) cleared the reopening of the Anti-Narcotic Department offices at the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID)...
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Govt Set To Intervene In Maize Market Over Low Prices
Government is to buy 500,000 metric tonnes of maize from farmers at a minimum price of shs500 to address the...
UPDATE: Cabinet Decisions On National Issues
BRIEFING TO THE MEDIA ON CABINET DECISIONS TAKEN DURING THE MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 30TH JULY, 2018. Cabinet sat on...
Iran To Respond In Kind If U.S. Blocks Oil Exports
Iran will react with equal countermeasures if Washington tries to block its oil exports, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday,...
Online Petition On To Get Nobel Prize For Raila Odinga
Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga have launched an online petition to have him nominated for a Nobel Peace...
CABINET DECISIONS ON ISSUES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
PRESS BRIEFING: CABINET DECISIONS ON ISSUES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE MONDAY 16TH JULY, 2018 AT STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE Cabinet sat yesterday...
Ntagali Asks Gov’t To Ease Taxes On Non-Profit Universities
The Chancellor Uganda Christian University and Archbishop Church of Uganda The Most Rev. Stanley Ntagali has asked government to exempt...
Chinese Tycoon Dies After Falling Off A Wall In France
The co-founder and chairman of the giant Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has died after a fall off a wall in...
Cabinet Stops Tax On Mobile Money Deposits
Cabinet has directed telecom companies to stop taxing people depositing cash on their personal mobile money accounts. The State Finance...
South Sudan Proposes Bill To Extend President’s Term
South Sudan’s government proposed a bill to extend President Salva Kiir’s term for three years, undermining peace talks with opposition...
Kayihura Ally Ndahura Charged In Army Court
Col. Ndahura Atwoki has today been charge in an army court with interfering with the process of law. The former...
Uganda seeks USD340m For Uganda Airlines Planes
The Uganda government has said it needs 340 million U.S. dollars to purchase six passenger aircrafts as the country pushes...
Nigeria Now The Poverty Capital Of The World
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to end extreme poverty by 2030 is unlikely to be met—no thanks, in...
Opposition MPs Tour Prison Facilities
Opposition MPs have visited prisons in Mbarara, where inmates complained of torture before they are charged in courts and the...
Diplomats Express Concerned Over ‘Age limit’ Case Delay
A section of diplomats accredited to Uganda have raised concern about the delayed ruling on consolidated petitions challenging the Constitution...
NSSF Wins 3rd African Investment Award
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Uganda has, for the third time, won an Investments award, the 2018 Africa Investor...
Catholic Church Suspends Priest For Rapping
A Catholic priest in Kenya has been suspended for one year after rapping in church. Father Paul Ogalo, 45, of St....
Criminal Charges Against Bakaleke Sanctioned
The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has sanctioned fraud charges against city lawyer Paul Wanyoto, senior police officer Siraj Bakaleke...
Medics: Nambooze’s Spine Problem Needs Emergency Care
Doctors at Kiruddu General Hospital have warned that the spine problem that is troubling Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze could...
Africa Shows Little Progress Towards World Cup Breakthrough
Africa’s much-awaited and coveted tilt at World Cup glory looks as far off as ever after a dismal round of...