Residents and the Business Community in greater Luwero have decried the poor state of Kambiri-Kikyusa-Zirobwe – Kasana road saying it has continuously hiked the cost of transport and affected economic development in the area. Residents and the business community say, the routes are mainly used to transport agricultural produce, especially by sugarcane trucks from Eastern…
The Archbishop of Gulu, John Baptist Odama has called on aspirants in the Omoro County by-elections to promote harmony. Archbishop Odama urged political parties and their candidates to denounce and desist from politics of divisionism, abuses, and hate speeches as they seek to replace the fallen Speaker of Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah who was the area…
The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has warned the public against the increasing cases of fraud. UCC through the Acting head of communication and international relations Rebecca Mukite says that there is an increasing trend of conmen who trick people into giving mobile money details, while others claiming to be processing Sim Card upgrades using National…
Eight officers and militants of UPDF Mountain Division have today been documented and sensitised ahead of their retirement in July this year. The exercise was at the Division Headquarters in Muhooti Fort Portal. Mountain Division is executing Operation Shujaa in DRC and its area of responsibility includes the entire Rwenzori Sub region. The most Senior…
Traffic police statistics show 118 people were killed in road crashes between April 24 and May 4th. This translate into 12 people or more losing their life every day. Of these road deaths, 28 people died on the same day of May 4th after a Link bus plunged into a tea garden in Fort Portal…
The mutilated and beheaded body of a prominent businessman in Jinja City has been found in a sugar plantation, with all indications that he was subjected to ritual sacrifice. Now Police in Busoga East are investigating circumstances under which the 53-year-old George Waidha, a resident of Busuyi village, in Wairasa sub county, in Mayuge district,…
The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) is set to collaborate with Teachers Associations to train more teachers on the revised Lower Secondary Curriculum in schools. The government through the Ministry of Education rolled out the new lower secondary education curriculum in February 2020 intending to meet the learners’ needs, especially regarding skills training and enhancement.…
