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Hope Restored! Victoria University Signs Loan Scheme MoU With HESFB To ‘Financially’ Aid Struggling Students

Victoria University (VU) Kampala, Uganda’s leading transformational university has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Higher Education Students Financing Board on the Students Loan Scheme to enable less-privileged students complete their studies. The MoU which was signed on September 19, 2022 at

September 19, 2022

Business

Some Relief For Consumers As Fuel Prices Slightly Drop

Businessmen and experts have expressed optimism that the continued drop in fuel prices in Uganda will help to lower the cost of doing business. In the past two months, there has been a drop in the fuel pump prices from an average

September 19, 2022

Trending·Uganda

Gen Saleh Scoffs At Rumours About His Death, Grateful To Daughter For Helping Him Resurrect

Rtd Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho, aka Salim Saleh is alive and kicking, contrary to persistent reports by some bloggers claiming he is dead. The speculations went even into high gears when yesterday, Saturday September 17th 2022, a string of posh cars and deployment of

September 18, 2022

National News

COSASE Chairman Ssenyonyi On Spot For ‘Witch-hunting’ Uganda Airlines Boss Bamuturaki

The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) Joel Ssenyonyi has come under fire from some sections of the public for reportedly witch-hunting Jennifer Bamuturaki, the Executive Director of Uganda Airlines. The concerned Ugandans contend that the

September 14, 2022

National News

Op-ed: Mental Health Awareness Should Go Beyond Twitter Spaces

By Leonard Kamugisha Akida Kampala: Less than a decade ago, social media has picked interest in various topics on politics, socio-economic spheres. On Twitter, the most trending topic have been on Mental Health Awareness (Mental Wellness, as different experts would prefer calling

September 13, 2022

Crime

SFC Breaks Silence On Museveni ‘Mobile Toilet’ Vehicle Accident

The Special Forces Command (SFC) has spoken out on an accident that left three people injured along the Northern bypass in Kampala on Monday, September 12. In a video shared online after the accident, a woman was recorded claiming that it was

September 13, 2022

National News

PS Bigirimana Concedes! Backs Off Supreme Court Justice Kisaakye

The Secretary to the Judiciary, who also doubles as the Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana has backed off Supreme Court Justice, Dr. Esther Kisaakye Mayambala. Last month, the International Commission of Jurists accused Bigirimana of being discriminatory and biased against Justice Kisaakye and

September 13, 2022

National News

Court Dismisses Case Against MP Muhammad Ssegirinya

Buganda Road Grade Magistrates Court has dismissed the case of inciting violence against Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya. In her ruling, Chief Magistrate, Gladys Kamasanyu said the three prosecution witnesses failed to adduce evidence implicating Ssegirinya on the said charges. “No reasonable

September 12, 2022

National News

Gov’t Spokesperson Suggests Renaming Of Queen Elizabeth National Park To An Indigenous Name

The Government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo has suggested renaming Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park back to an indigenous name. According to Opondo, the country cannot be celebrating that a game Park here was named after a monarch miles and miles away. He suggested

September 9, 2022

Business

Mark The Excellence Award: Here Are the 2022 Uganda TOP 54 Certified Responsible Investments

The Asia Africa Development Council (ADCO) which coordinate the Council for Sustainable Peace and Development for promotion of peace and development in Asia and Africa is proud to unveil the TOP 54 Certified Responsible Investments in Uganda- Prof Ripu Ranjan Sinha the

September 9, 2022