There was a sigh of relief among the bus owners and travelers plying on Kampala-Masaka-Mbarara high way after Uganda National Roads Authority UNRA Executive Director, Allen Kagina ordered for the reopening of the Katonga Bridge on Masaka Road for buses usage. “Reference is made to deflection monitoring of the old existing bridge carried out on…
The spokesperson of the Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety, Michael Kananura, while addressing a press conference at Naguru, Kampala, on September 4, 2023, said that 391 drivers were arrested in the Fika Salama extra operation for the period between August 27, to September 2, 2023. “We have so far arrested 391 drivers in the…
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Extraordinary National Delegates Conference convened by party chairman Wasswa Birigwa is destined to flop after Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi declined Birigwa’s request for delegates conference funds on grounds that he failed to inform the key party leaders. John Kikonyogo, the party deputy spokesperson, added that Birigwa was expected…
The Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rebecca Kadaga has criticised Kenya and South Sudan for engaging in trade practices that she perceives as unjust, hence impeding the operations of Ugandan corporate entities. During her address at the two-day East African Business and Investment Summit and Expo 2023 held at…
The State Minister for Minerals, Peter Lokeris, has commissioned the Constitution of the Oil Processing Facility (CPF) at the Tilenga Project in Buliisa District. Speaking at the function, Minister Lokoris revealed that the CPF will collect crude Oil from various Oil Wells in the two districts of Nwoya and Buliisa and then separate it from…
At least 211 commando trainees at Ruhengyere Barracks in Mbarara City have graduated in various skills and tactics acquired during their rigorous ‘Q’ course, successfully making them part of the Commando Brigade of the UPDF. The brigade is a specialised unit that is tasked with carrying out a variety of missions, including counterterrorism, hostage rescue,…
Administrator General,in partnership with the Uganda Law Society (ULS), has said they have set up a new programme that will help Ugandans document valid Wills. Speaking at the launch of the 14th ULS annual probono at Railway Grounds, Charles Kasibayo revealed that the majority of cases in family courts around the country are due to…
Masaka city has faced a battleground within the National Unity Platform (NUP), with clashes between Mayor Florence Namayanja and Nyendo Mukungwe MP who doubles as Opposition Leader in parliament Mathias Mpuuga. This confrontation between the duo has manifested itself as a proxy war, with each side enlisting the support of lower-level leaders to champion their…
The joint security forces have revealed that they are set to commence forceful disarmament of armed Karamajong youths commonly known as ‘Karacunas’ who have not embraced the presidential amnesty through voluntary disarmament. According to security, despite the ongoing sensitization about the presidential initiative on voluntary firearm surrender without prosecution, the success has been uneven across…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned a factory manufacturing concrete Railway Sleepers to be used on the ongoing construction project of the railway lines. The concrete railway sleepers will be used for the construction of the SGR and MGR. While inspecting the factory at Kawolo-Lugazi, the president applauded Imathia Construction and the Uganda Railways Corporation…
