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Tycoon Kavuya Trounces Lawyer Rwalinda In 714 Hectares Kabula Land Case
Court of Appeal has this morning delivered its ruling in a 714 Hectares land case involving a city lawyer who had convinced residents in Kabula county that their land had been encroached upon by city businessman Mr Ben Kavuya. The disputed land measures 714 hectares at Bulimbale and Kasambya Plots 1 & 2 Buddu Block…
NIRA To Kick Off Mass Enrolment & Renewal Exercise Of National IDs Ahead Of 2025 Expiry
The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) with mandate of registering all Ugandan citizens has announced the mass ID enrollment and renewal exercise which is set to start in June 2023 and end in August 2024. According to NIRA, the exercise is directed at renewing all cards issued between 2014 and 2015 in keeping with…
Full List: Potential Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile Replacement Revealed
The Governor Bank of Uganda (BoU) is such an influential position that greatly impacts the country’s economy’s GDP as the role covers in its entirety overseeing economic activities and managing the same to ensure a stable financial environment for the growth of the country. However, the position has been vacant for now ten (10) months…
Vision 2040: Gov’t Constructs More 14 New Power Projects To Boost Economic Development
As one of the ways to attain the projected National Development Plan and Vision 2040 and to boost economic development, the government, through the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) is implementing 14 new power projects in various parts of the country, in a bid to expand the national Transmission Grid. The main objective of…
Two Assailants,UPDF Soldier Killed In Kapeeka Raid
A Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier was gunned down on a Saturday night attack in Kapeeka town,Nakaseke district. According to ministry of Defence spokesperson Brigadier Felix Kulayigye revealed that a UPDF foot patrol was ambushed at 1030hrs in Kikondo cell in Kapeka town council by two assailants armed with one AK 47 rifle. On…
Big Story: President Felix Tshisekedi to Face Criminal Prosecution Over Massacre, Crimes Against Humanity in Congo, As Businessman Kibwe Katanga Petitions ICC
Renowned Congolese Businessman Kibwe Katanga Ngoie Ntombe, who is also a musical artist and Politician, has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Hague, praying to the court to prosecute Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, over alleged massacres and violation of human rights in Katanga province. Ntombe’s petition, comes at…
Sad: UPDF Soldier Guns Down Bodaboda Cyclist In Kawanda
Police in Kampala metropolitan have started a man hunt for a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier who shot dead a bodaboda rider in Kawanda,Wakiso District. According to deputy Kampala metropolitan police mouth piece Luke Owoyesigyire revealed that the incident happened at Kawanda Senior Secondary School in Nakisangye Zone, Nabweru Division in Wakiso. The deceased…
Mzee Paka Last: Bukomansimbi District Endorses President Museveni For 2026 As Min. Nakadama Launches Ideological Library
Most people stop reading the day they drop out of School or University (Bakka 2000) mostly in Africa. There can be no doubts that adults in Africa also read, if not as much, or as much for leisure, as many including Ugandan President Museveni would like to see improve. (Museveni 2009) A reading culture relies…
Relief For ‘Hustling Students’ As Sudan’s International University Of Africa Extends Science Scholarships To Uganda
The Ambassador of Uganda to Sudan has been offered scholarships with a focus on science and technology by the International University of Africa, Sudan to help promote critical areas of economic growth and development in Uganda. This follows a visit by His Excellency Dr. Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu, Uganda’s Ambassador to Khartoum on Thursday November 24,…
ERA Boss Eng. Waako On Why Industrial Consumers Pay Lower Power Tariffs Than Other Consumers
Although the Electricity Regulation Authority (ERA) acknowledges all power consumers, the demand for electricity by manufacturers remains 70%, that of other categories of consumers stands at 30%, yet the disparity in the tariffs remains a contentious issue, especially among consumers. Under Sections 10 and 75 of the Electricity Act 1999 as Amended, ERA approves the…