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IS IT THE END OF THE BEGINNING OR THE BEGINNING OF THE END? The increasing risk of Kampala city floods

Kampala city is the heart of Uganda with all government offices, business centers, education centers and human settlements both in luxurious settlements and un-gazetted settlements commonly referred to as slums Flooding remains a complex challenge in Uganda’s...

Joint Security Battles Kenyan Warriors, Recovers Stolen Livestock in Kaboong

Crime

A total of 11 cattle and four donkeys have been recovered in Kaboong District following a fierce confrontation between the joint security forces and warriors from Kenya. The livestock had been raided from the Kalapata trading center...

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Auditor General Warns Against Rising Over payment of Pensioners

The Auditor General, Edward Akol, warned against the increasing over payment of pensioners. While handing over the auditor general’s report...

Politics

Speaker Among Calls for Improved Regional Cooperation at EALA...

The Commission, led by Chairperson Winnie Agnes Kabogoza-Musoke, presented its annual report for Financial Year 2023/24 and asked Parliament to increase its budget from the current Shs12.1 billion to UGX 21.8 billion to meet their targets.

Politics

Return Allowances Meant for Regional Parliamentary Sittings-DP to LOP

The Parliament of Uganda is set to hold four regional sittings, with the first one starting on August 28, 2024, at Kaunda grounds in Gulu, and they are to hold other sittings in Mbarara, Mbale, and Masaka. Each sitting is to cost over UGX 5 billion, and many people have criticized the relevance of these regional sittings as they seem not to have a direct impact on the constituents.

Politics

FDC Youth League Renounces Youth Day Celebrations

The Ugandan government has failed in the skyrocketing youth unemployment with over 70%, delivering on promised programs like youth livelihood, exploitation by politicians, suppression of freedom of expression and association, entrenchment of corruption, and nepotism, among others.

UPC Applauds NRM Gov’t for Tough Actions Against Corrupt...

The opposition Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party has commended the ruling National Resistance Movement (NDM) government for taking tough...

Crime

LoP Ssenyonyi Tells Speaker Among to Stop Managing Parliamentary...

The Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Joel, has told the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among, to refrain from...

Politics

Uplift the Private Sector to Improve the Economy—NEED to...

For the government to uplift the private sector, the middle-class economy has to be revived. Uganda’s economy has no middle class but rather the political class, which is the rich and the poor.

Business