1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (534+ words) Two school-going children aged between six and 15 years die every day in road crashes in Uganda, police statistics show, raising fresh concerns about road safety as schools prepare to reopen for the final term. The figures come amid a rise…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (370+ words) Uganda has hosted a high-level policy dialogue on the domestication and implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Kampala Declaration and the CAADP Strategy and Action Plan 2026–2035. It builds on Uganda’s hosting of the extraordinary African Union Summit…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (551+ words) Dr Kedrace Turyagyenda, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education and Sports All applicants seeking admission to National Technician Diploma programmes will be required to undergo interviews or practical assessments to establish whether they possess the competencies needed for…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (786+ words) By Hillary Twinamatsiko & Sam Caleb Opio The reopening of schools for the third term has been marred by a road crash on the Mbarara-Bushenyi Highway that left several people seriously injured, including two students in school uniform, as education officials…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (80+ words) Daily Monitor The spike is suspected to be driven by unregulated sexual activity in massage parlours, spas, and lodges, among others. Museveni pointed to the dramatic rise of emerging economies like China and India as proof that affluence spreads when…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (530+ words) Grief and fear have engulfed Kitwe Cell in Rwentuuha Town Council, Bushenyi District, after a 34-year-old woman was found dead in a banana plantation on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Justina Sandres, born in Nyakishana sub-county, Buhweju…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (571+ words) By Fahad Malik Jjingo & AL-MAHDI SSENKABIRWA Five judges have been deployed to the Masaka High Court circuit to handle 21 election petitions arising from the January 2026 General Election. Masaka High Court Deputy Registrar Roy Karungi said the judges assigned are Lady…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (314+ words) Eleven people have been charged with criminal trespass and remanded to Luzira Prison for allegedly remaining at Nakasero State Lodge with intent to intimidate or annoy Special Forces Command (SFC) soldiers on duty. The accused appeared before Buganda Road Chief…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (563+ words) The government will procure 50 Type B ambulances and two specialised Type C ambulances worth Shs20 billion this financial year as part of efforts to strengthen emergency medical services. Dr Charles Akiya Oyoo, Commissioner for Non-Communicable Diseases at the Ministry of Health,…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (925+ words) By Roland D. Nasasira At first glance, the black glass-panelled Mercedes-Benz hearse looks more like a luxury vehicle than a funeral car. This was this vehicle that transported the body of the late 34-year-old Tooro monarch, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi…...