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Uganda’s newly sworn-in Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Adonia Ayebare, has pledged to pursue a results-oriented diplomatic agenda, signalling a renewed focus on using Uganda’s foreign relations to deliver tangible benefits for the country. Ayebare, who was sworn in on Tuesday at State House Entebbe, made the commitment in a post following his appointment, saying […] The post Ayebare…
Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDB) has committed Shs20 million towards the 2026 Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon as part of its efforts to support Uganda’s tourism sector and promote investment in the Rwenzori sub-region. The sponsorship was announced on Tuesday at the UDB Head Office in Kampala, where Managing Director Dr Patricia Ojangole handed over the […] The post UDB Pledges Shs20 Million to…
The High Court in Kampala has ruled that the denial Senior Counsel Martha Karua from entering Uganda and the detention Erias Lukwago, did not deprive Dr Kiiza Besigye and Hajji Obeid of their constitutional right to legal representation or a fair hearing. Justice Simon Peter Kinobe delivered the judgment Tuesday as he ddismissed an application […] The post High Court Dismisses Besigye, Lutale…
Tanzania is looking to Uganda’s oil-sector quality-control system as it develops its own framework for verifying the quality of equipment and services used in upstream petroleum operations. A delegation from the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) and Tanzania’s Petroleum Upstream Regulatory Authority (PURA) is in Uganda for a benchmarking engagement with the Petroleum Authority of […] The post…
The National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) has launched two new digital platforms aimed at improving public service delivery in education and human rights protection. The platforms — the U-Learn Platform and the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Case Management System — were unveiled on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, under the Uganda Digital Acceleration Project-Government…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has sworn in three newly appointed ministers at State House, Entebbe, urging them to prioritise the fight against corruption and inefficiency in government institutions. The ministers are Ambassador Adonia Ayebare, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Shartsi Kutesa Musherure, Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development in charge of Microfinance; and…
More than 40 farmers in the Karamoja sub-region are counting losses after a prolonged dry spell destroyed more than 200 acres of wheat they planted in the region’s first major attempt to grow the crop. The wheat project was introduced this year by the government through the Karamoja Mixed Farmers Cooperative Society Limited as part […] The post Dry Spell Wipes Out Karamoja’s First Wheat Harvest…
The selection of beneficiaries for the State House scholarship has raised questions in Pader District after leaders, parents and students questioned the transparency and criteria used to identify beneficiaries. The concerns emerged in an emergency meeting on Monday August 10, to verify shortlisted students for the scholarships pledged by President Yoweri Museveni during his campaign. […] The post…
Nearly two decades after Uganda first conceived plans to relocate Luzira Maximum Security Prison, the proposed project remains largely on paper, exposing a difficult intersection of prison overcrowding, public investment, human rights and the commercial value of public land. Dr Johnson Omuhunde Rwashote Byabashaija, Commissioner General of the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS), has told Parliament […]…
Defence lawyers representing the six people accused of murdering Joan Faith Apio, a Primary One pupil at Jozan Nursery and Primary School, have failed to obtain CCTV footage they hoped would support their case. The lawyers had been given three days from Friday, August 7, 2026, to obtain footage from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital and […] The post Defence Fails to Secure CCTV Footage in Soroti…
