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Mukono District Local Government has intensified its oversight efforts through a comprehensive monitoring exercise of ongoing government-funded school projects, aimed at ensuring quality work and timely completion. The team doing the inspection work. The exercise, spearheaded by the District Education Department, commenced at Buyiita UMEA Primary School in Namuganga Sub-county, where a two-classroom block is under construction by ATX Technology. …

Haitian experiment shows how micro-credit can foster inclusive development In December 2022, Rodneyson Bernardin takes part in a workshop on LGBT+ entrepreneurship in Haiti, held at the offices of the human rights organisation Kouraj. (Photo courtesy of Rodneyson Bernardin) International support for LGBT+ startup businesses has declined, but some novice LGBT+ entrepreneurs have accomplished more than was expected of them. …

Kampala- Alexandra Medical Services, a health facility where Hon. Hellen Nakimuli breathed her last breathe has come out and released an official statement about the whole incident. The late Hellen Nakimuli (Courtesy photo) “The passing of Hon. Hellen Nakimuli has weighed deeply on every member of our team since we lost her on 19th April, 2026. She was not just …

His Eminence Dr. Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, the Mufti, has arrived in Arua City in the West Nile Muslim Region. Mufti Shiekh Ramathan Mubaje being welcomed in Arua. The Mufti is accompanied by Hon. Hadji Abbas Muluubya Ssekyanzi, the UMSC Secretary General, and Ms Fiona Migadde, the Executive Chairperson of Matugga Industries & Logistics Hub (MIL). The Mufti is on …

Kampala, Uganda — Over nearly four decades of leadership under President Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s media sector has evolved alongside the country’s political and economic trajectory. While the nation has expanded its communications infrastructure and diversified its media platforms, journalists continue to operate within a complex environment shaped by security concerns, regulatory pressures, and economic constraints.   Across the profession, reporters …

Kampala – Uganda Medical Association (UMA) an umbrella body bringing all medical practitioners in the country, has asked the members of the general public to stop speculations and handle the matter of the late Hon. Hellen Nakimuli (Kalangala Woman Member of Parliament) with utmost care. Hon.Hellen Nakimuli’s casket at Kalangala district council offices on Tuesday. In a press statement released …

Kampala — Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) and Phaneroo Ministries International have entered into negotiations with an aim of addressing the issue of land access on Plot 6, Naguru Avenue. The Artistic Impression of Uganda Heart institute Building. In the joint statement released yesterday, signed Dr. Omagino O.O. John, Executive Director of UHI, and Apostle Grace Lubega, Vision Bearer of Phaneroo …

Kampala, Uganda — Uganda’s national football team, the Uganda national football team, continues to command talent, patriotism, and passionate public support. Yet its recurring setbacks reveal a deeper reality: the team’s most persistent challenges lie not in tactics or player quality, but in governance, policy coherence, and institutional discipline. The contrast between Uganda’s recent Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign …

In today’s labour market, the promise that education and effort lead to opportunity is quietly eroding. Across sectors, a growing number of job applicants are encountering recruitment processes that appear increasingly detached from the realities of work itself. At the centre of this concern is the widespread use of aptitude testing an instrument originally intended to strengthen fairness, but which, …

Kampala, Uganda — In the capital’s busiest arcades, shelves glow with promise creams and soaps marketed for radiance, renewal, and transformation. Yet behind this aesthetic appeal lies a quieter contradiction. Some of these products were formally prohibited in 2023 by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards after laboratory analyses linked them to hazardous substances such as Hydroquinone and Mercury. The …