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The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) is set to terminate the construction contract for Lango Palace, valued at 3.5 billion shillings, currently held by CMD Investment Limited.The move follows the contractor’s abandonment of the site after receiving a government down payment of 900 million shillings after the construction work began in 2024.Yerosa Nyangoma, Assistant Commissioner in Charge of Procurement …

Post Views: 1 BY TWESIGYE AGGRYIN SHEEMA—— Police in the Greater Bushenyi region have urged the public to strictly observe fire safety precautions following a fire outbreak that destroyed a house in Sheema District. The incident occurred on Tuesday at around 2:00 PM in Kyigimbi Cell, Nyanga Ward, Kabwohe municipality , Sheema district. According to preliminary findings, the affected …

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has commended General Officers due for retirement later this year for their distinguished, dedicated and selfless service to the nation. The commendation came during a documentation exercise involving 20 General Officers at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs headquarters in Mbuya. The exercise marked a key step in the retirement process. Representing the …

By Mulengera Reporters Even after deploying his blue-eyed boy Vincent Bagire there, President Museveni’s attitude towards civil servants working under the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MoFA) didn’t change from lukewarm to more favorable.   He, for years, had been quarreling that the Ministry wasn’t doing enough to support his socio-economic transformation of Uganda enough by luring significant numbers of tourists and …

Women tilling the land I’m being cheered on by two amazing ladies from Nyamiyaga and our conversation flips from humour, to curiosity, to interests, to discovery, to compliments and then to something of interest; equity/ equality of man and woman and a bait is thrown and from their point of view, this African aspect is true; in our homes, the …

A fire outbreak in Bwaise has destroyed multiple properties, including vehicles and nearby shops, leaving traders counting losses. The blaze is reported to have started in the early hours of Monday morning at Mirembe Motors garage on Avis road before rapidly spreading to adjacent businesses. The garage, which housed motor vehicles, motorcycles and tuk-tuks, was completely gutted. Flames later extended …

Gang massacre claims the lives of 70 Haitian people. Non-binary and transgender young people, expelled from the Dominican Republic in 2025 and welcomed at the premises of the Heritage for the Protection of Human Rights (HPDH) association in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. (Photo by @merlinjean)   To mark International Trans Visibility Day on March 31, the association Héritage Pour la Protection des …

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), the very institution entrusted with defining the identity of every Ugandan, is now itself facing an identity crisis after a bombshell Auditor General’s report exposed a trail of inefficiencies, delays, system failures and internal chaos that have left millions of citizens stranded without national IDs. At the centre of the storm is Executive …

Political fireworks have erupted from the hills of Mitooma after the district’s incoming boss launched a blistering attack on the current leadership following the dramatic arrest of several top officials over corruption allegations. The outspoken Mitooma LC5 Chairperson-elect, Alex Okanga Karitundu, did not mince words as he accused the district’s current political leadership of failing to stop a growing corruption …

A storm is gathering around the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda after a devastating Value for Money audit exposed deep cracks in the government’s flagship affirmative action programmes meant to uplift some of the country’s most marginalized communities. The explosive findings from the December 2025 report by the Auditor General paint a troubling picture of poor planning, weak …