February 2024

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) faces a critical juncture, embarking on a party register update while mired in internal turmoil. This process, intended to rejuvenate membership and strengthen the party, is instead encountering significant challenges that threaten its legitimacy and expose deeper fissures within the NRM. Factionalism Fractures the Landscape: The party’s landscape is fractured […]

Police in Arua City’s  Central Business Division have arrested 12 suspected criminals with drugs and house breaking implements in an intelligence led operation conducted on Wednesday . The operation by  Police and other security agencies was conducted  in the areas of Ediofe, Ochiba coast, and Kirabu all in Arua City. It followed  a spate of

The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has tasked law enforcement bodies to bring errant drivers to book. Among, made the call in light of an incident in Kagadi district where a 25-year-old Magezi Tuhaise was knocked dead by a government vehicle. The Speaker who was chairing the plenary sitting reported the incident, which occurred when

PARLIAMENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has called on Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to clear several months’ arrears owed to its casual workers. On Monday, a section of the labourers stormed Parliament in protest of their unpaid arrears by the authority. Some of the workers claimed that they have been demanding payment

KAMPALA | In efforts to fight the electricity deficit in the county, government is planning to construct a nuclear energy power plant of over 2000MW by 2030. This has been sounded by Deogratius Luwalira, the executive director of Atomic Energy Council (AEC), while addressing journalists in Kampala on Monday during the Media Sensitisation Workshop on the

KAMPALA | A local equipment procurement firm has partnered with a Spain’s smart earthing and lightning applications developers, popularly known as AT3W, to boost efforts to check lightning strikes in the country. Libitco Technical Supplies Uganda Ltd says through installation of enhanced technology in earthing and lightning provided by the AT3W experts in security solutions

Uganda Prison authorities have raised concern over the rise in the number of inmates despite the drop in the crime rate. The latest Annual police crime rate released last week indicated that crime had dropped by 1.5% from 231,653 in 2022 to 228074 in 2023. Speaking during a high-level reflection meeting on crime trends  organized

In a concerted effort to combat child labor and provide avenues for education and skill development, a collaborative initiative led by Save the Children has made significant strides in Moroto and Nakapiripirit districts. The program, known as Work No Child’s Business (WNCB), in partnership with Hivos, Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU), Nascent Research and Development