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9 October 2025, 6:56 pm
President Museveni leads Uganda’s 63rd independence celebrations at Kololo
By Ronald Ssemagonja The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, today presided over the 63rd Independence Day celebrations held at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala. The event, held under the theme “63 years of independence: a reason to double our…
29 September 2025, 4:23 pm
NMS calls for tougher drug theft laws as elderly day approaches
By Ronald Ssemagonja The General Manager of National Medical Stores (NMS), Mr Moses Kabamare, has revealed that coffins are among the unusual items criminals use to illegally transport government medicines. Speaking today at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, he…
27 September 2025, 10:39 am
Magyezi warns government workers against strikes amid teacher absenteeism
By Ronald Ssemagonja The Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magyezi, has urged Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) and Town and Municipal Clerks to ensure that government workers refrain from participating in strikes while their unions continue negotiations with the Ministry of…
23 September 2025, 5:42 pm
Education and health officers meet to address service delivery challenge
By Edwin Okurmu Kisa District, city, and municipal education and health officers convened today at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala to deliberate on emerging issues affecting service delivery at the local government level and their implications for the population.…
17 September 2025, 7:45 pm
UEDCL adds 648,000 new connections six months after takeover
By Edwin Okurmu Kisa Within the first six months since Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) assumed management from UMEME, the government-owned entity has added 648,404 new connections to the national grid, UEDCL officials have revealed. The announcement was made…
5 September 2025, 11:36 pm
MoLG and NPA convene national workshop on physical planning
By Ronald Ssemagonja The Ministry of Local Government (MoLG), in partnership with the National Planning Authority (NPA), has convened a national workshop bringing together physical planners from across Uganda. The meeting, held to validate guidelines for the preparation and approval…
2 September 2025, 5:33 pm
Uganda to invest shs83 billion in literacy and digital skills programme
By Ronald Ssemagonja The Minister of State for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon Peace Mutuuzo, has announced that Uganda will scale up its literacy and digital skills programmes with an investment of Shs83 billion over the next five years,…
24 June 2025, 9:40 pm
President Museveni advises the world to pray for Israel and Iran to stop the war
By Ronald Ssemagonja Following the ongoing war between Iran and Israel, the president of Uganda, and also the chairman of NAM from 2024 to 2027, Yoweri Museveni, has today come out and released a statement concerning the war and what…
22 June 2025, 1:58 pm
Lands ministry reassures Ugandans of commitment to attaining a national land reg…
By Ronald Ssemagonja As one of the ways to promote fairness in the issues of land countrywide, the minister of lands, housing and urban development, Hon. Judith Nabakooba, speaking to journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, reassured the…
20 June 2025, 10:37 am
Nakaseke boosted by UGX 845M milk centre; Museveni’s brother nominated
By Ronald Ssemagonja The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Ben Kumumanya, has commissioned the UGX 845 million Buwana Milk Collection Centre located in Kinyogoga Sub-County, Nakaseke District. Constructed under the Local Economic Growth Support (LEGS) Project, the…