President Yoweri Museveni on Monday resumed his campaign trail with stops in Rwampara and later Mbarara City, using the visits to revisit his personal history in the region and outline infrastructure and service-delivery priorities. Addressing supporters in Rwampara, Museveni recalled previous visits to Bujaga dating back nearly seven decades, including passages made during the 1979…
The Electoral Commission of Uganda has confirmed that 83,597 candidates have been nominated to contest for 45,505 elective positions in the 2026 General Elections. The nominations cover the entire range of elective offices from President to Sub County Councillor and mark a major milestone in the national election preparation process. Voter register and gender distribution…
The Territorial Police in Kampala Metropolitan North have opened a murder investigation following the confirmed death of Aneza Merisa, a student at Naalya SS Lugazi Campus, who was reported missing earlier this month. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Kawala Racheal, the case was first reported at Wandegeya Police Station on 6 November 2025 by…
Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Uganda has been named the winner of the Sport Award of the Year at the first-ever Annual Bankers’ Awards, an event launched to evaluate and celebrate performance across Uganda’s financial sector. The awards, organised by the Uganda Bankers’ Association (UBA) in collaboration with the Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services…
Kyotera, Uganda — The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd., in partnership with Rotary Uganda, has launched a new Green Schools Initiative at St. Kizito Primary School in Kasasa Sub-County, Kyotera District, aiming to promote environmental conservation in schools located along the controversial 1,443-km pipeline route. The programme, which follows a Memorandum of Understanding…
Airtel Money has partnered with international payments firm Juba Express to roll out cross-border money transfers targeting Uganda’s growing diaspora connections and rising outflows to neighboring countries. The service, now accessible through Airtel’s *185# USSD menu, allows customers to send money to more than 120 countries directly from their mobile wallets. The move comes as…
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd and the Belgian Development Agency, Enabel, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening human rights practices within Uganda’s energy sector, an area that has faced ongoing scrutiny from civil society groups and international observers. The agreement, signed on Thursday in Kampala, falls under an EU-funded…
Kampala, Uganda — Airtel Africa has chosen Nokia to build a new high-capacity terrestrial fiber network that will connect countries across East and Central Africa, a move expected to strengthen regional connectivity and close long-standing digital gaps, especially for landlocked nations such as Uganda. The network, part of Airtel Africa’s fiber service known as Telesonic,…
Kampala, Uganda. A regional youth debate held in Kampala has amplified concerns about the widening gap between the climate responsibilities placed on young people and their limited involvement in national decision making. The gathering, organized by Kampala Adult School with support from SYMUF and IDEA Netherlands, drew students from Uganda, DR Congo, South Sudan, Rwanda,…
Kigumba, Uganda – The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd, in partnership with the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba (UPIK), has marked the graduation of 141 students from the EACOP Academy, a vocational training initiative aimed at building technical capacity for the region’s emerging oil and gas sector. The graduates received hands-on training in Mechanical,…
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